Numbers 1:11
in Numbers 1from Benjamin, Abidan son of Gideoni;
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Of Benjamin: Abidan the son of Gideoni.
KJV
Of Benjamin; Abidan the son of Gideoni.
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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
Abidan son of Gideoni
Abidan leads Benjamin, placed after the two princes of Joseph. Matthew Henry notes that the three tribes of Rachel's line camp together on the west in chapter 2. Abidan offers on the ninth day, at Numbers 7:60.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Of Benjamin; Abidan the son of Gideoni. 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
On the verses either side of this one
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
4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| לְבִ֨נְיָמִ֔ן | levinyamin | for Benjamin | H1144 → | 166 times |
| אֲבִידָ֖ן | ʾavidan | Abidan | H27 → | 5 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| גִּדְעֹנִֽי׃ | gidoni | Gideoni | H1441 → | 5 times |
לְבִ֨נְיָמִ֔ןfor Benjamin
levinyaminH1144 →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 7:60
On the ninth day Abidan son of Gideoni, the leader of the Benjamites, drew near.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 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
and Abidan son of Gideoni was over the division of the tribe of Benjamin.
- Numbers 7:60
Through
Numbers 7:60On the ninth day Abidan son of Gideoni, the leader of the Benjamites, drew near.
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
Where this verse is studied
On this page
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About Numbers
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.