New King James Version
Numbers 1:5
5“These are the names of the men who shall stand with you: from Reuben, Elizur the 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.
- 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 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
3from twenty years old and above—all who are able to go to war in Israel. You and Aaron shall number them by their armies. 4And with you there shall be a man from every tribe, each one the head of his father’s house. “These are the names of the men who shall stand with you: from Reuben, Elizur the son of Shedeur; 6from Simeon, Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai; 7from Judah, Nahshon the 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
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Cross-references for Numbers 1:5
- Numbers 2:10“On the south side shall be the standard of the forces with Reuben according to their armies, and the leader of the children of Reuben shall be Elizur the son of Shedeur.”
- Numbers 7:30On the fourth day Elizur the son of Shedeur, leader of the children of Reuben, presented an offering.
- Numbers 10:18And the standard of the camp of Reuben set out according to their armies; over their army was Elizur the son of Shedeur.
- Genesis 29:32So Leah conceived and bore a son, and she called his name Reuben; for she said, “The Lord has surely looked on my affliction. Now therefore, my husband will love me.”
- Genesis 30:5And Bilhah conceived and bore Jacob a son.
- Genesis 35:17Now it came to pass, when she was in hard labor, that the midwife said to her, “Do not fear; you will have this son also.”
- Genesis 46:8Now these were the names of the children of Israel, Jacob and his sons, who went to Egypt: Reuben was Jacob’s firstborn.
- Genesis 49:1And Jacob called his sons and said, “Gather together, that I may tell you what shall befall you in the last days:
- Exodus 1:2Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah;
- Deuteronomy 33:1Now this is the blessing with which Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death.
- Revelation 7:4And I heard the number of those who were sealed. One hundred and forty-four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel were sealed:
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
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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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