New English Translation
Numbers 1:11
11from Benjamin, Abidan son of Gideoni;
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Context of Numbers 1:11
9from Zebulun, Eliab son of Helon; 10from the sons of Joseph: from Ephraim, Elishama son of Ammihud; from Manasseh, Gamaliel son of Pedahzur; from Benjamin, Abidan son of Gideoni; 12from Dan, Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai; 13from Asher, Pagiel son of Ocran;
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לְבִ֨נְיָמִ֔ן אֲבִידָ֖ן בֶּן־גִּדְעֹנִֽי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Numbers 1:11
- Numbers 2:22Next will be the tribe of Benjamin. The leader of the people of Benjamin is Abidan son of Gideoni.
- Numbers 7:60On the ninth day Abidan son of Gideoni, leader of the Benjaminites, presented an offering.
- Numbers 10:24and over the company of the tribe of Benjaminites was Abidan son of Gideoni.
Commentaries on Numbers 1:11
- 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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