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# the leaders of Israel ... the heads of their ancestor's families
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These two phrases describe the same group of people two different ways. Alternate translation: "the leaders of Israel who are also the heads of their ancestors families" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parallelism]])
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# the heads of their ancestor's families
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Here the leaders of the families are referred to as "heads." Alternate translation: "the leaders of their ancestor's families" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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# had overseen the counting of the men
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The abstract noun "counting" can be stated as a verb. Alternate translation: "had helped Aaron and Moses to count the men" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-abstractnouns]])
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