Numbers 1:16
These were the men chosen from the Israelite community. They were the leaders of their fathers' tribes; the heads of the families of Israel.
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15and from the tribe of Naphtali, Ahira, son of Enan.”
17Moses and Aaron summoned these men who had been selected by name.
Cross References
Exodus 18:25So Moses chose competent men from all of Israel and put them in charge of the people as leaders of thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens.
Numbers 2:3The tribal division of Judah is to camp under their flag on the east side. Their leader is Nahshon, son of Amminadab,
Numbers 7:10The day the altar was anointed, the leaders came forward with their dedicatory offerings, presenting them in front of it.
Numbers 10:14The tribal divisions of Judah went first, marching out under their flag, with Nahshon, son of Amminadab, in charge.
Numbers 16:2They rebelled against Moses, and were joined by 250 well-respected Israelite leaders and members of the assembly.
Deuteronomy 1:15So I summoned your tribal leaders, men with good judgment, and put them in charge of you, as commanders and officials for your tribes. Some were responsible for thousands, some for hundreds, some for fifties, and some for tens.
Matthew Henry on Numbers 1:2-17
Numbers The titles of the five books of Moses, which we use in our Bibles, are all borrowed from the Greek translation of the Seventy, the most ancient version of the Old Testament that we know of. But the title of this book only we turn into English; in all the rest we retain the Greek word itself, for which difference I know no reason but that the Latin translators have generally done the same. Otherwise this book might as well have been called Arithmoi, the Greek title, as the first Genesis, and the second… Read the whole commentary →