Numbers 1 16
These were the men chosen from the Israelite community. They were the leaders of their fathers' tribes; the heads of the families of Israel.
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YLT Numbers 1:16These are those called of the company, princes of the tribes of their fathers; they are heads of the thousands of Israel.
AMP Numbers 1:16These men were the ones called from the congregation, the leaders of their fathers’ (ancestors’) tribes; they were the heads of thousands [the highest ranking officers] in Israel.”
ASV Numbers 1:16These are they that were called of the congregation, the princes of the tribes of their fathers; they were the heads of the thousands of Israel.