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Num. 1:16 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Theseg were the renowned
qara' (Hebrew #7121)
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: bewray (self), that are bidden, call (for, forth, self, upon), cry (unto), (be) famous, guest, invite, mention, (give) name, preach, (make) proclaim(- ation), pronounce, publish, read, renowned, say.
Pronounce: kaw-raw'
Origin: a primitive root (rather identical with 7122 through the idea of accosting a person met)
of the congregation
`edah (Hebrew #5712)
a stated assemblage (specifically, a concourse, or generally, a family or crowd)
KJV usage: assembly, company, congregation, multitude, people, swarm. Compare 5713.
Pronounce: ay-daw'
Origin: feminine of 5707 in the original sense of fixture
, princes
nasiy' (Hebrew #5387)
from 5375; properly, an exalted one, i.e. a king or sheik; also a rising mist
KJV usage: captain, chief, cloud, governor, prince, ruler, vapour.
Pronounce: naw-see'
Origin: or nasi8 {naw-see'}
of the tribes
matteh (Hebrew #4294)
from 5186; a branch (as extending); figuratively, a tribe; also a rod, whether for chastising (figuratively, correction), ruling (a sceptre), throwing (a lance), or walking (a staff; figuratively, a support of life, e.g. bread)
KJV usage: rod, staff, tribe.
Pronounce: mat-teh'
Origin: or (feminine) mattah {mat-taw'}
of their fathers
'ab (Hebrew #1)
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application)
KJV usage: chief, (fore-)father(-less), X patrimony, principal. Compare names in "Abi-".
Pronounce: awb
Origin: a primitive word
, heads
ro'sh (Hebrew #7218)
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
KJV usage: band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company, end, X every (man), excellent, first, forefront, ((be-))head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), X lead, X poor, principal, ruler, sum, top.
Pronounce: roshe
Origin: from an unused root apparently meaning to shake
h of thousands
'eleph (Hebrew #505)
hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
KJV usage: thousand.
Pronounce: eh'-lef
Origin: prop, the same as 504
in
hem (Hebrew #1992)
masculine plural from 1981; they (only used when emphatic)
KJV usage: it, like, X (how, so) many (soever, more as) they (be), (the) same, X so, X such, their, them, these, they, those, which, who, whom, withal, ye.
Pronounce: haym
Origin: or (prolonged) hemmah {haym'-maw}
Israel
Yisra'el (Hebrew #3478)
from 8280 and 410; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
Pronounce: yis-raw-ale'
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Num. 7:2• 2that the princes of Israel, the heads of their fathers' houses, the princes of the tribes, they that were over them that had been numbered, offered; (Num. 7:2)
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1 Chron. 27:16• 16And over the tribes of Israel were: for the Reubenites Eliezer the son of Zichri was the prince; for the Simeonites, Shephatiah the son of Maachah; (1 Chron. 27:16)
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Ex. 18:21,25• 21But do thou provide among all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place them over them, chiefs of thousands, chiefs of hundreds, chiefs of fifties, and chiefs of tens,
 25And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, chiefs of thousands, chiefs of hundreds, chiefs of fifties, and chiefs of tens. (Ex. 18:21,25)

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Congregation,
Fathers,
Head,
Israel,
Prince; Princess,
Tribe

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the renowned.{Keruey häâidah,} literally "the called of the congregation," those who were summoned by name to attend.
Num. 2:3‑31• 3And for those encamping eastward toward the sun-rising there shall be the standard of the camp of Judah according to their hosts; and the prince of the sons of Judah shall be Nahshon the son of Amminadab;
 4and his host, even those that were numbered of them, were seventy-four thousand six hundred.
 5And those that encamp next unto him shall be the tribe of Issachar; and the prince of the sons of Issachar shall be Nethaneel the son of Zuar;
 6and his host, even those that were numbered thereof, fifty-four thousand four hundred.
 7With them shall be the tribe of Zebulun; and the prince of the sons of Zebulun shall be Eliab the son of Helon;
 8and his host, even those that were numbered thereof, fifty-seven thousand four hundred.
