Numbers 1:10
in Numbers 1from the sons of Joseph: from Ephraim, Elishama son of Ammihud, and from Manasseh, Gamaliel son of Pedahzur;
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Of the children of Joseph: Of Ephraim: Elishama the son of Ammihud. Of Manasseh: Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
KJV
Of the children of Joseph: of Ephraim; Elishama the son of Ammihud: of Manasseh; Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
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This verse in Numbers 1
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
the names of the men who are to assist you
on Numbers 1:5-16
Twelve leaders are named to assist Moses, one for each tribe. “Nahshon son of Amminadab” stands for Judah, and his name runs on into Ruth 4:20 and the line of Christ at Matthew 1:4.
This site's exposition
from the sons of Joseph
Joseph's two sons each receive a prince. Elishama leads Ephraim and Gamaliel leads Manasseh, and Matthew Henry reads the names as God has heard and God is the reward. Ephraim, the younger, is named first, as Jacob set him at Genesis 48:20.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Of the children of Joseph: of Ephraim; Elishama the son of Ammihud: of Manasseh; Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. See Gill on Num 1:5.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
The head of the tribe was a hereditary dignity, vested in the oldest son or some other to whom the right of primogeniture was transferred, and under whom were other inferior heads, also hereditary, among the different branches of the tribe.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
For the sons of Yoseif, for [the tribe of] Ephraim, Elishamah the son of Amihud. For [the tribe of] Menasheh, Gamliel the son of Pedahtzur.
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. 5 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| לִבְנֵ֣י | livnei | for [the] sons of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יוֹסֵ֔ף | yosef | Joseph | H3130 → | 213 times |
| לְאֶפְרַ֕יִם | leefrayim | for Ephraim | H669 → | 180 times |
| אֱלִישָׁמָ֖ע | ʾelishama' | Elishama | H476 → | 17 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| עַמִּיה֑וּד | ʾamihud | Ammihud | H5989 → | 10 times |
| לִמְנַשֶּׁ֕ה | limnasheh | for Manasseh | H4519 → | 146 times |
| גַּמְלִיאֵ֖ל | gamliel | Gamaliel | H1583 → | 5 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| פְּדָהצֽוּר׃ | pedahtzur | Pedahzur | H6301 → | 7 times |
לִבְנֵ֣יfor [the] sons of
livneiH1121 →4930 times
יוֹסֵ֔ףJoseph
yosefH3130 →213 times
לְאֶפְרַ֕יִםfor Ephraim
leefrayimH669 →180 times
אֱלִישָׁמָ֖עElishama
ʾelishama'H476 →17 times
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
עַמִּיה֑וּדAmmihud
ʾamihudH5989 →10 times
לִמְנַשֶּׁ֕הfor Manasseh
limnashehH4519 →146 times
גַּמְלִיאֵ֖לGamaliel
gamlielH1583 →5 times
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
פְּדָהצֽוּר׃Pedahzur
pedahtzurH6301 →7 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 2:18On the west side, the divisions of Ephraim are to camp under their standard:
it leads to
- Numbers 10:22
Next, the divisions of the camp of Ephraim set out under their standard, with Elishama son of Ammihud in command.
- Genesis 48:14–20
But Israel stretched out his right hand and put it on the head of Ephraim, the younger; and crossing his hands, he put his left on Manasseh’s head, although Manasseh was the firstborn.
- Genesis 48:5
And now your two sons born to you in Egypt before I came to you here shall be reckoned as mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine, just as Reuben and Simeon are mine.
- Jeremiah 31:18–20
I have surely heard Ephraim’s moaning: ‘You disciplined me severely, like an untrained calf. Restore me, that I may return, for You are the LORD my God.
- Numbers 7:53
and a peace offering of two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Elishama son of Ammihud.
- Numbers 10:22
Through
Numbers 7:48On the seventh day Elishama son of Ammihud, the leader of the Ephraimites, drew near.
it leads to
- Numbers 2:18
On the west side, the divisions of Ephraim are to camp under their standard:
- Numbers 2:18
Through
Numbers 7:54On the eighth day Gamaliel son of Pedahzur, the leader of the Manassites, drew near.
it leads to
- Numbers 2:20
The tribe of Manasseh will be next to it. The leader of the Manassites is Gamaliel son of Pedahzur,
- Numbers 2:20
Through
Numbers 2:20The tribe of Manasseh will be next to it. The leader of the Manassites is Gamaliel son of Pedahzur,
it leads to
- Numbers 7:54
On the eighth day Gamaliel son of Pedahzur, the leader of the Manassites, drew near.
- Numbers 7:54
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
4 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.
- PersonNew TestamentGamalielThe Pharisee and teacher of the law who talked the Sanhedrin out of killing the apostles with an argument from patience: if this c…
- PersonLate monarchyManassehJudah's longest-reigning and worst king, who filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; the book names his apostasy as the cause of 586…
- PlaceJudeaEphraimThe town near the wilderness where Jesus withdrew with His disciples before the last Passover (John 11:54).
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.