Numbers 1:5
in Numbers 1These are the names of the men who are to assist you: From the tribe of Reuben, Elizur son of Shedeur;
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you. Of Reuben: Elizur the son of Shedeur.
KJV
And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you: of the tribe of Reuben; Elizur the son of Shedeur.
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This verse in Numbers 1
Commentary
5 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
The princes of the tribes, selected Num 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 Exo 18:21-26. Nahshon, prince of Judah, is mentioned in Exo 6:23, and Elishama, in 1Ch 7:26-27. The peers of men like these were no doubt entitled, among their fellows, to the epithet “renowned,” Num 1:16.
This site's exposition
these are the names of the men that shall stand with you
on Numbers 1:5-16
Twelve princes are named to stand with Moses, one for each tribe. Levi is absent from the list and Ephraim and Manasseh are counted separately, which holds the number at twelve. Nahshon the son of Amminadab stands for Judah, and his name runs on into Ruth 4:20 and 1 Chronicles 2:10 and into the line of Christ at Matthew 1:4, where the King James spells it Naasson, while his sister Elisheba had married Aaron at Exodus 6:23. Gad's prince is Deuel here and Reuel at 2:14, which Adam Clarke lays to the likeness of the Hebrew letters daleth and resh, with 7:42 and 10:20 both reading Deuel.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Reuben - The tribes are here numbered according to the order or quality of their birth, first the children of Leah, then of Rachel, and then of the handmaids.
And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
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 words behind it
10 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאֵ֙לֶּה֙ | veeleh | and these | H428 → | 746 times |
| שְׁמ֣וֹת | shemot | [are] [the] names of | H8034 → | 864 times |
| הָֽאֲנָשִׁ֔ים | haanashim | the men | H582 → | 566 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | who | H834 → | 5497 times |
| יַֽעַמְד֖וּ | yaamdu | they will stand | H5975 → | 521 times |
| אִתְּכֶ֑ם | ʾitekhem | with you | H854 → | 929 times |
| לִרְאוּבֵ֕ן | liruven | for Reuben | H7205 → | 72 times |
| אֱלִיצ֖וּר | ʾelitzur | Elizur | H468 → | 5 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| שְׁדֵיאֽוּר׃ | shedeiur | Shedeur | H7707 → | 5 times |
וְאֵ֙לֶּה֙and these
veelehH428 →746 times
שְׁמ֣וֹת[are] [the] names of
shemotH8034 →864 times
הָֽאֲנָשִׁ֔יםthe men
haanashimH582 →566 times
אֲשֶׁ֥רwho
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
יַֽעַמְד֖וּthey will stand
yaamduH5975 →521 times
אִתְּכֶ֑םwith you
ʾitekhemH854 →929 times
לִרְאוּבֵ֕ןfor Reuben
liruvenH7205 →72 times
אֱלִיצ֖וּרElizur
ʾelitzurH468 →5 times
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
שְׁדֵיאֽוּר׃Shedeur
shedeiurH7707 →5 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
6 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Numbers 2:10On the south side, the divisions of Reuben are to camp under their standard:
it leads to
- Numbers 7:30
On the fourth day Elizur son of Shedeur, the leader of the Reubenites, drew near.
- Genesis 49:3–4
Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, excelling in honor, excelling in power.
- 1 Chronicles 5:1
These were the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel. Though he was the firstborn, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph son of Israel, because Reuben defiled his father’s bed. So…
- Numbers 10:18
Then the divisions of the camp of Reuben set out under their standard, with Elizur son of Shedeur in command.
- Numbers 7:35
and a peace offering of two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Elizur son of Shedeur.
- Numbers 7:30
Through
Numbers 7:30On the fourth day Elizur son of Shedeur, the leader of the Reubenites, drew near.
it leads to
- Numbers 2:10
On the south side, the divisions of Reuben are to camp under their standard:
- Numbers 2:10
Where this verse is studied
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About Numbers
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament.