Numbers 2:29

Numbers 2:29 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then the tribe of Naphtali: and the captain of the children of Naphtali shall be Ahira the son of Enan.
• New International Version (NIV)The tribe of Naphtali will be next. The leader of the people of Naphtali is Ahira son of Enan.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Then comes the tribe of Naphtali, and the leader of the children of Naphtali shall be Ahira the son of Enan.”

Context of Numbers 2:29

27And those to camp next to him shall be the tribe of Asher, the chief of the people of Asher being Pagiel the son of Ochran, 28his company as listed being 41,500. Then the tribe of Naphtali, the chief of the people of Naphtali being Ahira the son of Enan, 30his company as listed being 53,400. 31All those listed of the camp of Dan were 157,600. They shall set out last, standard by standard."

Numbers 2:29 word by word

וּמַטֵּ֖ה נַפְתָּלִ֑י וְנָשִׂיא֙ לִבְנֵ֣י נַפְתָּלִ֔י אֲחִירַ֖ע בֶּן־עֵינָֽן׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Then the tribeמַטֶּהmaţţeh maţţâh · tribeH4294
• of Naphtaliנַפְתָּלִיnaphtâlîy · NaphtaliH5321
• and the captainנָשִׂיאnâώîy' nâώi' · leaderH5387
• of the childrenבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• Ahiraאֲחִירַע'ăchîyra‛ · AhiraH299
• the sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• of Enanעֵינָן‛êynân · EnanH5881

Cross-references for Numbers 2:29

• Numbers 1:42Of the people of Naphtali, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war:
• Numbers 26:48The sons of Naphtali according to their clans: of Jahzeel, the clan of the Jahzeelites; of Guni, the clan of the Gunites;
• Numbers 1:15from Naphtali, Ahira the son of Enan."
• Numbers 7:78On the twelfth day Ahira the son of Enan, the chief of the people of Naphtali:
• Numbers 10:27And over the company of the tribe of the people of Naphtali was Ahira the son of Enan.

Commentaries on Numbers 2:29

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3-32Verses 3-32 The following plan shows the general arrangement of the camp, which would vary in different places according to local exigencies. The area of the camp might be about three square miles: Numbers 2:14 Reuel - Doubtless an error of transcription for Deuel Numbers 1:14.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 25-31The tribes of Dan, Asher, and Naphtali were in the back.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 10-3110-31. On the south side the standard of the camp of Reuben--The description given of the position of Reuben and his attendant tribes on the south, of Ephraim and his associates on the west, of Dan and his confederates on the north, with that of Judah on the east, suggests the idea of a square or quadrangle, which, allowing one square cubit to each soldier while remaining close in the ranks, has been computed to extend over an area of somewhat more than…Read the comment

Topics related to Numbers 2:29

• Ahira
• Enan
• Naphtali

In the dictionaries

• Naphtali
• Ahira
• Bethshemesh
• Camp
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• Encamp
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• Apocrypha
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Commentaries on Numbers 2

• 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
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings