Numbers 13:5
in Numbers 13from the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat son of Hori;
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori.
KJV
Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori.
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This verse in Numbers 13
Commentary
2 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat
on Numbers 13:5-10
The tribal order in this roll matches neither the camp of Numbers 2 nor the census list of Numbers 1, since Zebulun stands seventh here and fifth there. Caleb is named at verse 6 and Oshea at verse 8 with nothing to mark either of them out from the ten around them. Matthew Henry suggests the whole roll is preserved for the sake of the two good men in it, since the other ten are never named again after this chapter.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori. See Gill on Num 13:4.
The words behind it
5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| לְמַטֵּ֣ה | lemateh | for [the] tribe of | H4294 → | 252 times |
| שִׁמְע֔וֹן | shimon | Simeon | H8095 → | 44 times |
| שָׁפָ֖ט | shafat | Shaphat | H8202 → | |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| חוֹרִֽי׃ | chori | Hori | H2753 → |
לְמַטֵּ֣הfor [the] tribe of
lematehH4294 →252 times
שִׁמְע֔וֹןSimeon
shimonH8095 →44 times
שָׁפָ֖טShaphat
shafatH8202 →
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
חוֹרִֽי׃Hori
choriH2753 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on 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.