Numbers 1:15
in Numbers 1and from Naphtali, Ahira son of Enan.”
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Of Naphtali: Ahira the son of Enan.
KJV
Of Naphtali; Ahira the son of Enan.
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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
Ahira son of Enan
Ahira closes the list of princes, and Matthew Henry notes that the same twelve men become the captains of chapter 2. Ahira brings the twelfth and last offering at Numbers 7:78. He leads the last division at 10:27.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Of Naphtali; Ahira the son of Enan. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| לְנַ֨פְתָּלִ֔י | lenaftali | for Naphtali | H5321 → | 51 times |
| אֲחִירַ֖ע | ʾachira' | Ahira | H299 → | 5 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| עֵינָֽן׃ | ʾeinan | Enan | H5881 → | 5 times |
לְנַ֨פְתָּלִ֔יfor Naphtali
lenaftaliH5321 →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 7:78
On the twelfth day Ahira son of Enan, the leader of the Naphtalites, drew near.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 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 10:27
and Ahira son of Enan was over the division of the tribe of Naphtali.
- 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 7:78
Through
Numbers 7:78On the twelfth day Ahira son of Enan, the leader of the Naphtalites, drew near.
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
Where this verse is studied
On this page
Studies4
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.