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You and Aaron will count them, company by company, each one who is twenty years and older and is able to go to war in Israel. A man from every tribe,[a] the head of his clan, will accompany you.

Assistants to Moses Named. “These are the names of the men who will accompany you: from the tribe of Reuben, Elizur, the son of Shedeur;

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  1. Numbers 1:4 A man from every tribe: appointing one man from each tribe to assist Moses and Aaron fostered a community spirit and a fair and accurate count.

You and Aaron(A) are to count according to their divisions all the men in Israel who are twenty years old or more(B) and able to serve in the army.(C) One man from each tribe,(D) each of them the head of his family,(E) is to help you.(F) These are the names(G) of the men who are to assist you:

from Reuben,(H) Elizur son of Shedeur;(I)

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