Numbers 1:16

These were the elect of the congregation, the princes of the tribes of their fathers; they were the heads of the thousands of Israel.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

These were the renowned of the congregation, princes of the tribes of their fathers, heads of thousands in Israel.

In Context

15Of Naphtali, Ahira the son of Enan.'

17And Moses and Aaron took these men that are pointed out by name.

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Cross References

Exodus 18:25And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.

Numbers 2:3Now those that pitch on the east side toward the sunrising shall be they of the standard of the camp of Judah, according to their hosts; the prince of the children of Judah being Nahshon the son of Amminadab,

Numbers 7:10And the princes brought the dedication-offering of the altar in the day that it was anointed, even the princes brought their offering before the altar.

Numbers 10:14And in the first place the standard of the camp of the children of Judah set forward according to their hosts; and over his host was Nahshon the son of Amminadab.

Numbers 16:2and they rose up in face of Moses, with certain of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty men; they were princes of the congregation, the elect men of the assembly, men of renown;

Deuteronomy 1:15So I took the heads of your tribes, wise men, and full of knowledge, and made them heads over you, captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, and captains of fifties, and captains of tens, and officers, tribe by tribe.

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 →

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