Números 1:16

16 Estos son los que fueron llamados de la congregación, los principales de las tribus de sus padres; ellos fueron los jefes de las divisiones ^[a] de Israel.

Números 1:16 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 1:16

These [were] the renowned of the congregation
The most famous and eminent among the people, for their birth and pedigree, or for their excellent qualities of wisdom, courage, and the like; or "the called of the congregation" ^F4, whom God had called by name and selected from the rest of the congregation to the above service, whereby great honour was done them: Aben Ezra says, the sense is, that the congregation did nothing until they had called them; with which agrees the note of Jarchi,

``who were called to every business of importance in the congregation:''

princes of the tribes of their fathers;
as Elizur was prince of the children of Reuben, ( Numbers 7:30 ) ; the same is there said of the rest in their respective tribes:

heads of thousands in Israel;
the congregation of Israel being divided into thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens, by the advice of Jethro, ( Exodus 18:21 ) ; each of these divisions had a ruler over them, and thousands being the highest number, these princes were chiliarchs, rulers or heads of thousands.

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FOOTNOTES:

F4 (hdeh yayrq) "convocati coetus", Montanus, Drusius; "convocati e coetu", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator.

Números 1:16 In-Context

14 de Gad, Eliasaf, hijo de Deuel;

15 de Neftalí, Ahira, hijo de Enán.

16 Estos son los que fueron llamados de la congregación, los principales de las tribus de sus padres; ellos fueron los jefes de las divisiones de Israel.

17 Entonces Moisés y Aarón tomaron a estos hombres que habían sido designados por sus nombres,

18 y reunieron a toda la congregación el primer día del mes segundo. Y se registraron según sus antepasados por familias, por sus casas paternas, según el número de nombres, de veinte años arriba, uno por uno.

Footnotes

• [a] Lit., los miles o los clanes