Numbers 34:24
in Numbers 34Kemuel son of Shiphtan, a leader from the tribe of Ephraim;
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And of the tribe of the children of Ephraim a prince, Kemuel the son of Shiphtan.
KJV
And the prince of the tribe of the children of Ephraim, Kemuel the son of Shiphtan.
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This verse in Numbers 34
Commentary
3 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.
This site's exposition
Kemuel son of Shiphtan, a leader from the tribe of Ephraim
Ephraim is Joshua's own tribe, since Numbers 13:8 lists Hoshea son of Nun for Ephraim among the spies. Joshua stands over the whole division at verse 17, and Ephraim still receives its own prince in Kemuel. Joshua 19:50 later gives Joshua a town in Ephraim's hill country.
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
7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּלְמַטֵּ֥ה | ulemateh | and of [the] tribe of | H4294 → | 252 times |
| בְנֵֽי־ | venei- | [the] descendants of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| אֶפְרַ֖יִם | ʾefrayim | Ephraim | H669 → | 180 times |
| נָשִׂ֑יא | nasi' | a leader | H5387 → | 134 times |
| קְמוּאֵ֖ל | kemuel | Kemuel | H7055 → | |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| שִׁפְטָֽן׃ | shiftan | Shiphtan | H8204 → |
וּלְמַטֵּ֥הand of [the] tribe of
ulematehH4294 →252 times
בְנֵֽי־[the] descendants of
venei-H1121 →4930 times
אֶפְרַ֖יִםEphraim
ʾefrayimH669 →180 times
נָשִׂ֑יאa leader
nasi'H5387 →134 times
קְמוּאֵ֖לKemuel
kemuelH7055 →
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
שִׁפְטָֽן׃Shiphtan
shiftanH8204 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
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 and MannaFest exposition, Berean Standard Bible, Numbers 34 read with Numbers 13 and Joshua 19.