Numbers 10:27
in Numbers 10and Ahira son of Enan was over the division of the tribe of Naphtali.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And over the host of the tribe of the children of Naphtali was Ahira the son of Enan.
KJV
And over the host of the tribe of the children of Naphtali was Ahira the son of Enan.
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This verse in Numbers 10
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
the rereward of all the camps
on Numbers 10:25-28
Dan, Asher and Naphtali close the column as the north standard of Numbers 2:25-31. Rereward is the rear guard, and the older commentators note that the Hebrew behind it carries the sense of a gathering party, the men who took up what the camps ahead had left. Verse 28 closes the roll with a summary, and the whole list from verse 14 repeats Numbers 2 without altering a name or a position.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
27 ), he left his son Hobab with Moses, as Barzillai left Chimham with David; and the same word signifies both a father-in-law and a brother-in-law. Now this Hobab staid contentedly with Israel while they encamped at mount Sinai, near his own country; but, now that they were removing, he was for going back to his own country and kindred, and his father's house.
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And over the host of the tribe of the children of Naphtali was Ahira the son of Enan. See Gill on Num 10:25.
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 |
| נַפְתָּלִ֑י | naftali | Naphtali | H5321 → | 51 times |
| אֲחִירַ֖ע | ʾachira' | Ahira | H299 → | 5 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| עֵינָֽן׃ | ʾeinan | Enan | H5881 → | 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
נַפְתָּלִ֑יNaphtali
naftaliH5321 →51 times
אֲחִירַ֖עAhira
ʾachira'H299 →5 times
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
עֵינָֽן׃Enan
ʾeinanH5881 →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 7:78On the twelfth day Ahira son of Enan, the leader of the Naphtalites, drew near.
it leads to
- Numbers 2:29
Next will be the tribe of Naphtali. The leader of the Naphtalites is Ahira son of Enan,
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Numbers 1:15
and from Naphtali, Ahira son of Enan.”
- Numbers 2:29
Through
Numbers 1:15and from Naphtali, Ahira son of Enan.”
it leads to
- Numbers 7:78
On the twelfth day Ahira son of Enan, the leader of the Naphtalites, drew near.
- Numbers 7:78
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; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.