36:1 Then the heads of the family groups 3 of the Gileadites, the descendant of Machir, the descendant of Manasseh, who were from the Josephite families, approached and spoke before Moses 4 and the leaders who were the heads of the Israelite families. 5
1 tn Heb “and they brought.”
2 sn For a discussion and drawings, see W. S. McCullough, IDB 1:540. But see also D. J. Wiseman, IBD 1:254.
3 tn The expression is “the heads of the fathers by the family of the Gileadites.”
4 tn The Greek and the Syriac add “and before Eleazar the priest.”
5 tn Heb “heads of the fathers.”