'Leaders' in the Bible

These are the men called from the community; they are leaders of their ancestral tribes, the heads of Israel’s clans.”

These are the men Moses and Aaron registered, with the assistance of the 12 leaders of Israel; each represented his ancestral house.

The chief of the Levite leaders was Eleazar son of Aaron the priest; he had oversight of those responsible for the duties of the sanctuary.

So Moses, Aaron, and the leaders of the community registered the Kohathites by their clans and their ancestral houses,

Moses, Aaron, and the leaders of Israel registered all the Levites by their clans and their ancestral houses,

the leaders of Israel, the heads of their ancestral houses, presented an offering. They were the tribal leaders who supervised the registration.

They brought as their offering before the Lord six covered carts and 12 oxen, a cart from every two leaders and an ox from each one, and presented them in front of the tabernacle.

The leaders also presented the dedication gift for the altar when it was anointed. The leaders presented their offerings in front of the altar.

This was the dedication gift from the leaders of Israel for the altar when it was anointed: 12 silver dishes, 12 silver basins, and 12 gold bowls.

However, if one is sounded, only the leaders, the heads of Israel’s clans, are to gather before you.

Moses sent them from the Wilderness of Paran at the Lord’s command. All the men were leaders in Israel.

250 prominent Israelite men who were leaders of the community and representatives in the assembly, and they rebelled against Moses.

“Speak to the Israelites and take one staff from them for each ancestral house, 12 staffs from all the leaders of their ancestral houses. Write each man’s name on his staff.

So Moses spoke to the Israelites, and each of their leaders gave him a staff, one for each of the leaders of their ancestral houses, 12 staffs in all. Aaron’s staff was among them.

The Lord said to Moses, “Take all the leaders of the people and execute them in broad daylight before the Lord so that His burning anger may turn away from Israel.”

They stood before Moses, Eleazar the priest, the leaders, and the entire community at the entrance to the tent of meeting and said,

Moses told the leaders of the Israelite tribes, “This is what the Lord has commanded:

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

“You, Eleazar the priest, and the family leaders of the community are to take a count of what was captured, man and beast.

So the Gadites and Reubenites came to Moses, Eleazar the priest, and the leaders of the community and said:

So Moses gave orders about them to Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the family leaders of the Israelite tribes.

The family leaders from the clan of the descendants of Gilead—the son of Machir, son of Manasseh—who were from the clans of the sons of Joseph, approached and addressed Moses and the leaders who were over the Israelite families.