Numbers 34:23
in Numbers 34Hanniel son of Ephod, a leader from the tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph;
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Of the children of Joseph: of the tribe of the children of Manasseh a prince, Hanniel the son of Ephod.
KJV
The prince of the children of Joseph, for the tribe of the children of Manasseh, Hanniel the son of Ephod.
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This verse in Numbers 34
Commentary
2 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
Of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad
on Numbers 34:21-29
The order of the tribes in this list matches none of the other lists in the book, not chapter 1, not chapter 2 and not chapter 26. Clarke reads it as the order in which the tribes came to hold their ground, running from Judah in the south to Naphtali in the north, while Barnes says only that the arrangement belongs to this passage alone. Apart from Caleb, none of these ten men is heard of again in Scripture, and every prince who served in chapter 1 has died under the sentence of 14:29. Verse 29 closes with a commission to divide land none of them had yet stood on, and Joshua 19:51 records Eleazar, Joshua and the heads of the tribes doing it at Shiloh.
The record, by era
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
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.
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The words behind it
9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| לִבְנֵ֣י | livnei | of [the] sons of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יוֹסֵ֔ף | yosef | Joseph | H3130 → | 213 times |
| לְמַטֵּ֥ה | lemateh | of [the] tribe of | H4294 → | 252 times |
| בְנֵֽי־ | venei- | [the] descendants of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| מְנַשֶּׁ֖ה | menasheh | Manasseh | H4519 → | 146 times |
| נָשִׂ֑יא | nasi' | a leader | H5387 → | 134 times |
| חַנִּיאֵ֖ל | chaniel | Hanniel | H2592 → | |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| אֵפֹֽד׃ | ʾefod | Ephod | H641 → |
לִבְנֵ֣יof [the] sons of
livneiH1121 →4930 times
יוֹסֵ֔ףJoseph
yosefH3130 →213 times
לְמַטֵּ֥הof [the] tribe of
lematehH4294 →252 times
בְנֵֽי־[the] descendants of
venei-H1121 →4930 times
מְנַשֶּׁ֖הManasseh
menashehH4519 →146 times
נָשִׂ֑יאa leader
nasi'H5387 →134 times
חַנִּיאֵ֖לHanniel
chanielH2592 →
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
אֵפֹֽד׃Ephod
ʾefodH641 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
About Numbers
Who and where
2 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- PersonPatriarchsJosephThe rejected-then-exalted son — Genesis's great Christ-type; preserver of his family and of Egypt; the bridge into Exodus.
- PersonLate monarchyManassehJudah's longest-reigning and worst king, who filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; the book names his apostasy as the cause of 586…
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament and Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible.