Num 1:1-10 | HCSB | STEP | The Lord spoke to Moses in the tent of meeting in the Wilderness of Sinai , on the first day of the second month of the second year after Israel’s departure from the land of Egypt :

Numbers 1:1-10

1 The Lord spoke to Moses in the tent of meeting in the Wilderness of Sinai, on the first day of the second month of the second year ^a after Israel’s departure from the land of Egypt: 2 “Take a census ^b of the entire Israelite community by their clans and their ancestral houses, counting the names of every male one by one. 3 You and Aaron are to register those who are 20 years old or more by their military divisions – everyone who can serve in Israel’s army. ^{▼▼Lit everyone going out to war in Israel} 4 A man from each tribe is to be with you, each one the head of his ancestral house. ^d 5 These are the names of the men who are to assist you:

Elizur son of Shedeur from Reuben;
6 Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai from Simeon;
7 Nahshon son of Amminadab from Judah;
8 Nethanel son of Zuar from Issachar;
9 Eliab son of Helon from Zebulun;
10 from the sons of Joseph:
Elishama son of Ammihud from Ephraim,
Gamaliel son of Pedahzur from Manasseh;