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Num. 7:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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That the 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'}
c of 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'
, 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
of the house
bayith (Hebrew #1004)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
KJV usage: court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, X great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter)house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet, temple, web, + within(-out).
Pronounce: bah'-yith
Origin: probably from 1129 abbreviated
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
, who were the 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'}
, βand were over
`amad (Hebrew #5975)
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
KJV usage: abide (behind), appoint, arise, cease, confirm, continue, dwell, be employed, endure, establish, leave, make, ordain, be (over), place, (be) present (self), raise up, remain, repair, + serve, set (forth, over, -tle, up), (make to, make to be at a, with-)stand (by, fast, firm, still, up), (be at a) stay (up), tarry.
Pronounce: aw-mad'
Origin: a primitive root
them that were numbered
paqad (Hebrew #6485)
to visit (with friendly or hostile intent); by analogy, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit, etc.
KJV usage: appoint, X at all, avenge, bestow, (appoint to have the, give a) charge, commit, count, deliver to keep, be empty, enjoin, go see, hurt, do judgment, lack, lay up, look, make, X by any means, miss, number, officer, (make) overseer, have (the) oversight, punish, reckon, (call to) remember(-brance), set (over), sum, X surely, visit, want.
Pronounce: paw-kad'
Origin: a primitive root
, offered
qarab (Hebrew #7126)
to approach (causatively, bring near) for whatever purpose
KJV usage: (cause to) approach, (cause to) bring (forth, near), (cause to) come (near, nigh), (cause to) draw near (nigh), go (near), be at hand, join, be near, offer, present, produce, make ready, stand, take.
Pronounce: kaw-rab'
Origin: a primitive root
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Num. 1:4• 4{i}And with you there shall be a man for every tribe, a man who is the head of his father's house.{/i} (Num. 1:4)
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who stood.

