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Then the leaders of Israel, the heads of their clans,[a] made an offering. They were the leaders of the tribes; they were the ones who had been supervising[b] the numbering.

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  1. Numbers 7:2 tn Heb “the house of their fathers.”
  2. Numbers 7:2 tn The form is the Qal active participle from the verb “to stand” (עָמַד, ʿamad). 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.