1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible

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Numbers 1:16 These are the most noble princes of the multitude, by their tribes and kindreds, and the chiefs of the army of Israel:

Army. Hebrew, "of a thousand." The Vulgate commonly styles them tribunes. They were "people of name in the assembly," as the Hebrew indicates. (Calmet)