Numbers 1:16

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¹⁶These were the men chosen from the congregation, leaders of their ancestral tribes, heads of Israel’s military divisions.

These were the ones chosen from the congregation, the chiefs of their ancestral tribes, the heads of the clans of Israel.

These were the men appointed from the community, the leaders of their ancestral tribes. They were the heads of the clans of Israel.

These are the men called from the community; they are leaders of their ancestral tribes, the heads of Israel’s clans.”

These are the chosen leaders of the community, the leaders of their ancestral tribes, the heads of the clans of Israel.”

These are the ones summoned from the community, the leaders of their ancestors’ tribes; they are the heads of Israel’s clans.

These were the renowned of the congregation, princes of the tribes of their fathers, heads of thousands in Israel.

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