16These were the men appointed from the community, the leaders of their ancestral tribes. They were the heads of the clans of Israel.


In Context

13 from Asher, Pagiel son of Ocran;

14 from Gad, Eliasaph son of Deuel;

15 from Naphtali, Ahira son of Enan."

16 These were the men appointed from the community, the leaders of their ancestral tribes. They were the heads of the clans of Israel.

17 Moses and Aaron took these men whose names had been given,

18 and they called the whole community together on the first day of the second month. The people indicated their ancestry by their clans and families, and the men twenty years old or more were listed by name, one by one,

Numbers 1:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:16These [were] the renowned of the congregation, princes of the tribes of their fathers, heads of thousands in Israel.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:16These are the most noble princes of the multitude by their tribes and kindreds, and the chiefs of the army of Israel:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:16These were those summoned of the assembly, princes of the tribes of their fathers, the heads of the thousands of Israel.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:16These were the renowned of the congregation, princes of the tribes of their fathers, heads of thousands in Israel.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:16These are those who were called of the congregation, the princes of the tribes of their fathers; they were the heads of the thousands of Israel.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:16These are those called of the company, princes of the tribes of their fathers; they are heads of the thousands of Israel.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:16These were the renowned of the congregation, princes of the tribes of their fathers, heads of thousands in Israel.