Numbers 1:44

1:44 These were the men whom Moses and Aaron numbered ¹  along with the twelve leaders of Israel, each of whom ²  was from his own family.

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.

[1:44]  ¹ tn The construction uses both the passive participle הַפְּקֻדִים (happÿqudim) and the verb פָּקַד (paqad), giving a literal translation of “these were the numbered ones, whom Moses and Aaron numbered.”

[1:44]  ² tn Heb “they were one man for the house of his fathers.”

[7:2]  ³ tn Heb “the house of their fathers.”

[7:2]  ⁴ 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.