Numbers 1:4

4 One man from each tribe, the leader of his family, will help you.

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 "You and Aaron must count all the people of Israel by families and family groups, listing the name of each man.

3 You and Aaron must count every man twenty years old or older who will serve in the army of Israel, and list them by their divisions.

4 One man from each tribe, the leader of his family, will help you.

5 These are the names of the men who will help you: from the tribe of Reuben -- Elizur son of Shedeur;

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