 9All that were numbered of the camp of Judah were a hundred and eighty-six thousand four hundred, according to their hosts. They shall set forth first.
 10The standard of the camp of Reuben shall be southward according to their hosts; and the prince of the sons of Reuben shall be Elizur the son of Shedeur;
 11and his host, even those that were numbered thereof, forty-six thousand five hundred.
 12And those that encamp by him shall be the tribe of Simeon; and the prince of the sons of Simeon shall be Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai;
 13and his host, even those that were numbered of them, fifty-nine thousand three hundred.
 14And with them shall be the tribe of Gad; and the prince of the sons of Gad shall be Eliasaph the son of Reuel;
 15and his host, even those that were numbered of them, forty-five thousand six hundred and fifty.
 16All that were numbered of the camp of Reuben were a hundred and fifty-one thousand four hundred and fifty, according to their hosts. And they shall set forth second.
 17And the tent of meeting shall set forth, the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camps; as they encamp, so shall they set forth, every man in his place, according to their standards.
 18The standard of the camp of Ephraim according to their hosts shall be westward; and the prince of the sons of Ephraim shall be Elishama the son of Ammihud;
 19and his host, even those that were numbered of them, forty thousand five hundred.
 20And by him shall be the tribe of Manasseh; and the prince of the sons of Manasseh shall be Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur;
 21and his host, even those that were numbered of them, thirty-two thousand two hundred.
 22And with them shall be the tribe of Benjamin; and the prince of the sons of Benjamin shall be Abidan the son of Gideoni;
 23and his host, even those that were numbered of them, thirty-five thousand four hundred.
 24All that were numbered of the camp of Ephraim were a hundred and eight thousand one hundred, according to their hosts. And they shall set forth third.
 25The standard of the camp of Dan shall be northward according to their hosts; and the prince of the sons of Dan shall be Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai;
 26and his host, even those that were numbered of them, sixty-two thousand seven hundred.
 27And those that encamp by him shall be the tribe of Asher; and the prince of the sons of Asher shall be Pagiel the son of Ocran;
 28and his host, even those that were numbered of them, forty-one thousand five hundred.
 29And with them shall be the tribe of Naphtali; and the prince of the sons of Naphtali shall be Ahira the son of Enan;
 30and his host, even those that were numbered of them, fifty-three thousand four hundred.
 31All that were numbered of the camp of Dan were a hundred and fifty-seven thousand six hundred. They shall set forth last according to their standards. (Num. 2:3‑31)
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Num. 7:2,10‑83• 2that the princes of Israel, the heads of their fathers' houses, the princes of the tribes, they that were over them that had been numbered, offered;
 10And the princes presented the dedication-gift of the altar on the day that it was anointed; and the princes presented their offering before the altar.
 11And Jehovah said to Moses, They shall present their offering for the dedication of the altar, each prince on his day.
 12And he that presented his offering the first day was Nahshon the son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah.
 13And his offering was one silver dish of the weight of a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl, of seventy shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for an oblation;
 14one cup of ten shekels of gold, full of incense;
 15one young bullock, one ram, one yearling lamb, for a burnt-offering;
 16one buck of the goats for a sin-offering;
 17and for a sacrifice of peace-offering, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five yearling lambs. This was the offering of Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
 18On the second day offered Nethaneel the son of Zuar, prince of Issachar;
 19he presented his offering; one silver dish of the weight of a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour, mingled with oil for an oblation;
 20one cup of ten shekels of gold, full of incense;
 21one young bullock, one ram, one yearling lamb, for a burnt-offering;
 22one buck of the goats for a sin-offering;
 23and for a sacrifice of peace-offering, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five yearling lambs. This was the offering of Nethaneel the son of Zuar.
 24On the third day, the prince of the children of Zebulun, Eliab the son of Helon:
 25his offering was one silver dish of the weight of a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for an oblation;
 26one cup of ten shekels of gold, full of incense;
 27one young bullock, one ram, one yearling lamb, for a burnt-offering;
 28one buck of the goats for a sin-offering;
 29and for a sacrifice of peace-offering, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five yearling lambs. This was the offering of Eliab the son of Helon.
