2 Take a census of the entire Israelite community, from 20 years old and above by their households, to determine everyone in Israel who is eligible for military service.
3 Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke to the people on the plains of Moab by the Jordan opposite Jericho:
4 "Take a census of those 20 years old and above as the Lord commanded Moses." The Israelites who left the land of Egypt were:
5 Reuben, Israel’s oldest son.Reuben’s descendants: from Hanoch, the Hanochite clan; from Pallu, the Palluite clan;
6 from Hezron, the Hezronite clan; from Carmi, the Carmite clan.
7 These are the Reubenite clans. Their enrollment was 43,730.
8 Pallu’s descendants: Eliab.