1:44 These were the men whom Moses and Aaron numbered 1 along with the twelve leaders of Israel, each of whom 2 was from his own family.
1 tn The construction uses both the passive participle הַפְּקֻדִים (happÿqudim) and the verb פָּקַד (paqad), giving a literal translation of “these were the numbered ones, whom Moses and Aaron numbered.”
2 tn Heb “they were one man for the house of his fathers.”
3 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Hobab) has been specified in the translation for clarity.