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Numbers 7:30

in Numbers 7

On the fourth day Elizur son of Shedeur, the leader of the Reubenites, drew near.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

On the fourth day Elizur the son of Shedeur, prince of the children of Reuben:

KJV

On the fourth day Elizur the son of Shedeur, prince of the children of Reuben, did offer:

This verse in Numbers 7

Commentary

3 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

On the fourth day Elizur son of Shedeur

on Numbers 7:30-47

Days four to six are Reuben, Simeon and Gad, the south standard of Numbers 2:10-16. Reuben was the firstborn and comes fourth, which Numbers 2 had already settled and Genesis 49:3-4 had explained. The offering does not vary by the size of a tribe or the standing of a man.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

On the fourth day Elizur the son of Shedeur, prince of the children of Reuben, did offer. See Num 1:5.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

But while this was done in one respect, as subjects offering tribute to their king, it was in another respect, a purely religious act. The vessels offered were for a sacrificial use--the animals brought were clean and fit for sacrifice, both symbolically denoting, that while God was to dwell among them as their Sovereign, they were a holy people, who by this offering dedicated themselves to God.

The words behind it

8 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • בַּיּוֹם֙on the day

    baiyomH3117 →2304 times

  • הָרְבִיעִ֔י<the> fourth

    hareviiH7243 →56 times

  • נָשִׂ֖יא[the] leader

    nasi'H5387 →134 times

  • לִבְנֵ֣יof [the] descendants of

    livneiH1121 →4930 times

  • רְאוּבֵ֑ןReuben

    reuvenH7205 →72 times

  • אֱלִיצ֖וּרElizur

    ʾelitzurH468 →5 times

  • בֶּן־[the] son of

    ben-H1121 →4930 times

  • שְׁדֵיאֽוּר׃Shedeur

    shedeiurH7707 →5 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each 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 2:10

    On the south side, the divisions of Reuben are to camp under their standard:

    it leads to

    • Numbers 1:5

      These are the names of the men who are to assist you: From the tribe of Reuben, Elizur son of Shedeur;

    • Numbers 7:35

      and a peace offering of two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Elizur son of Shedeur.

    • Genesis 49:3–4

      Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, excelling in honor, excelling in power.

  • Through

    Numbers 1:5

    These are the names of the men who are to assist you: From the tribe of Reuben, Elizur son of Shedeur;

    it leads to

    • Revelation 7:4–8

      And I heard the number of those who were sealed, 144,000 from all the tribes of Israel:

    • Genesis 35:17–26

      During her severe labor, the midwife said to her, “Do not be afraid, for you are having another son.”

    • Numbers 2:10

      On the south side, the divisions of Reuben are to camp under their standard:

    • Genesis 49:1–33

      Then Jacob called for his sons and said, “Gather around so that I can tell you what will happen to you in the days to come:

    • Genesis 46:8–24

      Now these are the names of the sons of Israel (Jacob and his descendants) who went to Egypt: Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn.

Where this verse is studied

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About Numbers

The Brazen Serpent, Anthony van Dyck, 1618 to 1620. Public domain.
The Brazen Serpent, Anthony van Dyck, 1618 to 1620. Public domain.

This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.