Bilangan 3:24

3:24 Now the leader ¹  of the clan ²  of the Gershonites was Eliasaph son of Lael.

Bilangan 3:30

3:30 Now the leader of the clan of the families of the Kohathites was Elizaphan son of Uzziel.

Bilangan 3:32

3:32 Now the head of all the Levitical leaders ³  was Eleazar son of Aaron the priest. He was appointed over those who were responsible ⁴  for the sanctuary.

Bilangan 3:35

3:35 Now the leader of the clan of the families of Merari was Zuriel son of Abihail. These were to camp on the north side of the tabernacle.

[3:24]  ¹ tn The vav (ו) disjunctive on the noun at the beginning of the verse here signals a greater emphasis on the individual rather than another item in the numbering of the clans.

[3:24]  ² tn Heb “a father’s house.” So also in vv. 30,35.

[3:32]  ³ tn The Hebrew construction has “the leader of the leaders of” (וּנְשִׂיא נְשִׂיאֵי, unÿsi’ nÿsi’ey).

[3:32]  ⁴ tn Heb “the keepers of the responsibility” (שֹׁמְרֵי מִשְׁמֶרֶת, shomÿrey mishmeret). The participle is a genitive specifying the duty to which he was appointed (thing possessed); its cognate genitive emphasizes that their responsibility was over the holy place.