Numbers 7:60
in Numbers 7On the ninth day Abidan son of Gideoni, the leader of the Benjamites, drew near.
BSB
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ASV
On the ninth day Abidan the son of Gideoni, prince of the children of Benjamin:
KJV
On the ninth day Abidan the son of Gideoni, prince of the children of Benjamin, offered:
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This verse in Numbers 7
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
On the seventh day Elishama the son of Ammihud
on Numbers 7:48-65
Days seven to nine are Ephraim, Manasseh and Benjamin, the west standard of Numbers 2:18-24, and all three descend from Rachel. Ephraim goes before Manasseh here, as Jacob set it with crossed hands at Genesis 48:14-20. Same charger, same bowl, same spoon.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
On the ninth day Abidan the son of Gideoni, prince of the children of Benjamin, offered. See Num 1:11.
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 |
| הַתְּשִׁיעִ֔י | hateshii | <the> ninth | H8671 → | |
| נָשִׂ֖יא | nasi' | [the] leader | H5387 → | 134 times |
| לִבְנֵ֣י | livnei | of [the] descendants of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| בִנְיָמִ֑ן | vinyamin | Benjamin | H1144 → | 166 times |
| אֲבִידָ֖ן | ʾavidan | Abidan | H27 → | 5 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| גִּדְעֹנִֽי׃ | gidoni | Gideoni | H1441 → | 5 times |
בַּיּוֹם֙on the day
baiyomH3117 →2304 times
הַתְּשִׁיעִ֔י<the> ninth
hateshiiH8671 →
נָשִׂ֖יא[the] leader
nasi'H5387 →134 times
לִבְנֵ֣יof [the] descendants of
livneiH1121 →4930 times
בִנְיָמִ֑ןBenjamin
vinyaminH1144 →166 times
אֲבִידָ֖ןAbidan
ʾavidanH27 →5 times
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
גִּדְעֹנִֽי׃Gideoni
gidoniH1441 →5 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 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 2:22Next will be the tribe of Benjamin. The leader of the Benjamites is Abidan son of Gideoni,
it leads to
- Numbers 10:24
and Abidan son of Gideoni was over the division of the tribe of Benjamin.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Numbers 1:11
from Benjamin, Abidan son of Gideoni;
- Numbers 7:65
and a peace offering of two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Abidan son of Gideoni.
- Psalms 68:27
There is Benjamin, the youngest, ruling them, the princes of Judah in their company, the princes of Zebulun and of Naphtali.
- Numbers 10:24
Through
Numbers 1:11from Benjamin, Abidan son of Gideoni;
it leads to
- Numbers 2:22
Next will be the tribe of Benjamin. The leader of the Benjamites is Abidan son of Gideoni,
- Numbers 2:22
About Numbers
This page draws on 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 Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch.