Numbers 10:16
in Numbers 10and Eliab son of Helon was over the division of the tribe of Zebulun.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And over the host of the tribe of the children of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon.
KJV
And over the host of the tribe of the children of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon.
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This verse in Numbers 10
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThe leading standard, now lodged with that tribe, was an earnest of the sceptre which in David's time should be committed to it, and looked further to the captain of our salvation, of whom it was likewise foretold that unto him should the gathering of the people be.
This site's exposition
Nethaneel the son of Zuar
on Numbers 10:15-17
Issachar and Zebulun complete the east standard, and then the tent itself comes down. Gershon and Merari carry the structure directly behind Judah on the six wagons given them at Numbers 7:7-8, which puts the frame of the tabernacle six tribes ahead of the holy things it houses. Verse 21 gives the reason for that spacing.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And over the host of the tribe of the children of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon. See Gill on Num 10:14.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
The marching order is described (Nu 2:1-34); but, as the vast horde is represented here in actual migration, let us notice the extraordinary care that was taken for ensuring the safe conveyance of the holy things.
The words behind it
8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְעַ֨ל־ | veal- | and [was] over | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| צְבָ֔א | tzeva' | [the] military group of | H6635 → | 485 times |
| מַטֵּ֖ה | mateh | [the] tribe of | H4294 → | 252 times |
| בְּנֵ֣י | benei | [the] descendants of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| זְבוּלֻ֑ן | zevulun | Zebulun | H2074 → | 45 times |
| אֱלִיאָ֖ב | ʾeliav | Eliab | H446 → | 21 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| חֵלֽוֹן׃ | chelon | Helon | H2497 → | 5 times |
וְעַ֨ל־and [was] over
veal-H5921 →5755 times
צְבָ֔א[the] military group of
tzeva'H6635 →485 times
מַטֵּ֖ה[the] tribe of
matehH4294 →252 times
בְּנֵ֣י[the] descendants of
beneiH1121 →4930 times
זְבוּלֻ֑ןZebulun
zevulunH2074 →45 times
אֱלִיאָ֖בEliab
ʾeliavH446 →21 times
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
חֵלֽוֹן׃Helon
chelonH2497 →5 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
3 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 1:9from Zebulun, Eliab son of Helon;
it leads to
- Numbers 2:7
Next will be the tribe of Zebulun. The leader of the Zebulunites is Eliab son of Helon,
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Numbers 7:24
On the third day Eliab son of Helon, the leader of the Zebulunites, drew near.
- Numbers 2:7
Through
Numbers 7:24On the third day Eliab son of Helon, the leader of the Zebulunites, drew near.
it leads to
- Numbers 1:9
from Zebulun, Eliab son of Helon;
- Numbers 1:9
Where this verse is studied
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About Numbers
This page draws on 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); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.