Numbers 34:23

Numbers 34:23 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The prince of the children of Joseph, for the tribe of the children of Manasseh, Hanniel the son of Ephod.
• New International Version (NIV)Hanniel son of Ephod, the leader from the tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph;
• English Standard Version (ESV)Of the people of Joseph: of the tribe of the people of Manasseh a chief, Hanniel the son of Ephod.
• New King James Version (NKJV)from the sons of Joseph: a leader from the tribe of the children of Manasseh, Hanniel the son of Ephod,

Context of Numbers 34:23

21From the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad son of Chislon. 22From the tribe of the sons of Dan, the prince is Bukki son of Jogli. From the sons of Joseph, from the tribe of the sons of Manasseh, the prince is to be Hanniel son of Ephod. 24The prince from the tribe of the sons of Ephraim is to be Kemuel son of Shiphtan. 25“The prince from the tribe of the sons of Zebulun is Elizaphan son of Parnach.

Numbers 34:23 word by word

לִבְנֵ֣י יוֹסֵ֔ף לְמַטֵּ֥ה בְנֵֽי־מְנַשֶּׁ֖ה נָשִׂ֑יא חַנִּיאֵ֖ל בֶּן־אֵפֹֽד׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The princeנָשִׂיאnâώîy' nâώi' · leaderH5387
• of the childrenבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• of Josephיוֹסֵףyôsêph · JosephH3130
• for the tribeמַטֶּהmaţţeh maţţâh · tribeH4294
• of Manassehמְנַשֶּׁהmenashsheh · ManassehH4519
• Hannielחַנִּיאֵלchannîy'êl · HannielH2592
• the sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• of Ephodאֵפֹד'êphôd · EphodH641

Commentaries on Numbers 34:23

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16-29Verses 16-29 Of the representatives now selected through Moses beforehand, who were all princes, i. e. heads of chief families, in their respective tribes (see Numbers 13:2), Caleb alone, of the tribe of Judah, is otherwise known to us (see Numbers 13:4 ff). The order in which the tribes are named is peculiar to this passage. If they be taken in pairs, Judah and Simeon, Benjamin and Dan, Manasseh and Ephraim, Zebulun and Issachar, Asher and Naphtali, the…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 16-29Verses 16-29 God here appoints men to divide the land to them. So sure must they feel of victory and success while God fought for them, that the persons are named who should be intrusted with the dividing of the land.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 19-28Caleb son of Jephunneh is the only tribal leader mentioned elsewhere in Numbers (13:6, 30; 14:6–38). Most of the older generation had died during the wilderness period (Numbers 26:63–65). But the two faithful spies were still leading their people.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 16-2916-29. names of the men ... which shall divide the land--This appointment by the Lord before the Jordan tended not only to animate the Israelites faith in the certainty of the conquest, but to prevent all subsequent dispute and discontent, which might have been dangerous in presence of the natives. The nominees were ten princes for the nine and a half tribes, one of them being selected from the western section of Manasseh, and all subordinate to the great…Read the comment

Topics related to Numbers 34:23

• Canaan
• Ephod
• Government
• Hanniel
• Israel

In the dictionaries

• Manasseh
• Hanniel
• Reach
• West
• Ephod (2)
• Genealogy
• Joshua (2)
• Numbers, Book of
• Parousia
• Ephod

Commentaries on Numbers 34

• 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