Numeri 7:2

2 i principi d’Israele, capi delle case de’ loro padri, che erano i principi delle tribù ed aveano presieduto al censimento, presentarono 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 Il giorno che Mosè ebbe finito di rizzare il tabernacolo e l’ebbe unto e consacrato con tutti i suoi utensili, quando ebbe rizzato l’altare con tutti i suoi utensili, e li ebbe unti e consacrati,

2 i principi d’Israele, capi delle case de’ loro padri, che erano i principi delle tribù ed aveano presieduto al censimento, presentarono un’offerta

3 e la portarono davanti all’Eterno: sei carri-lettiga e dodici buoi; vale a dire un carro per due principi e un bove per ogni principe; e li offrirono davanti al tabernacolo.

4 E l’Eterno parlò a Mosè, dicendo:

5 "Prendili da loro per impiegarli al servizio della tenda di convegno, e dalli ai Leviti; a ciascuno secondo le sue funzioni".