And Moses spake unto the heads of the tribes concerning the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the Lord hath commanded. (Numbers 30:1)
The same men referred to in chs. 1:4, 16; 7:2; etc. Various expressions are used, “the heads of your tribes, and your elders” (Deut. 5:23), “the whole congregation of the children of Israel” (Joshua 18:1; 22:12), “the chief of all the people” (Judges 20:2), “all Israel” (1 Sam. 7:5), “all the princes of Israel, the princes of the tribes” (1 Chron. 28:1), “the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers” (2 Chron. 5:2), “the princes and the elders” (Ezra 10:8).