^16 (A)These were ^(B)chosen^[a] from the congregation, leaders of their fathers’ tribes, ^(C)heads of the divisions in Israel.

¹³ And Moses, Eleazar the priest, and all the leaders of the congregation, went to meet them outside the camp.

² the children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spoke to Moses, to Eleazar the priest, and to the leaders of the congregation, saying,

Marriage of Female Heirs

36 Now the chief fathers of the families of the ^(A)children of Gilead the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, came near and ^(B)spoke before Moses and before the leaders, the chief fathers of the children of Israel.