Numbers 7:78
in Numbers 7On the twelfth day Ahira son of Enan, the leader of the Naphtalites, drew near.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
On the twelfth day Ahira the son of Enan, prince of the children of Naphtali:
KJV
On the twelfth day Ahira the son of Enan, prince of the children of Naphtali, offered:
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This verse in Numbers 7
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
On the tenth day Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai
on Numbers 7:66-83
Days ten to twelve are Dan, Asher and Naphtali, the north standard of Numbers 2:25-31. The twelfth day closes a sequence that has not varied in a single item since the first. A reader who finds these verses long is reading what the chapter is doing, since the length is the record that every tribe gave the same and none gave less.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
On the twelfth day Ahira the son of Enan, prince of the children of Naphtali, offered. See Num 1:15.
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
10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בְּיוֹם֙ | beyom | on [the] day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| שְׁנֵ֣ים | sheneim | [the] two [plus] | H8147 → | 768 times |
| עָשָׂ֣ר | ʾasar | ten | H6240 → | 338 times |
| י֔וֹם | yom | day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| נָשִׂ֖יא | nasi' | [the] leader | H5387 → | 134 times |
| לִבְנֵ֣י | livnei | of [the] descendants of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| נַפְתָּלִ֑י | naftali | Naphtali | H5321 → | 51 times |
| אֲחִירַ֖ע | ʾachira' | Ahira | H299 → | 5 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| עֵינָֽן׃ | ʾeinan | Enan | H5881 → | 5 times |
בְּיוֹם֙on [the] day
beyomH3117 →2304 times
שְׁנֵ֣ים[the] two [plus]
sheneimH8147 →768 times
עָשָׂ֣רten
ʾasarH6240 →338 times
י֔וֹםday
yomH3117 →2304 times
נָשִׂ֖יא[the] leader
nasi'H5387 →134 times
לִבְנֵ֣יof [the] descendants of
livneiH1121 →4930 times
נַפְתָּלִ֑יNaphtali
naftaliH5321 →51 times
אֲחִירַ֖עAhira
ʾachira'H299 →5 times
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
עֵינָֽן׃Enan
ʾeinanH5881 →5 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
6 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 2:29Next will be the tribe of Naphtali. The leader of the Naphtalites is Ahira son of Enan,
it leads to
- Numbers 10:27
and Ahira son of Enan was over the division of the tribe of Naphtali.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Numbers 1:15
and from Naphtali, Ahira son of Enan.”
- Numbers 7:83
and a peace offering of two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Ahira son of Enan.
- Numbers 1:42–43
From the sons of Naphtali, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,
- Numbers 26:48–50
These were the descendants of Naphtali by their clans: The Jahzeelite clan from Jahzeel, the Gunite clan from Guni,
- Numbers 10:27
Through
Numbers 1:15and from Naphtali, Ahira son of Enan.”
it leads to
- Numbers 2:29
Next will be the tribe of Naphtali. The leader of the Naphtalites is Ahira son of Enan,
- Numbers 2:29
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.