Numbers 7:2
that the rulers of Israel, the heads of their fathers' houses, offered. These were the rulers of the tribes. These are those who were over those who were numbered.
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Numbers 1:4And with you there shall be a man of every tribe, each one head of his fathers' house.
Numbers 2:1And LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
Numbers 10:4And if they blow but one, then the rulers, the heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves to thee.
1 Chronicles 29:6Then the rulers of the fathers, and the rulers of the tribes of Israel, and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, with the rulers over the king's work, offered willingly.
Ezra 2:68And some of the heads of fathers, when they came to the house of LORD which is in Jerusalem, offered willingly for the house of God to set it up in its place.
Matthew Henry on Numbers 7:2-10
The Offerings of the Princes. ( b. c. 1490.) 1 And it came to pass on the day that Moses had fully set up the tabernacle, and had anointed it, and sanctified it, and all the instruments thereof, both the altar and all the vessels thereof, and had anointed them, and sanctified them; 2 That the princes of Israel, heads of the house of their fathers, who were the princes of the tribes, and were over them that were numbered, offered: 3 And they brought their offering before the Lord , six covered waggons, and twelve… Read the whole commentary →