Tosefta for Numbers 7:2
וַיַּקְרִ֙יבוּ֙ נְשִׂיאֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל רָאשֵׁ֖י בֵּ֣ית אֲבֹתָ֑ם הֵ֚ם נְשִׂיאֵ֣י הַמַּטֹּ֔ת הֵ֥ם הָעֹמְדִ֖ים עַל־הַפְּקֻדִֽים׃
that the princes of Israel, the heads of their fathers’houses, offered—these were the princes of the tribes, these are they that were over them that were numbered.
Tosefta Horayot
Who is the nasi [that is obligated to bring an offering for sins committed before his appointment (Hor. 3:3, Hor. 10a:6)]? [He is] the "nasi" (per Vienna Man.) of Israel (i.e., the king), not the "nasi" of a tribe (i.e., a tribal leader, cf. Num. 7:2). [In the event that there is both] a "nasi of Israel" and a "nasi of the House of David" -- this one brings [a sacrifice of] his own, and that one brings [a sacrifice of] his own.
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