Numbers 1:12
in Numbers 1from Dan, Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai;
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Of Dan: Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
KJV
Of Dan; Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
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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
Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai
Dan heads the sons of the handmaids in this list, as the first son of Bilhah. Matthew Henry notes that Dan is later made a leading tribe though born to a concubine, and Ahiezer commands the rear guard at Numbers 10:25. He offers on the tenth day, at Numbers 7:66.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Of Dan; Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| לְדָ֕ן | ledan | for Dan | H1835 → | 70 times |
| אֲחִיעֶ֖זֶר | ʾachiezer | Ahiezer | H295 → | 6 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| עַמִּֽישַׁדָּֽי׃ | ʾammishadai | Ammishaddai | H5996 → | 5 times |
לְדָ֕ןfor Dan
ledanH1835 →70 times
אֲחִיעֶ֖זֶרAhiezer
ʾachiezerH295 →6 times
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
עַמִּֽישַׁדָּֽי׃Ammishaddai
ʾammishadaiH5996 →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 10:25Finally, the divisions of the camp of Dan set out under their standard, serving as the rear guard for all units, with Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai in command.
it leads to
- Joshua 6:9
While the horns continued to sound, the armed troops marched ahead of the priests who blew the horns, and the rear guard followed the ark.
- Isaiah 58:8
Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will come quickly. Your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard.
- Deuteronomy 25:17–18
Remember what the Amalekites did to you along your way from Egypt,
- Isaiah 52:12
For you will not leave in a hurry nor flee in haste, for the LORD goes before you, and the God of Israel is your rear guard.
- Numbers 2:25–31
On the north side, the divisions of Dan are to camp under their standard:
- Joshua 6:9
Through
Numbers 7:66On the tenth day Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai, the leader of the Danites, drew near.
it leads to
- Numbers 2:25
On the north side, the divisions of Dan are to camp under their standard:
- Numbers 2:25
Through
Numbers 2:25On the north side, the divisions of Dan are to camp under their standard:
it leads to
- Numbers 7:71
and a peace offering of two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai.
- Numbers 10:25
Finally, the divisions of the camp of Dan set out under their standard, serving as the rear guard for all units, with Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai in command.
- Numbers 7:71
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
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.