במדבר לא:מח פירוש: רש״י ורבנו בחיי

הפקדים means THOSE WHO WERE APPOINTED (not those who were counted, as e.g. in Numbers 3:39).

ויקרבו אל משה הפקודים, “the officers approached Moses, etc.” The word הפקודים here is the same as הפקידים, “the commanders.”