Bamidbar 1:2 · unit 1 — by their families, by their fathers’ houses

Parashas Bamidbar

The Complete Passuk

שְׂא֗וּ אֶת־רֹאשׁ֙ כׇּל־עֲדַ֣ת בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֖ם לְבֵ֣ית אֲבֹתָ֑ם בְּמִסְפַּ֣ר שֵׁמ֔וֹת כׇּל־זָכָ֖ר לְגֻלְגְּלֹתָֽם׃

Take a census of the whole Israelite communityawhole Israelite community Or those eligible to be fighters on the community’s behalf. by the clans of its ancestral houses,bits ancestral houses I.e., its tribes. listing the names, every male, head by head.

Chabad.org — 1:2

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to TT / Yevamos / related (verified).

Core Text of Chazal

English: “By their families, by their fathers’ houses” — from here [we learn] that the family of the father is called a family; the family of the mother is not called a family.