Numeri 7:2

2 i principali d’Israele, capi delle case loro paterne, i quali erano i principali delle tribù, ed erano stati sopra le rassegne del popolo, fecero un’offerta.

Numeri 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.

Numeri 7:2 In-Context

1 OR nel giorno che Mosè ebbe finito di rizzare il Tabernacolo, e l’ebbe unto e consacrato, con tutti i suoi arredi: e l’Altare, con tutti i suoi strumenti;

2 i principali d’Israele, capi delle case loro paterne, i quali erano i principali delle tribù, ed erano stati sopra le rassegne del popolo, fecero un’offerta.

3 E l’addussero davanti al Signore, cioè: sei carri coperti e dodici buoi; un carro per due di que’ principali, e un bue per uno; e offersero quelli davanti al Tabernacolo.

4 E il Signore parlò a Mosè, dicendo:

5 Prendili da loro, e sieno impiegati nei servigi del Tabernacolo della convenenza, e dalli a’ Leviti; acciocchè se ne servano, ciascuno secondo il suo servigio.