Numbers 1:16

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 were the renowned of the congregation, princes of the tribes of their fathers, heads of thousands in Israel. 17And Moses and Aaron took these men who are mentioned by their names: 18And they assembled all the congregation on the first day of the second month, and they declared their genealogies 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.

Numbers 1:16 word by word

אֵ֚לֶּה קְרוּאֵ֣י הָעֵדָ֔ה נְשִׂיאֵ֖י מַטּ֣וֹת אֲבוֹתָ֑ם רָאשֵׁ֛י אַלְפֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל הֵֽם׃Read the interlinear

• theקָרִיאqârîy' · calledH7148
• renownedקָרָאqârâ' · to call: call toH7121
• congregationעֵדָה‛êdâh · congregationH5712
• princesנָשִׂיאnâώîy' nâώi' · leaderH5387
• tribesמַטֶּהmaţţeh maţţâh · tribeH4294
• fathersאָב'âb · fatherH1
• headsרֹאשׁrô'sh · head: leaderH7218
• thousandsאֶ֫לֶף'eleph · thousand: clanH505
• inהֵ֫מָּהhêm hêmmâh · they(masc.)H1992
• Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478

Cross-references for Numbers 1:16

• Numbers 2:3And on the east side toward the rising of the sun shall they of the standard of the camp of Judah encamp throughout their armies: and Nahshon the son of Amminadab shall be captain of the children of Judah.
• Numbers 7:2That 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 10:14In the first place went the standard of the camp of the children of Judah according to their armies: 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 who is upon thee, and will put it upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou mayest not bear it thyself alone.
• Numbers 16:2And 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 26:9And the sons of Eliab; Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. This is that Dathan and Abiram, who were famous in the congregation, who strove against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah, when they strove against the LORD:
• Judges 6:15And he said to him, O my Lord, how shall I save Israel? behold, my family is poor in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father’s house.
• 1 Chronicles 27:16Furthermore 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 1:4And with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one head of the house of his fathers.
• Exodus 18:21Moreover 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:
• Deuteronomy 1:15So I took the heads of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, and captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and officers among your tribes.
• 1 Samuel 22:7Then Saul said to his servants that stood about him, Hear now, ye Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give each one of you fields and vineyards, and 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 with the certainty, and I will go with you: and it shall come to pass, if he is in the land, that I will search him out throughout all the thousands of Judah.
• Micah 5:2But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou art little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth to me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been 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