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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then the tribe of Naphtali, the chief of the people of Naphtali being Ahira the 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

27Those who camp next to him shall be the tribe of Asher; and the leader of the sons of Asher: Pagiel the son of Ochran, 28and his army, their numbered men: 41,500. Then follows the tribe of Naphtali; and the leader of the sons of Naphtali: Ahira the son of Enan, 30and his army, their numbered men: 53,400. 31The total of the numbered men of the camp of Dan was 157,600. They shall set out last by their flags.”

Numbers 2:29 word by word

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

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

Cross-references for Numbers 2:29

• Numbers 1:42Of the sons of Naphtali, their descendants by their families, by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, whoever was able to go to war,
• Numbers 26:48The sons of Naphtali by their families: of Jahzeel, the family of the Jahzeelites; of Guni, the family of the Gunites;
• Numbers 1:15of Naphtali, Ahira the son of Enan.
• Numbers 7:78On the twelfth day it was Ahira the son of Enan, leader of the sons of Naphtali;
• Numbers 10:27and Ahira the son of Enan over the tribal army of the sons of Naphtali.

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
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• Bethshemesh
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• Encamp
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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