Numbers 7:12
in Numbers 7On the first day Nahshon son of Amminadab from the tribe of Judah drew near with his offering.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And he that offered his oblation the first day was Nahshon the son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah:
KJV
And he that offered his offering the first day was Nahshon the son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah:
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This verse in Numbers 7
Commentary
4 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
The several princes make their offerings in the order assigned to the tribes Num. 2. It was doubtless the tribes themselves which presented these gifts through their chiefs. The twelve offerings are strictly alike, and were offered on twelve separate days.
This site's exposition
he that offered his offering the first day
on Numbers 7:12-17
The first day belongs to Judah, and the order of the twelve days is the order of the camp in Numbers 2 rather than the order of birth. Judah pitched on the east toward the rising of the sun, and Genesis 49:10 is where that precedence comes from. The offering is written out in full here, a silver charger, a silver bowl, a golden spoon of incense and the animals, and the same list is written out eleven more times.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
He is not unrighteous, to forget either the cost or the labour of love, Heb. vi. We find Christ taking particular notice of what was cast into the treasury, Mark xii. Though what is offered be but little, though it be a contribution to the charity of others, yet if it be according to our ability it shall be recorded, that it may be recompensed in the resurrection of the just.
And he that offered his offering on the first day,....
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
The princes dedicated the altar with all the kinds of offerings that can be brought upon it. Therefore they brought a meal-offering, incense, a burnt-offering, a sin-offering, and a peace-offering.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 4 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיְהִ֗י | vayhi | and it was | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| הַמַּקְרִ֛יב | hamakriv | the [one who] brought near | H7126 → | 280 times |
| בַּיּ֥וֹם | baiyom | on the day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| הָרִאשׁ֖וֹן | harishon | <the> first | H7223 → | 182 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| קָרְבָּנ֑וֹ | karebano | offering his | H7133 → | 82 times |
| נַחְשׁ֥וֹן | nachshon | [was] Nahshon | H5177 → | 10 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| עַמִּינָדָ֖ב | ʾaminadav | Amminadab | H5992 → | 13 times |
| לְמַטֵּ֥ה | lemateh | of [the] tribe of | H4294 → | 252 times |
| יְהוּדָֽה׃ | yehudah | Judah | H3063 → | 819 times |
וַיְהִ֗יand it was
vayhiH1961 →3559 times
הַמַּקְרִ֛יבthe [one who] brought near
hamakrivH7126 →280 times
בַּיּ֥וֹםon the day
baiyomH3117 →2304 times
הָרִאשׁ֖וֹן<the> first
harishonH7223 →182 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
קָרְבָּנ֑וֹoffering his
karebanoH7133 →82 times
נַחְשׁ֥וֹן[was] Nahshon
nachshonH5177 →10 times
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
עַמִּינָדָ֖בAmminadab
ʾaminadavH5992 →13 times
לְמַטֵּ֥הof [the] tribe of
lematehH4294 →252 times
יְהוּדָֽה׃Judah
yehudahH3063 →819 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 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 1:7from Judah, Nahshon son of Amminadab;
it leads to
- Luke 3:32
the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Sala, the son of Nahshon,
Reached by 3 separate paths from here.
- Luke 3:32
Through
Matthew 1:4Ram was the father of Amminadab, Amminadab the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon the father of Salmon.
it leads to
- Numbers 1:7
from Judah, Nahshon son of Amminadab;
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 1 Chronicles 2:10–12
Ram was the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab was the father of Nahshon, a leader of the descendants of Judah.
- Numbers 1:7
Through
Luke 3:32the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Sala, the son of Nahshon,
it leads to
- Ruth 4:18–22
Now these are the generations of Perez: Perez was the father of Hezron,
- Matthew 1:3–6
Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram.
- Ruth 4:18–22
Through
Genesis 49:8Judah, your brothers shall praise you. Your hand shall be on the necks of your enemies; your father’s sons shall bow down to you.
it leads to
- Hebrews 7:14
For it is clear that our Lord descended from Judah, a tribe as to which Moses said nothing about priests.
- 1 Chronicles 5:2
And though Judah prevailed over his brothers and a ruler came from him, the birthright belonged to Joseph.
- Genesis 27:29
May peoples serve you and nations bow down to you. May you be the master of your brothers, and may the sons of your mother bow down to you. May those who curse you…
- Hebrews 7:14
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); 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.