English Standard Version
Numbers 1:5
5And these are the names of the men who shall assist you. From 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;
- New King James Version (NKJV)“These are the names of the men who shall stand with you: from Reuben, Elizur the son of Shedeur;
- New Living Translation (NLT)“These are the tribes and the names of the leaders who will assist you: Reuben Elizur son of Shedeur
Context of Numbers 1:5
3From twenty years old and upward, all in Israel who are able to go to war, you and Aaron shall list them, company by company. 4And there shall be with you a man from each tribe, each man being the head of the house of his fathers. And these are the names of the men who shall assist you. From Reuben, Elizur the son of Shedeur; 6from Simeon, Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai; 7from Judah, 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 2:10"On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben by their companies, the chief of the people of Reuben being Elizur the son of Shedeur,
- Numbers 7:30On the fourth day Elizur the son of Shedeur, the chief of the people of Reuben:
- Numbers 10:18And the standard of the camp of Reuben set out by their companies, and over their company was Elizur the son of Shedeur.
- Genesis 29:32And Leah conceived and bore a son, and she called his name Reuben, for she said, "Because the Lord has looked upon my affliction; for now my husband will love me."
- Genesis 30:5And Bilhah conceived and bore Jacob a son.
- Genesis 35:17And when her labor was at its hardest, the midwife said to her, "Do not fear, for you have another son."
- Genesis 46:8Now these are the names of the descendants of Israel, who came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons. Reuben, Jacob's firstborn,
- Genesis 49:1Then Jacob called his sons and said, "Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you what shall happen to you in days to come.
- Exodus 1:2Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,
- Deuteronomy 33:1This is the blessing with which Moses the man of God blessed the people of Israel before his death.
- Revelation 7:4And I heard the number of the sealed, 144,000, sealed from every tribe of the sons of Israel:
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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