Numbers 32:36

32:36 Beth Nimrah, and Beth Haran as fortified cities, and constructed pens for their flocks.

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 30:10

30:10 If she made the vow in her husband’s house or put herself under obligation with an oath,

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 7:2

7:2 Then the leaders of Israel, the heads of their clans, ³  made an offering. They were the leaders of the tribes; they were the ones who had been supervising ⁴  the numbering.

Numbers 17:3

17:3 You must write Aaron’s name on the staff of Levi; for one staff is for the head of every tribe. ⁵ 

Numbers 20:29

20:29 When all the community saw that Aaron was dead, the whole house of Israel mourned for Aaron thirty days.

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 ⁶  of the Simeonites. 25:15 The name of the Midianite woman who was killed was Cozbi daughter of Zur. He was a leader ⁷  over the people of a clan of Midian. ⁸ 

Numbers 30:16

30:16 These are the statutes that the Lord commanded Moses, relating to ⁹  a man and his wife, and a father and his young daughter who is still living in her father’s house.

Numbers 2:34

2:34 So the Israelites did according to all that the Lord commanded Moses; that is the way ¹⁰  they camped under their standards, and that is the way they traveled, each with his clan and family.

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.

¹ tn Heb “the house of their fathers.”

² tn The form is the Qal active participle from the verb “to stand” (עָמַד, ’amad). The form describes these leaders as “the ones standing over [the ones numbered].” The expression, along with the clear indication of the first census in chapter 1, shows that this was a supervisory capacity.

¹ tn Heb “one rod for the head of their fathers’ house.”

¹ tn Heb “a father’s house.” So also in v. 15.

¹ tn Heb “head.”

² 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).

¹ tn Heb “between.”

¹ tn The Hebrew word is כֵּן (ken, “thus, so”).