"These {were} the renowned of the congregation, princes of the tribes of their fathers, heads of thousands in Israel." — Numbers 1:16

Numbers 1:16 · KJV

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

— Numbers 1:16

Verse 15

Of Naphtali; Ahira the son of Enan.

Verse 17

And Moses and Aaron took these men which are expressed by {their} names:

Numbers 1 — Context

Of Gad; Eliasaph the son of Deuel. {Deuel: also called, Reuel}

Of Naphtali; Ahira the son of Enan.

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

And Moses and Aaron took these men which are expressed by {their} names:

And they assembled all the congregation together on the first {day} of the second month, and they declared their pedigrees after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, by their polls.

Cross References

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: {and were: Heb. who stood}

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 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 1:4

And with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one head of the house of his fathers.

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:

1 Chronicles 27:16-22

Furthermore over the tribes of Israel: the ruler of the Reubenites {was} Eliezer the son of Zichri: of the Simeonites, Shephatiah the son of Maachah:

Numbers 7:10-83

And the princes offered for dedicating of the altar in the day that it was anointed, even the princes offered their offering before the altar.

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