And it shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking unto the people, that they shall make captains of the armies to lead the people.
They shall make captains of the armies to lead the people, х uwpaaqªduw (H6485) saareey (H8269) tsªbaa'owt (H6635) bªro'sh (H7218) haa`aam (H5971)] - and they shall set (appoint) captains of the hosts in the head (front) of the people. When the parties exempted on the specified grounds had been removed, and the whole body of soldiers fit for service was mustered, the army was then arranged in its old familiar division of thousands, hundreds, and families, under their respective captains (Numbers 2:34; Numbers 26:12; 1 Chronicles 27:1; 2 Chronicles 25:5). х Saareey (H8269), chiefs, leaders]. This is the term used for both civil and military officers. [The Septuagint also has archontas (G758) for both (cf. Exodus 18:21 with Numbers 31:14).]