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Cross References

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Num. 1:4‑16• 4{i}And with you there shall be a man for every tribe, a man who is the head of his father's house.{/i}
 5{i}And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you: for Reuben, Elizur the son of Shedeur;{/i}
 6{i}for Simeon, Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai;{/i}
 7{i}for Judah, Nahshon the son of Amminadab;{/i}
 8{i}for Issachar, Nethaneel the son of Zuar;{/i}
 9{i}for Zebulun, Eliab the son of Helon;{/i}
 10{i}for the children of Joseph: for Ephraim, Elishama the son of Ammihud; for Manasseh, Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur;{/i}
 11{i}for Benjamin, Abidan the son of Gideoni;{/i}
 12{i}for Dan, Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai;{/i}
 13{i}for Asher, Pagiel the son of Ocran;{/i}
 14{i}for Gad, Eliasaph the son of Deuel;{/i}
 15{i}for Naphtali, Ahira the son of Enan.{/i}
 16{i}These were those summoned of the assembly, princes of the tribes of their fathers, the heads of the thousands of Israel.{/i} (Num. 1:4‑16)
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Num. 2:1‑34• 1{i}And Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,{/i}
 2Every man of the children of Israel shall pitch by his own standard, with the ensign of their father's house; {i}round about the tent of meeting, afar off, opposite to it shall they encamp.{/i}
 3On the east side toward the rising of the sun shall they of the standard of the camp of Judah pitch their armies: and Nahshon the son of Aminadab shall be captain of the children of Judah.
 4And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were seventy-four thousand six hundred.
 5And those that do pitch next unto him shall be the tribe of Issachar: and Nethaneel the son of Zuar shall be captain of the children of Issachar.
 6And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were fifty-four thousand and four hundred.
 7Then the tribe of Zebulun: and Eliab, the son of Elon shall be captain of the children of Zebulun;
 8{i}and his host, even those that were numbered thereof, fifty-seven thousand four hundred{/i}.
 9{i}All 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{/i}.
 10On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben, {i}and the prince of the sons of Reuben shall be Elizur the son of Shedeur;{/i}
 11{i}and his host, even those that were numbered thereof, forty-six thousand five hundred.{/i}
 12{i}And 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;{/i}
 13{i}and his host, even those that were numbered of them, fifty-nine thousand three hundred.{/i}
 14{i}And with them shall be the tribe of Gad; and the prince of the sons of Gad shall be Eliasaph the son of Reuel;{/i}
 15{i}and his host, even those that were numbered of them, forty-five thousand six hundred and fifty.{/i}
 16{i}All 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.{/i}
 17The tabernacle of the congregation shall set forward with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camp: as they encamp, so shall they set forward, every man in his place by their standards.
 18{i}The 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;{/i}
 19{i}and his host, even those that were numbered of them, forty thousand five hundred.{/i}
 20{i}And by him shall be the tribe of Manasseh; and the prince of the sons of Manasseh shall be Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur;{/i}
 21{i}and his host, even those that were numbered of them, thirty-two thousand two hundred.{/i}
 22{i}And with them shall be the tribe of Benjamin; and the prince of the sons of Benjamin shall be Abidan the son of Gideoni;{/i}
 23{i}and his host, even those that were numbered of them, thirty-five thousand four hundred.{/i}
 24{i}All 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.{/i}
 25{i}The 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;{/i}
 26{i}and his host, even those that were numbered of them, sixty-two thousand seven hundred.{/i}
 27{i}And 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;{/i}
 28{i}and his host, even those that were numbered of them, forty-one thousand five hundred.{/i}
 29{i}And with them shall be the tribe of Naphtali; and the prince of the sons of Naphtali shall be Ahira the son of Enan;{/i}
 30{i}and his host, even those that were numbered of them, fifty-three thousand four hundred.{/i}
 31{i}All 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.{/i}
 32These are those which were numbered of the children of Israel by the house of their fathers. All those that were numbered of the camps throughout their hosts were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.
 33But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel, as Jehovah commanded Moses.
 34And the children of Israel did according to all that Jehovah commanded Moses: so they pitched by their standards, and so they set forward every one after their families according to the house of their fathers. (Num. 2:1‑34)
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Num. 10:1‑36• 1{i}And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,{/i}
 2{i}Make thee two trumpets of silver; of beaten work shalt thou make them; and they shall serve for the calling together of the assembly, and for the journeying of the camps.{/i}
 3{i}And when they shall blow with them, the whole assembly shall gather to thee at the entrance of the tent of meeting.{/i}
 4{i}And if they blow with one, then the princes, the heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather unto thee.{/i}
 5{i}And when ye blow an alarm, the camps that lie eastward shall set forward.{/i}
 6{i}And when ye blow an alarm the second time, the camps that lie southward shall set forward; they shall blow an alarm on their setting forward.{/i}
 7{i}And when the congregation is to be gathered together, ye shall blow, but ye shall not blow an alarm:{/i}
 8{i}the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow with the trumpets; and they shall be to you for an everlasting statute throughout your generations.{/i}
