Numbers 1:4
And one man from each tribe, the head of each family, must be there with you.
What it says
One man from each tribe, the head of his family, is to stand with Moses and Aaron during the census.
What it is doing
This verse adds tribal leadership to the work of counting.
In context
1On the first day of the second month of the second year after the Israelites had come out of the land of Egypt, the LORD spoke to Moses in the Tent of Meeting in the Wilderness of Sinai. He said: 2“Take a census of the whole congregation of Israel by their clans and families, listing every man by name, one by one. 3You and Aaron are to number those who are twenty years of age or older by their divisions— everyone who can serve in Israel’s army. 4And one man from each tribe, the head of each family, must be there with you.