Numbers 1:4 - Easy To Read Version One man from each and every family group {will help you}. This man will be the leader of his family group. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one head of the house of his fathers. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And with you there shall be a man [to assist you] from each tribe, each being the head of his father's house. American Standard Version (1901) And with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one head of his fathers’ house. Common English Bible Take with you one man from each tribe who is the head of his household. Catholic Public Domain Version And there shall be with you the leaders of the tribes, as well as of the houses, in their kinships, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And there shall be with you the princes of the tribes, and of the houses in their kindreds, |
Then King Solomon called together all the elders of Israel, the heads of the family groups, and the leaders of the families of Israel. He asked them to come to him in Jerusalem. Solomon wanted them to join in bringing the Box of the Agreement [101] from the City of David [102] into the temple.
Moses chose good men from among the people of Israel. Moses made them leaders over the people. There were rulers over 1,000 people, 100 people, 50 people, and ten people.
All those men are the leaders of their families. The people also chose them to be leaders of their family groups.
Moses, Aaron, and the twelve leaders of Israel counted these men. (There was one leader from each family group.)
On the stick from Levi, write Aaron’s name. There must be one stick for the head of each of the twelve family groups.
The Israelite man who was killed with the Midianite woman was named Zimri son of Salu. He was the leader of a family in Simeon’s family group.
The Lord said to Moses, “Get all the leaders of these people. Then kill them so that all the people can see. [311] Lay their bodies before the Lord. Then the Lord will not show his anger against all the people of Israel.”
Moses spoke with all the leaders of the Israelite family groups. Moses told them about these commands from the Lord:
Moses, Aaron, and the leaders of the people of Israel counted the Kohathite people. They counted them by families and family groups.
Then the leaders of Israel gave offerings to the Lord. These men were the heads of their families and leaders of their family groups. These were the same men who were in charge of counting the people.
“So I took the wise and experienced men you chose from your family groups, and I made them your leaders. In this way, I gave you leaders over 1,000 people, leaders over 100 people, leaders over 50 people, leaders over 10 people. I also gave you officers for each of your family groups.
They also sent ten of the leaders of the family groups there. There was one man from each family group of Israel that was at Shiloh.