Numbers 1:5

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

3from twenty years old and upward, whoever is able to go out to war in Israel, you and Aaron shall number them by their armies. 4With you, moreover, there shall be a man of each tribe, each one head of his father’s household. These then are the names of the men who shall stand with you: of Reuben, Elizur the son of Shedeur; 6of Simeon, Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai; 7of Judah, Nahshon the son of Amminadab;

Numbers 1:5 word by word

וְאֵ֙לֶּה֙ שְׁמ֣וֹת הָֽאֲנָשִׁ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר יַֽעַמְד֖וּ אִתְּכֶ֑ם לִרְאוּבֵ֕ן אֱלִיצ֖וּר בֶּן־שְׁדֵיאֽוּר׃Read the interlinear

• Theseאֵ֫לֶּה'êlleh · theseH428
• then are the namesשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034
• of the menאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• whoאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• shall standעָמַד‛âmad · to stand: standH5975
• of Reubenרְאוּבֵןre'ûbên · ReubenH7205
• Elizurאֱלִיצוּר'ĕlîytsûr · ElizurH468
• the sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• of Shedeurשְׁדֵיאוּרshedêy'ûr · ShedeurH7707

Cross-references for Numbers 1:5

• Numbers 2:10“On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben by their armies, and the leader of the sons of Reuben: Elizur the son of Shedeur,
• Numbers 7:30On the fourth day it was Elizur the son of Shedeur, leader of the sons of Reuben;
• Numbers 10:18Next the standard of the camp of Reuben, according to their armies, set out with Elizur the son of Shedeur, over its army,
• Genesis 29:32Leah conceived and bore a son and named him Reuben, for she said, “Because the Lord has seen my affliction; surely now my husband will love me.”
• Genesis 30:5Bilhah conceived and bore Jacob a son.
• Genesis 35:17When she was in severe labor the midwife said to her, “Do not fear, for now you have another son.”
• Genesis 46:8Now these are the names of the sons of Israel, Jacob and his sons, who went to Egypt: Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn.
• Genesis 49:1Then Jacob summoned his sons and said, “Assemble yourselves that I may tell you what will befall you in the days to come.
• Exodus 1:2Reuben, Simeon, Levi and Judah;
• Deuteronomy 33:1Now this is the blessing with which Moses the man of God blessed the sons of Israel before his death.
• Revelation 7:4And I heard the number of those who were sealed, one hundred and forty-four thousand 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

Topics related to Numbers 1:5

• Elizur
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• Israel
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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