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the heads of the ancestral houses of Israel

Here "heads" is a metaphor for the most important part. And "houses" represents the families. Alternate translation: "leaders of the founding families of Israel" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)