Numbers 7:2

And the leaders of Israel, the heads of their families, presented an offering. These men were the tribal leaders who had supervised the registration.

Berean Standard Bible

In The King James Version

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:

In Context

1On the day Moses finished setting up the tabernacle, he anointed and consecrated it and all its furnishings, along with the altar and all its utensils.

3They brought as their offering before the LORD six covered carts and twelve oxen—an ox from each leader and a cart from every two leaders—and presented them before the tabernacle.

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Cross References

Numbers 1:4And one man from each tribe, the head of each family, must be there with you.

Numbers 2:1Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron:

Numbers 10:4But if only one is sounded, then the leaders, the heads of the clans of Israel, are to gather before you.

1 Chronicles 29:6Then the leaders of the households, the officers of the tribes of Israel, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and the officials in charge of the king’s work gave willingly.

Ezra 2:68When they arrived at the house of the LORD in Jerusalem, some of the heads of the families gave freewill offerings to rebuild the house of God on its original site.

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 →

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