Numbers 7:2

2 The leaders of Israel, the heads of the ancestral tribes who had carried out the census, brought offerings.

Numbers 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.

Numbers 7:2 In-Context

1 When Moses finished setting up The Dwelling, he anointed it and consecrated it along with all that went with it. At the same time he anointed and consecrated the Altar and its accessories.

2 The leaders of Israel, the heads of the ancestral tribes who had carried out the census, brought offerings.

3 They presented before God six covered wagons and twelve oxen, a wagon from each pair of leaders and an ox from each leader.

4 God spoke to Moses:

5 ''Receive these so that they can be used to transport the Tent of Meeting. Give them to the Levites according to what they need for their work."