Numbers 1:4

4 Take with you one man from each tribe who is the head of his household.

Numbers 1:4 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 1:4

And with you there shall be a man of every tribe
Excepting Levi, of which Moses and Aaron were, to assist in taking the account, and to see that it was an exact and perfect one:

everyone head of the house of his fathers;
and prince of the tribe he belonged to, as appears from ( Numbers 1:16 ) and ( Numbers 7:2 ) , where an account is given of the same persons as princes of the tribes that offered at the dedication of the altar, who here assisted in the taking this account; the Targum of Jonathan calls them each a prince, as Prince Elizur

Numbers 1:4 In-Context

2 Take a census of the entire Israelite community by their clans and their households, recording the name of every male,

3 20 years old and above, who is eligible for military service in Israel. These you and Aaron will enlist in their military units.

4 Take with you one man from each tribe who is the head of his household.

5 These are the names of the men who will assist you: from Reuben, Elizur, Shedeur's son;

6 from Simeon, Shelumiel, Zurishaddai's son;