1And Moses spake unto the heads of the tribes concerning the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded.
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That the princes of Israel, heads of the house of their fathers, who were the princes of the tribes, and were over them that were numbered, offered:
These are the names of the men which shall divide the land unto you: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun. …
Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you. …
And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
And with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one head of the house of his fathers. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-2)This law was delivered to the heads of the tribes that they might instruct those who were under their charge, explain the law to them, give then necessary cautions, and call them to account, if there were occasion, for the breach of their vows. Perhaps the heads of the tribes had, upon some emergency of this kind, consulted Moses, and desired by him to know the mind of God, and here they are told…
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