Numbers 3:24

3:24 Now the leader ¹  of the clan ²  of the Gershonites was Eliasaph son of Lael.

Numbers 3:30

3:30 Now the leader of the clan of the families of the Kohathites was Elizaphan son of Uzziel.

Numbers 3:35

3:35 Now the leader of the clan of the families of Merari was Zuriel son of Abihail. These were to camp on the north side of the tabernacle.

Numbers 25:14-15

25:14 Now the name of the Israelite who was stabbed – the one who was stabbed with the Midianite woman – was Zimri son of Salu, a leader of a clan ³  of the Simeonites. 25:15 The name of the Midianite woman who was killed was Cozbi daughter of Zur. He was a leader ⁴  over the people of a clan of Midian. ⁵ 

Numbers 30:16

30:16 These are the statutes that the Lord commanded Moses, relating to ⁶  a man and his wife, and a father and his young daughter who is still living in her father’s house.

Numbers 17:2

17:2 “Speak to the Israelites, and receive from them a staff from each tribe, ⁷  one from every tribal leader, ⁸  twelve staffs; you must write each man’s name on his staff.

¹ tn The vav (ו) disjunctive on the noun at the beginning of the verse here signals a greater emphasis on the individual rather than another item in the numbering of the clans.

² tn Heb “a father’s house.” So also in vv. 30,35.

³ tn Heb “a father’s house.” So also in v. 15.

⁵ tn Heb “head.”

⁶ sn The passage makes it clear that this individual was a leader, one who was supposed to be preventing this thing from happening. The judgment was swift and severe, because the crime was so great, and the danger of it spreading was certain. Paul refers to this horrible incident when he reminds Christians not to do similar things (1 Cor 10:6-8).

⁷ tn Heb “between.”

⁹ tn Heb “receive from them a rod, a rod from the house of a father.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “from every leader of them according to their fathers’ house.”