Revised Version 1895
Numbers 1:15
15Of Naphtali; Ahira the son of Enan.
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Context of Numbers 1:15
13Of Asher; Pagiel the son of Ochran. 14Of Gad; Eliasaph the son of Deuel. Of Naphtali; Ahira the son of Enan. 16These are they that were called of the congregation, the princes of the tribes of their fathers; they were the heads of the thousands of Israel. 17And Moses and Aaron took these men which are expressed by name:
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לְנַ֨פְתָּלִ֔י אֲחִירַ֖ע בֶּן־עֵינָֽן׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Numbers 1:15
- Numbers 2:29and the tribe of Naphtali: and the prince of the children of Naphtali shall be Ahira the son of Enan:
- Numbers 7:78On the twelfth day Ahira the son of Enan, prince of the children of Naphtali:
- Numbers 10:27And over the host of the tribe of the children of Naphtali was Ahira the son of Enan.
Commentaries on Numbers 1:15
- 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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