Numbers 1:4

1:4 And to help you ¹  there is to be a man from each ²  tribe, each man ³  the head ⁴  of his family. ⁵ 

Numbers 7:11

7:11 For the Lord said to Moses, “They must present their offering, one leader for each day, ⁶  for the dedication of the altar.”

Numbers 15:12

15:12 You must do so for each one according to the number that you prepare.

Numbers 31:17

31:17 Now therefore kill every boy, ⁷  and kill every woman who has had sexual intercourse with a man. ⁸ 

¹ tn Heb “and with you.”

² tn The construction uses the noun in a distributive sense: “a man, a man for a tribe,” meaning a man for each tribe.

³ tn The clause expresses a distributive function, “a man” means “each man.”

⁴ sn See J. R. Bartlett, “The Use of the Word ראשׁ as a Title in the Old Testament,” VT 19 (1969): 1-10.

⁵ tn Heb “the house of his fathers.”

⁶ tn The distributive sense is achieved by repetition: “one leader for the day, one leader for the day.”

¹¹ tn Heb “every male among the little ones.”

¹² tn Heb “every woman who has known [a] man by lying with a man.”