 30On the fourth day, the prince of the children of Reuben, Elizur the son of Shedeur.
 31His offering was one silver dish of the weight of a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for an oblation;
 32one cup of ten shekels of gold, full of incense;
 33one young bullock, one ram, one yearling lamb, for a burnt-offering;
 34one buck of the goats for a sin-offering;
 35and for a sacrifice of peace-offering, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five yearling lambs. This was the offering of Elizur, the son of Shedeur.
 36On the fifth day, the prince of the children of Simeon, Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
 37His offering was one silver dish of the weight of a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for an oblation;
 38one cup of ten shekels of gold, full of incense;
 39one young bullock, one ram, one yearling lamb, for a burnt-offering;
 40one buck of the goats for a sin-offering;
 41and for a sacrifice of peace-offering, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five yearling lambs. This was the offering of Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
 42On the sixth day, the prince of the children of Gad, Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
 43His offering was one silver dish of the weight of a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for an oblation;
 44one cup of ten shekels of gold, full of incense;
 45one young bullock, one ram, one yearling lamb, for a burnt-offering;
 46one buck of the goats for a sin-offering;
 47and for a sacrifice of peace-offering, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five yearling lambs. This was the offering of Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
 48On the seventh day, the prince of the children of Ephraim, Elishama the son of Ammihud.
 49His offering was one silver dish of the weight of a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for an oblation;
 50one cup of ten shekels of gold, full of incense;
 51one young bullock, one ram, one yearling lamb, for a burnt-offering;
 52one buck of the goats for a sin-offering;
 53and for a sacrifice of peace-offering, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five yearling lambs. This was the offering of Elishama the son of Ammihud.
 54On the eighth day, the prince of the children of Manasseh, Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
 55His offering was one silver dish of the weight of a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for an oblation;
 56one cup of ten shekels of gold, full of incense;
 57one young bullock, one ram, one yearling lamb, for a burnt-offering;
 58one buck of the goats for a sin-offering;
 59and for a sacrifice of peace-offering, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five yearling lambs. This was the offering of Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
 60On the ninth day, the prince of the children of Benjamin, Abidan the son of Gideoni.
 61His offering was one silver dish of the weight of a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for an oblation;
 62one cup of ten shekels of gold, full of incense;
 63one young bullock, one ram, one yearling lamb, for a burnt-offering;
 64one buck of the goats for a sin-offering;
 65and for a sacrifice of peace-offering, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five yearling lambs. This was the offering of Abidan the son of Gideoni.
 66On the tenth day, the prince of the children of Dan, Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
 67His offering was one silver dish of the weight of a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for an oblation;
 68one cup of ten shekels of gold, full of incense;
 69one young bullock, one ram, one yearling lamb, for a burnt-offering;
 70one buck of the goats for a sin-offering;
 71and for a sacrifice of peace-offering, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five yearling lambs. This was the offering of Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
 72On the eleventh day, the prince of the children of Asher, Pagiel the son of Ocran.
 73His offering was one silver dish of the weight of a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for an oblation;
 74one cup of ten shekels of gold, full of incense;
 75one young bullock, one ram, one yearling lamb, for a burnt-offering;
 76one buck of the goats for a sin-offering;
 77and for a sacrifice of peace-offering, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five yearling lambs. This was the offering of Pagiel the son of Ocran.
 78On the twelfth day, the prince of the children of Naphtali, Ahira the son of Enan.
 79His offering was one silver dish of the weight of a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for an oblation;
 80one cup of ten shekels of gold, full of incense;
 81one young bullock, one ram, one yearling lamb, for a burnt-offering;
 82one buck of the goats for a sin-offering;
 83and for a sacrifice of peace-offering, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five yearling lambs. This was the offering of Ahira the son of Enan. (Num. 7:2,10‑83)
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Num. 10:14‑27• 14The standard of the camp of the children of Judah set forward first according to their hosts, and over his host was Nahshon the son of Amminadab;
 15and over the host of the tribe of the children of Issachar was Nethaneel the son of Zuar;
 16and over the host of the tribe of the children of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon.