 9{i}And if ye go to war in your land against the enemy that oppresseth you, then ye shall blow an alarm with the trumpets; and ye shall be remembered before Jehovah your God, and ye shall be saved from your enemies.{/i}
 10{i}And in the day of your gladness, and in your set feasts, and in your new moons, ye shall blow with the trumpets over your burnt-offerings and over your sacrifices of peace-offering; and they shall be to you for a memorial before your God: I am Jehovah your God.{/i}
 11{i}And it came to pass in the second year, in the second month, on the twentieth of the month, that the cloud was taken up from off the tabernacle of the testimony.{/i}
 12{i}And the children of Israel set forward according to their journeys out of the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud stood still in the wilderness of Paran.{/i}
 13{i}And they first took their journey, according to the commandment of Jehovah through Moses.{/i}
 14{i}The 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;{/i}
 15{i}and over the host of the tribe of the children of Issachar was Nethaneel the son of Zuar;{/i}
 16{i}and over the host of the tribe of the children of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon.{/i}
 17{i}And the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari set forward bearing the tabernacle.{/i}
 18{i}And the standard of the camp of Reuben set forward according to their hosts, and over his host was Elizur the son of Shedeur;{/i}
 19{i}and over the host of the tribe of the children of Simeon was Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai;{/i}
 20{i}and over the host of the tribe of the children of Gad was Eliasaph the son of Deuel.{/i}
 21{i}And the Kohathites set forward bearing the sanctuary: and the others set up the tabernacle whilst they came.{/i}
 22{i}And 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;{/i}
 23{i}and over the host of the tribe of the children of Manasseh was Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur;{/i}
 24{i}and over the host of the tribe of the children of Benjamin was Abidan the son of Gideoni.{/i}
 25{i}And 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;{/i}
 26{i}and over the host of the tribe of the children of Asher was Pagiel the son of Ocran;{/i}
 27{i}and over the host of the tribe of the children of Naphtali was Ahira the son of Enan.{/i}
 28{i}These were the settings forward of the children of Israel according to their hosts: so did they set forward.{/i}
 29{i}And Moses said to Hobab, the son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses' father-in-law, We are journeying to the place of which Jehovah said, I will give it unto you: come with us, and we will do thee good; for Jehovah has spoken good concerning Israel.{/i}
 30{i}And he said to him, I will not go; but to mine own land, and to my kindred will I go.{/i}
 31{i}And he said, Leave me not, I pray thee, because thou knowest where we are to encamp in the wilderness, and thou wilt be to us for eyes.{/i}
 32{i}And it shall be, if thou come with us, that whatever good Jehovah doeth unto us, so will we do to thee.{/i}
 33{i}And they set forward from the mountain of Jehovah and went three days' journey; and the ark of the covenant of Jehovah went before them in the three days' journey, to search out a resting-place for them.{/i}
 34{i}And the cloud of Jehovah was over them by day when they set forward out of the camp.{/i}
 35{i}And it came to pass when the ark set forward, that Moses said,{HR}Rise up, Jehovah, and let thine enemies be scattered;{HR}And let them that hate thee flee before thy face.{HR}{/i}
 36{i}And when it rested, he said,{HR}Return, Jehovah, unto the myriads of the thousands of Israel.{/i} (Num. 10:1‑36)
and were over, etc.
Heb. who stood.
offered.
Ex. 35:27• 27And the rulers brought onyx stones, and stones to be set, for the ephod and for the breastplate: (Ex. 35:27)
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1 Chron. 29:6‑8• 6Then the chief of the fathers and princes of the tribes of Israel, and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, with the rulers, of the king's work, offered willingly,
 7and gave for the service of the house of God, of gold five thousand talents and ten thousand drams, and of silver ten thousand talents, and of brass eighteen thousand talents, and one hundred thousand talents of iron.
 8And they with whom precious stones were found, gave them to the treasure of the house of Jehovah, by the hand of Jehiel the Gershonite. (1 Chron. 29:6‑8)
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2 Chron. 35:8• 8{i}And his princes gave a voluntary heave-offering for the people, for the priests, and for the Levites: Hilkijah and Zechariah and Jehiel, rulers of the house of God, gave to the priests for the Passover-offerings two thousand six hundred small cattle and three hundred oxen;{/i} (2 Chron. 35:8)
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Ezra 2:68‑69• 68{i}And some of the chief fathers, when they came to the house of Jehovah which is at Jerusalem, offered freely for the house of God to set it up in its place.{/i}
 69{i}They gave after their ability to the treasure of the work sixty-one thousand darics of gold, and five thousand pounds of silver, and one hundred priests' coats.{/i} (Ezra 2:68‑69)
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Neh. 7:70‑72• 70{i}And some of the chief fathers gave to the work. The Tirshatha gave to the treasure a thousand darics of gold, fifty basons, five hundred and thirty priests' coats.{/i}
 71{i}And some of the chief fathers gave to the treasure of the work twenty thousand darics of gold, and two thousand two hundred pounds of silver.{/i}
 72{i}And that which the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand darics of gold, and two thousand pounds of silver, and sixty-seven priests' coats.{/i} (Neh. 7:70‑72)

J. N. Darby Translation

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that 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;

W. Kelly Translation

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that 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;

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)