Numbers 1:9
in Numbers 1from Zebulun, Eliab son of Helon;
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Of Zebulun: Eliab the son of Helon.
KJV
Of Zebulun; Eliab the son of Helon.
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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
Eliab son of Helon
Matthew Henry reads Eliab as a name calling God a Father. Another Eliab belongs to Reuben's line and is the father of Dathan and Abiram at Numbers 16:1 and 26:9. The prince named here is Helon's son, of Zebulun.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Of Zebulun; Eliab the son of Helon. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| לִזְבוּלֻ֕ן | lizvulun | for Zebulun | H2074 → | 45 times |
| אֱלִיאָ֖ב | ʾeliav | Eliab | H446 → | 21 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| חֵלֹֽן׃ | chelon | Helon | H2497 → | 5 times |
לִזְבוּלֻ֕ןfor Zebulun
lizvulunH2074 →45 times
אֱלִיאָ֖בEliab
ʾeliavH446 →21 times
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
חֵלֹֽן׃Helon
chelonH2497 →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 2:7Next will be the tribe of Zebulun. The leader of the Zebulunites is Eliab son of Helon,
it leads to
- Numbers 7:24
On the third day Eliab son of Helon, the leader of the Zebulunites, drew near.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Numbers 7:29
and a peace offering of two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Eliab son of Helon.
- Numbers 10:16
and Eliab son of Helon was over the division of the tribe of Zebulun.
- Numbers 1:30–31
From the sons of Zebulun, 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 7:24
Through
Numbers 7:24On the third day Eliab son of Helon, the leader of the Zebulunites, drew near.
it leads to
- Numbers 2:7
Next will be the tribe of Zebulun. The leader of the Zebulunites is Eliab son of Helon,
- Numbers 2:7
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.