Numbers 1:16
Strong's Lexicon
These men
אֵ֚לֶּה (’êl·leh)
Pronoun - common plural
Strong's Hebrew 428: 1) these 1a) used before antecedent 1b) used following antecedent

were appointed
(קְרוּאֵ֣י) (qə·rū·’ê)
Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 7148: 1) called, summoned, called one

from the congregation;
הָעֵדָ֔ה (hā·‘ê·ḏāh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5712: 1) congregation, gathering

they [were]
הֵֽם׃ (hêm)
Pronoun - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1992: 1) they, these, the same, who

the leaders
נְשִׂיאֵ֖י (nə·śî·’ê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 5387: 1) one lifted up, chief, prince, captain, leader 2) rising mist, vapour

of the tribes
מַטּ֣וֹת (maṭ·ṭō·wṯ)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 4294: 1) staff, branch, tribe 1a) staff, rod, shaft 1b) branch (of vine) 1c) tribe 1c1) company led by chief with staff (originally)

of their fathers,
אֲבוֹתָ֑ם (’ă·ḇō·w·ṯām)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1: 1) father of an individual 2) of God as father of his people 3) head or founder of a household, group, family, or clan 4) ancestor 4a) grandfather, forefathers -- of person 4b) of people 5) originator or patron of a class, profession, or art 6) of producer, generator (fig.) 7) of benevolence and protection (fig.) 8) term of respect and honour 9) ruler or chief (spec.)

the heads
רָאשֵׁ֛י (rā·šê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 7218: 1) head, top, summit, upper part, chief, total, sum, height, front, beginning 1a) head (of man, animals) 1b) top, tip (of mountain) 1c) height (of stars) 1d) chief, head (of man, city, nation, place, family, priest) 1e) head, front, beginning 1f) chief, choicest, best 1g) head, division, company, band 1h) sum

of the clans
אַלְפֵ֥י (’al·p̄ê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 505: 1) a thousand 1a) as numeral 2) a thousand, company 2a) as a company of men under one leader, troops

of Israel.
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל (yiś·rā·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3478: Israel = 'God prevails' 1) the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel 2) the name of the descendants and the nation of the descendants of Jacob 2a) the name of the nation until the death of Solomon and the split 2b) the name used and given to the northern kingdom consisting of the 10 tribes under Jeroboam; the southern kingdom was known as Judah 2c) the name of the nation after the return from exile

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
These men were appointed from the congregation; they were the leaders of the tribes of their fathers, the heads of the clans of Israel.

Young's Literal Translation
These [are] those called of the company, princes of the tribes of their fathers; they [are] heads of the thousands of Israel.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
These are the men called from the community; they are leaders of their ancestral tribes, the heads of Israel’s clans.”

New American Standard Bible
"These are they who were called of the congregation, the leaders of their fathers' tribes; they were the heads of divisions of Israel."

King James Bible
These [were] the renowned of the congregation, princes of the tribes of their fathers, heads of thousands in Israel.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
These were the men appointed from the community, the leaders of their ancestral tribes. They were the heads of the clans of Israel.

New Living Translation
These are the chosen leaders of the community, the leaders of their ancestral tribes, the heads of the clans of Israel."

English Standard Version
These were the ones chosen from the congregation, the chiefs of their ancestral tribes, the heads of the clans of Israel.

New American Standard Bible
"These are they who were called of the congregation, the leaders of their fathers' tribes; they were the heads of divisions of Israel."

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
These are the men called from the community; they are leaders of their ancestral tribes, the heads of Israel's clans."

International Standard Version
These men were appointed from within their communities, since they were leaders of their ancestral houses and heads of the tribes of Israel.

NET Bible
These were the ones chosen from the community, leaders of their ancestral tribes. They were the heads of the thousands of Israel.

American Standard Version
These are they that were called of the congregation, the princes of the tribes of their fathers; they were the heads of the thousands of Israel.

English Revised Version
These are they that were called of the congregation, the princes of the tribes of their fathers; they were the heads of the thousands of Israel.

Young's Literal Translation
These are those called of the company, princes of the tribes of their fathers; they are heads of the thousands of Israel.
















Cross References
Exodus 18:21
Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:

Exodus 18:25
And 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 1:4
And with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one head of the house of his fathers.

Numbers 1:15
Of Naphtali; Ahira the son of Enan.

Numbers 1:17
And Moses and Aaron took these men which are expressed by their names:

Numbers 7:2
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:

Numbers 10:4
And if they blow but with one trumpet, then the princes, which are heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves unto thee.

Numbers 16:2
And they rose up before Moses, with certain of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty princes of the assembly, famous in the congregation, men of renown:

Numbers 26:9
And the sons of Eliab; Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. This is that Dathan and Abiram, which were famous in the congregation, who strove against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah, when they strove against the LORD:

Numbers 30:1
And Moses spake unto the heads of the tribes concerning the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded.

Numbers 1:1
And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tabernacle of the congregation, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,
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