Numbers 1:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bible Comments

Of every tribe. — Or, for every tribe.

Every one head... — The words may be rendered every one a head... There were many heads of fathers’ houses in each tribe; but it appears from Numbers 1:16 (Numbers 7:10-11) that in each case the tribal prince was selected to preside over the census.

Numbers 1:4

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