Numbers 7:30
in Numbers 7On the fourth day Elizur son of Shedeur, the leader of the Reubenites, drew near.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
On the fourth day Elizur the son of Shedeur, prince of the children of Reuben:
KJV
On the fourth day Elizur the son of Shedeur, prince of the children of Reuben, did offer:
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This verse in Numbers 7
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
On the fourth day Elizur the son of Shedeur
on Numbers 7:30-47
Days four to six are Reuben, Simeon and Gad, the south standard of Numbers 2:10-16. Reuben was the firstborn and comes fourth, which Numbers 2 had already settled and Genesis 49:3-4 had explained. The offering does not vary by the size of a tribe or the standing of a man.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
On the fourth day Elizur the son of Shedeur, prince of the children of Reuben, did offer. See Num 1:5.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
But while this was done in one respect, as subjects offering tribute to their king, it was in another respect, a purely religious act. The vessels offered were for a sacrificial use--the animals brought were clean and fit for sacrifice, both symbolically denoting, that while God was to dwell among them as their Sovereign, they were a holy people, who by this offering dedicated themselves to God.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בַּיּוֹם֙ | baiyom | on the day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| הָרְבִיעִ֔י | harevii | <the> fourth | H7243 → | 56 times |
| נָשִׂ֖יא | nasi' | [the] leader | H5387 → | 134 times |
| לִבְנֵ֣י | livnei | of [the] descendants of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| רְאוּבֵ֑ן | reuven | Reuben | H7205 → | 72 times |
| אֱלִיצ֖וּר | ʾelitzur | Elizur | H468 → | 5 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| שְׁדֵיאֽוּר׃ | shedeiur | Shedeur | H7707 → | 5 times |
בַּיּוֹם֙on the day
baiyomH3117 →2304 times
הָרְבִיעִ֔י<the> fourth
hareviiH7243 →56 times
נָשִׂ֖יא[the] leader
nasi'H5387 →134 times
לִבְנֵ֣יof [the] descendants of
livneiH1121 →4930 times
רְאוּבֵ֑ןReuben
reuvenH7205 →72 times
אֱלִיצ֖וּרElizur
ʾelitzurH468 →5 times
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
שְׁדֵיאֽוּר׃Shedeur
shedeiurH7707 →5 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 2:10On the south side, the divisions of Reuben are to camp under their standard:
it leads to
- Numbers 1:5
These are the names of the men who are to assist you: From the tribe of Reuben, Elizur son of Shedeur;
- Numbers 7:35
and a peace offering of two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Elizur son of Shedeur.
- Genesis 49:3–4
Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, excelling in honor, excelling in power.
- Numbers 1:5
Through
Numbers 1:5These are the names of the men who are to assist you: From the tribe of Reuben, Elizur son of Shedeur;
it leads to
- Revelation 7:4–8
And I heard the number of those who were sealed, 144,000 from all the tribes of Israel:
- Genesis 35:17–26
During her severe labor, the midwife said to her, “Do not be afraid, for you are having another son.”
- Numbers 2:10
On the south side, the divisions of Reuben are to camp under their standard:
- Genesis 49:1–33
Then Jacob called for his sons and said, “Gather around so that I can tell you what will happen to you in the days to come:
- Genesis 46:8–24
Now these are the names of the sons of Israel (Jacob and his descendants) who went to Egypt: Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn.
- Revelation 7:4–8
About Numbers
This page draws on 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.