Discovery BoxNumbers 7:2 
Context7:2 Then the leaders of Israel, the heads of their clans, 1 made an offering. They were the leaders of the tribes; they were the ones who had been supervising 2 the numbering.
Numbers 17:6
Context17:6 So Moses spoke to the Israelites, and each of their leaders gave him a staff, one for each leader, 3 according to their tribes 4 – twelve staffs; the staff of Aaron was among their staffs.
Numbers 34:13
Context34:13 Then Moses commanded the Israelites: “This is the land which you will inherit by lot, which the Lord has commanded to be given 5 to the nine and a half tribes,
1 tn Heb “the house of their fathers.”
2 tn The form is the Qal active participle from the verb “to stand” (עָמַד, ’amad). The form describes these leaders as “the ones standing over [the ones numbered].” The expression, along with the clear indication of the first census in chapter 1, shows that this was a supervisory capacity.
3 tn Heb “a rod for one leader, a rod for one leader.”
4 tn Heb “the house of their fathers.”
5 tn The infinitive forms the direct object of what the