 17And the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari set forward bearing the tabernacle.
 18And the standard of the camp of Reuben set forward according to their hosts, and over his host was Elizur the son of Shedeur;
 19and over the host of the tribe of the children of Simeon was Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai;
 20and over the host of the tribe of the children of Gad was Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
 21And the Kohathites set forward bearing the sanctuary: and the others set up the tabernacle whilst they came.
 22And the standard of the camp of the children of Ephraim set forward according to their hosts, and over his host was Elishama the son of Ammihud;
 23and over the host of the tribe of the children of Manasseh was Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur;
 24and over the host of the tribe of the children of Benjamin was Abidan the son of Gideoni.
 25And the standard of the camp of the children of Dan set forward, the rear-guard of all the camps according to their hosts, and over his host was Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai;
 26and over the host of the tribe of the children of Asher was Pagiel the son of Ocran;
 27and over the host of the tribe of the children of Naphtali was Ahira the son of Enan. (Num. 10:14‑27)
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Num. 11:17• 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, and thou shalt not bear it alone. (Num. 11:17)
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Num. 16:2• 2and they rose up against Moses, with two hundred and fifty men of the children of Israel, princes of the assembly, summoned to the council, men of renown; (Num. 16:2)
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Num. 26:9• 9and the sons of Eliab were Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. This is that Dathan and Abiram, summoned of the assembly, who contended against Moses and against Aaron in the band of Korah, when they contended against Jehovah. (Num. 26:9)
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Judg. 6:15• 15And he said to him, Ah Lord, wherewith shall I save Israel? behold, my thousand is the poorest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house. (Judg. 6:15)
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1 Chron. 27:16‑22• 16And over the tribes of Israel were: for the Reubenites Eliezer the son of Zichri was the prince; for the Simeonites, Shephatiah the son of Maachah;
 17for the Levites, Hashabiah the son of Kemuel; for Aaron, Zadok;
 18for Judah, Elihu of the brethren of David; for Issachar, Omri the son of Michael;
 19for Zebulun, Jishmaiah the son of Obadiah; for Naphtali, Jerimoth the son of Azriel;
 20for the children of Ephraim, Hosea the son of Azaziah; for the half tribe of Manasseh, Joel the son of Pedaiah;
 21for the half tribe of Manasseh in Gilead, Jiddo the son of Zechariah; for Benjamin, Jaasiel the son of Abner;
 22for Dan, Azareel the son of Jeroham. These were the princes of the tribes of Israel. (1 Chron. 27:16‑22)
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Num. 1:4• 4And with you there shall be a man for every tribe, a man who is the head of his father's house. (Num. 1:4)
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Ex. 18:21,25• 21But do thou provide among all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place them over them, chiefs of thousands, chiefs of hundreds, chiefs of fifties, and chiefs of tens,
 25And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, chiefs of thousands, chiefs of hundreds, chiefs of fifties, and chiefs of tens. (Ex. 18:21,25)
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Deut. 1:15• 15So I took the chiefs of your tribes, wise men and known, and made them chiefs over you, captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, and captains of fifties, and captains of tens, and officers for your tribes. (Deut. 1:15)
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1 Sam. 22:7• 7Then Saul said to his servants that stood by him, Hear now, ye Benjaminites: will the son of Jesse give every one of you also fields and vineyards? Will he make you all captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, (1 Sam. 22:7)
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1 Sam. 23:23• 23And see, and ascertain all the lurking-places where he hides himself, and come ye again to me with sure information, that I may go with you; and it shall come to pass, if he be in the land, that I will search him out throughout the thousands of Judah. (1 Sam. 23:23)
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Mic. 5:2• 2(And thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, little to be among the thousands of Judah, out of thee shall he come forth unto me who is to be Ruler in Israel: whose goings forth are from of old, from the days of eternity.) (Mic. 5:2)

J. N. Darby Translation

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These were those summoneda of the assembly, princes of the tribes of their fathers, the heads of the thousands of Israel.

JND Translation Notes

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That is, those who were habitually called to undertake the matters of the assembly.