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

27Next to him will encamp the tribe of Asher. The prince of the sons of Asher is Pagiel, son of Ochran. 28His division, by their numbers, is 41,500. Next, tribe of Naphtali. The prince of the sons of Naphtali is Ahira son of Enan. 30His division, by their numbers, is 53,400. 31All those numbered to the camp of Dan are 157,600. They are to advance last by their standards.

Numbers 2:29 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

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

Cross-references for Numbers 2:29

• Numbers 1:42From the sons of Naphtali (their generations by their families, their ancestral households, by number everyone 20 years old and upward who would go out with the army),
• Numbers 26:48The sons of Naphtali by their families were: by Jahzeel the Jahzeelite family, by Guni the Gunite family,
• Numbers 1:15From Naphtali, Ahira son of Enan.”
• Numbers 7:78On the twelfth day came the prince of the sons of Naphtali, Ahira son of Enan.
• Numbers 10:27Ahira son of Enan, was over the division of the tribe 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
• Ahira
• Bethshemesh
• Camp
• Dispute
• Encamp
• Sinai
• Agrapha
• Apocrypha
• Astronomy

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