A man from each tribe is to be with you, each one the head of his ancestral family.[a](A) These are the names of the men who are to assist you:(B)

Elizur son of Shedeur from Reuben;

Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai from Simeon;

Nahshon son of Amminadab from Judah;

Nethanel son of Zuar from Issachar;

Eliab son of Helon from Zebulun;

10 from the sons of Joseph:

Elishama son of Ammihud from Ephraim,

Gamaliel son of Pedahzur from Manasseh;

11 Abidan son of Gideoni from Benjamin;

12 Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai from Dan;

13 Pagiel son of Ochran from Asher;

14 Eliasaph son of Deuel[b] from Gad;

15 Ahira son of Enan from Naphtali.

16 These are the men called from the community; they are leaders of their ancestral tribes,(C) the heads of Israel’s clans.”(D)

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Footnotes

  1. 1:4 Lit the house of his fathers, also in v. 44
  2. 1:14 LXX, Syr read Reuel

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