Numbers 34:21
in Numbers 34Elidad son of Chislon from the tribe of Benjamin;
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon.
KJV
Of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon.
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This verse in Numbers 34
Commentary
2 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
Elidad son of Chislon
on Numbers 34:21-29
No other list in the book gives the tribes in this order. Clarke reads it as the order in which the tribes settled, from Judah in the south to Naphtali in the north.
The record, by era
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
names of the men . . . which shall divide the land--This appointment by the Lord before the Jordan tended not only to animate the Israelites faith in the certainty of the conquest, but to prevent all subsequent dispute and discontent, which might have been dangerous in presence of the natives.
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The words behind it
5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| לְמַטֵּ֣ה | lemateh | of [the] tribe of | H4294 → | 252 times |
| בִנְיָמִ֔ן | vinyamin | Benjamin | H1144 → | 166 times |
| אֱלִידָ֖ד | ʾelidad | Elidad | H449 → | |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| כִּסְלֽוֹן׃ | kislon | Chislon | H3692 → |
לְמַטֵּ֣הof [the] tribe of
lematehH4294 →252 times
בִנְיָמִ֔ןBenjamin
vinyaminH1144 →166 times
אֱלִידָ֖דElidad
ʾelidadH449 →
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
כִּסְלֽוֹן׃Chislon
kislonH3692 →
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
Psalms 68:27There is Benjamin, the youngest, ruling them, the princes of Judah in their company, the princes of Zebulun and of Naphtali.
it leads to
- 1 Samuel 9:21
Saul replied, “Am I not a Benjamite from the smallest tribe of Israel, and is not my clan the least of all the clans of Benjamin? So why would you say such a thing…
- Isaiah 11:13
Then the jealousy of Ephraim will depart, and the adversaries of Judah will be cut off. Ephraim will no longer envy Judah, nor will Judah harass Ephraim.
- 1 Chronicles 12:16
Other Benjamites and some men from Judah also came to David in his stronghold.
- Psalms 60:7
Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim is My helmet, Judah is My scepter.
- 1 Samuel 9:21
Through
Genesis 49:27Benjamin is a ravenous wolf; in the morning he devours the prey, in the evening he divides the plunder.”
it leads to
- Judges 20:25
That same day the Benjamites came out against them from Gibeah and cut down another 18,000 Israelites, all of them armed with swords.
- Judges 20:21
And the Benjamites came out of Gibeah and cut down 22,000 Israelites on the battlefield that day.
- Genesis 46:21
The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard.
- Genesis 35:18
And with her last breath—for she was dying—she named him Ben-oni. But his father called him Benjamin.
- Judges 20:25
Where this verse is studied
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament and Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible.
