Números 7:2

2 os príncipes de Israel, cabeças das casas de seus pais, fizeram as suas ofertas. Estes eram os príncipes das tribos, os que estavam sobre os que foram contados.

Números 7:2 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 7:2

That the princes of Israel
The princes of the twelve tribes of Israel:

heads of the house of their fathers;
of the each of the houses and families the tribes were divided into, and took their name from each of their ancestors, as is next explained:

who were princes of the tribes;
the twelve tribes, as before observed, ( Numbers 1:4-16 ) ;

and were over them that were numbered;
over the children of Israel that were numbered, ( Numbers 1:19-46 ) ; by which it that these princes are the very same persons that are mentioned by name there, as they are here afterwards; and were with Moses and Aaron, and assisting to them when they took the number of them; but according to the Targum of Jonathan, and Jarchi, these were appointed over them in Egypt; but the former is right: these now

offered
not sacrifices but gifts; they brought their presents to the Lord for the service of his sanctuary, and set them before him, as follows.

Números 7:2 In-Context

1 No dia em que Moisés acabou de levantar o tabernáculo, tendo-o ungido e santificado juntamente com todos os seus móveis, bem como o altar e todos os seus utensílios, depois de ungi-los e santificá-los,

2 os príncipes de Israel, cabeças das casas de seus pais, fizeram as suas ofertas. Estes eram os príncipes das tribos, os que estavam sobre os que foram contados.

3 Trouxeram eles a sua oferta perante o Senhor: seis carros cobertos, e doze bois; por dois príncipes um carro, e por cada um, um boi; e os apresentaram diante do tabernáculo.

4 Então disse o Senhor a Moisés:

5 Recebe-os deles, para serem utilizados no serviço da tenda da revelação; e os darás aos levitas, a cada qual segundo o seu serviço: