The princes of the tribes, selected (Numbers 1:4) under divine direction, were for the most part the same persons as those chosen a few…

Of the children of Joseph: of Ephraim; Elishama the son of
Ammihud: of Manasseh; Gamaliel the son of Ped…

The people were numbered to show God's faithfulness in so increasing the seed of Jacob, so that they might be better trained for the wars and conqu…