New International Version
Numbers 1:5
5These are the names of the men who are to assist you: from Reuben, Elizur 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.
- 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;
- 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
3You and Aaron are to count according to their divisions all the men in Israel who are twenty years old or more and able to serve in the army. 4One man from each tribe, each of them the head of his family, is to help you. These are the names of the men who are to assist you: from Reuben, Elizur son of Shedeur; 6from Simeon, Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai; 7from Judah, Nahshon 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
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Numbers 1:5
- Numbers 2:10On the south will be the divisions of the camp of Reuben under their standard. The leader of the people of Reuben is Elizur son of Shedeur.
- Numbers 7:30On the fourth day Elizur son of Shedeur, the leader of the people of Reuben, brought his offering.
- Numbers 10:18The divisions of the camp of Reuben went next, under their standard. Elizur son of Shedeur was in command.
- Genesis 29:32Leah became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Reuben, for she said, “It is because the Lord has seen my misery. Surely my husband will love me now.”
- Genesis 30:5and she became pregnant and bore him a son.
- Genesis 35:17And as she was having great difficulty in childbirth, the midwife said to her, “Don’t despair, for you have another son.”
- Genesis 46:8These are the names of the sons of Israel (Jacob and his descendants) who went to Egypt: Reuben the firstborn of Jacob.
- Genesis 49:1Then Jacob called for his sons and said: “Gather around so I can tell you what will happen to you in days to come.
- Exodus 1:2Reuben, Simeon, Levi and Judah;
- Deuteronomy 33:1This is the blessing that Moses the man of God pronounced on the Israelites before his death.
- Revelation 7:4Then I heard the number of those who were sealed: 144,000 from all the tribes 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
In the dictionaries
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
New International Version — © NIV® 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica
Commentaries