Numbers 1:1-7

¹The Lord spoke to Moses in the Tent of Meeting while they were in the Sinai desert. This was on the first day of the second month of the second year after the Israelites had left Egypt. He told him,

²“Census all the Israelites according to their tribe and family. Count every man and keep a record of each individual's name.

³Those aged twenty or older who can do military service are to be registered by you and Aaron in their Israelite army divisions.

⁴A representative from each tribe, the head of a family, must be there with you.

⁵These are the names of the men who will work with you: From the tribe of Reuben, Elizur, son of Shedeur;

⁶from the tribe of Simeon, Shelumiel, son of Zurishaddai;

⁷from the tribe of Judah, Nahshon, son of Amminadab;