Numbers 1:4

4 One man from each tribe must help you. Those who help must be the heads of their families.

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 "Count all of the men of Israel. Make a list of them by their tribes and families. List every man by name. List them one by one.

3 Count all of the men who are able to serve in the army. They must be 20 years old or more. I want you and Aaron to make a list of them company by company.

4 One man from each tribe must help you. Those who help must be the heads of their families.

5 "Here are the names of the men who must help you. "From the tribe of Reuben will come Elizur, the son of Shedeur.

6 From the tribe of Simeon will come Shelumiel, the son of Zurishaddai.