Numbers 1:4

4 One man from each tribe, each of them the head of his family, is to help you.

Numbers 1:4 in Other Translations

4 And with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one head of the house of his fathers.

4 And there shall be with you a man from each tribe, each man being the head of the house of his fathers.

4 and you will be assisted by one family leader from each tribe.

4 Pick one man from each tribe who is head of his family to help you.

4 And with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one head of his fathers' house.

4 One man from each tribe will help you. Each of these men must be the head of a household.

4 A man from each tribe is to be with you, each one the head of his ancestral house.

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 “Take a census of the whole Israelite community by their clans and families, listing every man by name, one by one.

3 You and Aaron are to count according to their divisions all the men in Israel who are twenty years old or more and able to serve in the army.

4 One man from each tribe, each of them the head of his family, is to help you.

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

6 from Simeon, Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai;

Cross References

• 1. S Leviticus 24:11; S Joshua 7:1
• 2. ver 16; Numbers 7:2; Numbers 30:1; Numbers 31:26
• 3. Exodus 18:21; Numbers 34:18; Deuteronomy 1:15; Joshua 22:14