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Numbers 1:5
5These are the men from each tribe who must help you: Reuben: Elizur, the son of Shedeur.
Numbers 1:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you: of the tribe of Reuben; Elizur the son of Shedeur.
- New International Version (NIV)These are the names of the men who are to assist you: from Reuben, Elizur son of Shedeur;
- English Standard Version (ESV)And these are the names of the men who shall assist you. From Reuben, Elizur the son of Shedeur;
- New King James Version (NKJV)“These are the names of the men who shall stand with you: from Reuben, Elizur the son of Shedeur;
Context of Numbers 1:5
3You and Aaron must record the names of all the men in each group who can fight in the army. Record the names of men who are 20 years old or older. 4A man from each tribe must help you. Each of them will be the leader of his family. These are the men from each tribe who must help you: Reuben: Elizur, the son of Shedeur. 6Simeon: Shelumiel, the son of Zurishaddai. 7Judah: Nahshon, the son of Amminadab.
Read all of Numbers 1Numbers 1:5 word by word
וְאֵ֙לֶּה֙ שְׁמ֣וֹת הָֽאֲנָשִׁ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר יַֽעַמְד֖וּ אִתְּכֶ֑ם לִרְאוּבֵ֕ן אֱלִיצ֖וּר בֶּן־שְׁדֵיאֽוּר׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Numbers 1:5
- Numbers 2:10The tribe of Reuben must be on the south side of the Tent. They must have their flag with them, and they must put up their tents in groups. The leader of the tribe of Reuben is Elizur, the son of Shedeur.
- Numbers 7:30On day 4, Elizur, the son of Shedeur, from the tribe of Reuben brought his gift.
- Numbers 10:18Next the flag of the camp of Reuben started to travel, with all their armies. Elizur, the son of Shedeur, was over all their armies.
- Genesis 29:32Leah became pregnant and she gave birth to a son. She called him Reuben. She said, ‘It is because the Lord has seen how sad I am. My husband will love me now because I have given birth to a son.’
- Genesis 30:5Bilhah became pregnant and she gave birth to a son for Jacob.
- Genesis 35:17As she was having even more pain, the woman who was helping her said, ‘Do not be afraid. You have another son!’
- Genesis 46:8These are the names of the descendants of Israel who went to Egypt, (that is, the sons of Jacob): Reuben was the firstborn son of Jacob.
- Genesis 49:1Then Jacob called for all his sons. He said, ‘Come here to me. Then I can tell you what will happen to you, in future years.
- Exodus 1:2Jacob's sons were Reuben, Simeon, Levi and Judah,
- Deuteronomy 33:1Before his death, God's servant Moses spoke this blessing to all the Israelites.
- Revelation 7:4Then I heard how many people received God's seal. The number of people was 144,000. They came from all the tribes of Israel's people:
Commentaries on Numbers 1:5
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5-16Verses 5-16 The princes of the tribes, selected Numbers 1:4 under divine direction, were for the most part the same persons as those chosen a few months previously at the counsel of Jethro Exodus 18:21-26. Nahshon, prince of Judah, is mentioned in Exodus 6:23, and Elishama, in 1 Chronicles 7:26-27. The peers of men like these were no doubt entitled, among their fellows, to the epithet “renowned,” Numbers 1:16.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-16those who are twenty years of age or older by their divisions—everyone who can serve in Israel’s army: This registration gathered more information than the earlier census (compare Exodus 38:26). These are the names of the men who are to assist you: Hebrew culture was tribal, centered around clans and families. They easily identified the tribal leaders, who appear again as a group in Numbers 7. Moses and Aaron did not include the tribe of Levi in this…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4-164-16. with you there shall be a man of every tribe, &c.--The social condition of the Israelites in the wilderness bore a close resemblance to that of the nomad tribes of the East in the present day. The head of the tribe was a hereditary dignity, vested in the oldest son or some other to whom the right of primogeniture was transferred, and under whom were other inferior heads, also hereditary, among the different branches of the tribe. The Israelites…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Numbers 1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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