American Standard Version
Numbers 1:16
16These 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.
Numbers 1:16 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)These were the renowned of the congregation, princes of the tribes of their fathers, heads of thousands in Israel.
- New International Version (NIV)These were the men appointed from the community, the leaders of their ancestral tribes. They were the heads of the clans of Israel.
- English Standard Version (ESV)These were the ones chosen from the congregation, the chiefs of their ancestral tribes, the heads of the clans of Israel.
- New King James Version (NKJV)These were chosen from the congregation, leaders of their fathers’ tribes, heads of the divisions in Israel.
Context of Numbers 1:16
14Of Gad: Eliasaph the son of Deuel. 15Of Naphtali: Ahira the son of Enan. 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. 17And Moses and Aaron took these men that are mentioned by name: 18and they assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month; and they declared their pedigrees after their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, by their polls.
Read all of Numbers 1Numbers 1:16 word by word
אֵ֚לֶּה קְרוּאֵ֣י הָעֵדָ֔ה נְשִׂיאֵ֖י מַטּ֣וֹת אֲבוֹתָ֑ם רָאשֵׁ֛י אַלְפֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל הֵֽם׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Numbers 1:16
- Numbers 2:3And those that encamp on the east side toward the sunrising shall be they of the standard of the camp of Judah, according to their hosts: and the prince of the children of Judah shall be Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
- Numbers 7:2that the princes of Israel, the heads of their fathers’ houses, offered. These were the princes of the tribes, these are they that were over them that were numbered:
- 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 11:17And I will come down and talk with thee there: and I will take of the Spirit which is upon thee, and will put it upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear it not thyself alone.
- Numbers 16:2and they rose up before Moses, with certain of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty princes of the congregation, called to the assembly, men of renown;
- Numbers 26:9And the sons of Eliab: Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. These are that Dathan and Abiram, who were called of the congregation, who strove against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah, when they strove against Jehovah,
- Judges 6:15And he said unto him, Oh, Lord, wherewith shall I save Israel? behold, my family is the poorest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father’s house.
- 1 Chronicles 27:16Furthermore over the tribes of Israel: of the Reubenites was Eliezer the son of Zichri the ruler: of the Simeonites, Shephatiah the son of Maacah:
- Numbers 1:4And with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one head of his fathers’ house.
- Exodus 18:21Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating unjust gain; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:
- Deuteronomy 1:15So I took the heads of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, and captains of fifties, and captains of tens, and officers, according to your tribes.
- 1 Samuel 22:7And Saul said unto his servants that stood about him, Hear now, ye Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards, will he make you all captains of thousands and captains of hundreds,
- 1 Samuel 23:23See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking-places where he hideth himself, and come ye again to me of a certainty, and I will go with you: and it shall come to pass, if he be in the land, that I will search him out among all the thousands of Judah.
- Micah 5:2But thou, Beth-lehem Ephrathah, which art little to be among the thousands of Judah, out of thee shall one come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth are from of old, from everlasting.
Commentaries on Numbers 1:16
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16These were the renowned - Literally, the called, of the congregation - those who were summoned by name to attend. The order of the tribes In the above enumeration may be viewed thus: - Sons of Leah Reuben Simeon Judah Issachar Zebulun Sons of Rachel Ephraim Manasseh Benjamin 1st son of Bilhah, Rachel's maid Dan 2d son of Zilpah, Leah's maid Asher 1st son of Zilpah. Gad 2d son of Bilhah. 12. NaphtaliRead the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5-16Verses 5-16 The princes of the tribes, selected Numbers 1:4 under divine direction, were for the most part the same persons as those chosen a few months previously at the counsel of Jethro Exodus 18:21-26. Nahshon, prince of Judah, is mentioned in Exodus 6:23, and Elishama, in 1 Chronicles 7:26-27. The peers of men like these were no doubt entitled, among their fellows, to the epithet “renowned,” Numbers 1:16.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 16These tribal leaders proved to be responsible and trustworthy by completing other important tasks.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4-164-16. with you there shall be a man of every tribe, &c.--The social condition of the Israelites in the wilderness bore a close resemblance to that of the nomad tribes of the East in the present day. The head of the tribe was a hereditary dignity, vested in the oldest son or some other to whom the right of primogeniture was transferred, and under whom were other inferior heads, also hereditary, among the different branches of the tribe. The Israelites…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Numbers 1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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