These [were] the renowned of the congregation, princes of the tribes of their fathers, heads of thousands in Israel.
Ver. 16. Princes of the tribes.] These were those officers over them in Egypt, saith a Hebrew doctor, that had been beaten for them. Exo 5:14 Now they are raised to great preferment. Sic per angusta ad augustum, per spinas ad rosas, per motum ad quietem, per crucem ad coelum contendimus.