"These are they who were called of the congregation, the leaders of their fathers' tribes; they were the heads of divisions of Israel."

"Yet if only one is blown, then the leaders, the heads of the divisions of Israel, shall assemble before you.

and with him ten chiefs, one chief for each father's household from each of the tribes of Israel; and each one of them was the head of his father's household among the thousands of Israel.

Then the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh answered and spoke to the heads of the families of Israel.

"But as for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, Too little to be among the clans of Judah, From you One will go forth for Me to be ruler in Israel His goings forth are from long ago, From the days of eternity."