Numbers 1:4

4 "With you, moreover, there shall be a man of each tribe, ¹each one head of his father's 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 all the congregation of the sons of Israel, by their families, by their fathers' households, according to the number of names, every male, head by head

3 from twenty years old and upward, whoever is able to go out to war in Israel, you and Aaron shall number them by their armies.

4 "With you, moreover, there shall be a man of each tribe, each one head of his father's household.

5 "These then are the names of the men who shall stand with you: of Reuben, Elizur the son of Shedeur;

6 of Simeon, Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai;

Cross References

• 1. Exodus 18:21, 25; Numbers 1:16; Deuteronomy 1:15