KJV ORIGINAL
And with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one head of the house of his fathers.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
And with you there should be one man from every tribe; each one should be the leader of his family clan.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
God is telling Moses to choose one respected family leader from each of the twelve tribes to help him with an important task.
📚 Historical Context
This verse comes from God's instructions to Moses for conducting the first census of Israel in the wilderness. Moses needed tribal representatives to help count all the fighting men twenty years old and above from each tribe. These weren't just random people, but respected heads of their ancestral houses who could accurately represent and organize their tribes.
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