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16 These men were appointed from within their communities, since they were leaders of their ancestral houses and heads of the tribes of Israel.

17 Moses and Aaron gathered these men who had been mentioned by name. 18 They assembled the entire community together during the second month. Then they recorded their ancestries,[a] according to their tribes and ancestral houses, as well as the names of the men[b] 20 years old and above individually,[c]

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  1. Numbers 1:18 Or genealogies; and so throughout the book
  2. Numbers 1:18 Or sons of Israel; and so throughout the book
  3. Numbers 1:18 Lit. according to their heads; and so throughout the book