ונשיא נשיאי הלוי. שהם שלשה גם מלת נשיאי הלוי מושכת עצמה ואחרת עמה כמו לא רבים יחכמו וכן הוא נשיאי פקודת שומרי משמרת הקודש והטעם כי אלו שלשה פקידים על השומרים שהם הלוים: PRINCE OF THE PRINCES OF THE LEVITES. There were three princes of Levi.59See verses 24, 30, and 35. The term nesi’e (princes) in the phrase nesi’e ha-levi (princes of Levi) applies to the word levi and also to another word.60It also applies to the word pekudat (having the oversight of) in the second part of our verse. It is like the word lo (not) in It is not the great that are wise (Job 32:9).61The second part of Job 32:9 literally reads, and the aged discern judgment. According to I.E. the word lo is carried over to the second half of the sentence, which is to interpreted, and the aged do not (lo) discern judgment. The second part of our verse is to be interpreted as if written the princes having the oversight of them that keep the charge of the sanctuary.62I.E. interprets our verse as if written, Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest being prince of the princes of the Levites, the princes having the oversight of them that keep the charge of the sanctuary. Its meaning is that these three princes had oversight over the keepers of the charge of the sanctuary, who were Levites.