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Saturday, July 19th, 2025
the Week of Proper 10 / Ordinary 15
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Numbers 10:16

And at the head of the army of the children of Zebulun was Eliab, the son of Helon.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Eliab;   Helon;   Israel;   Zebulun;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Desert, Journey of Israel through the;   Tribes of Israel, the;   Zebulun, the Tribe of;  

Dictionaries:

- Easton Bible Dictionary - Camp;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Eliab;   Numbers, the Book of;   Tabernacle;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Numbers, Book of;   Pentateuch;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Helon;   Moses;   Numbers, Book of;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Eliab ;   Numbers as Symbols;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Eli'ab;   He'lon;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Last Days at Sinai;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Eliab;   Helon;   Numbers, Book of;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Eliab;   Zebulun;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
Over the host of the tribe of the children of Zevulun was Eli'av the son of Helon.
King James Version
And over the host of the tribe of the children of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon.
Lexham English Bible
Eliab son of Helon was over the division of the tribe of the descendants of Zebulun.
New Century Version
Eliab son of Helon was over the division of the tribe of Zebulun.
New English Translation
and over the company of the tribe of the Zebulunites was Elion son of Helon.
Amplified Bible
and Eliab the son of Helon was [commander] over the tribal army of the sons of Zebulun.
New American Standard Bible
and Eliab the son of Helon over the tribal army of the sons of Zebulun.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And ouer the band of the tribe of the children of Zebulun was Eliab the sonne of Helon.
Legacy Standard Bible
and Eliab the son of Helon over the tribal army of the sons of Zebulun.
Contemporary English Version
and Eliab son of Helon was the leader of the Zebulun tribe.
Complete Jewish Bible
Over the company of the descendants of Z'vulun was Eli'av the son of Helon.
Darby Translation
and over the host of the tribe of the children of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon.
Easy-to-Read Version
And then came the tribe of Zebulun. Eliab son of Helon was the commander of that group.
English Standard Version
And over the company of the tribe of the people of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon.
George Lamsa Translation
And over the host of the tribe of the children of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon.
Good News Translation
and Eliab son of Helon was in command of the tribe of Zebulun.
Christian Standard Bible®
and Eliab son of Helon was over the division of the tribe of Zebulun’s descendants.
Literal Translation
And over the army of the tribe of the sons of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And ouer the hoost of the trybe of the children of Zabulon was Eliab the sonne of Elon.
American Standard Version
And over the host of the tribe of the children of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And ouer the hoast of the tribe of the chyldren of Zabulon, was Eliab the sonne of Helon.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And over the host of the tribe of the children of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon.
King James Version (1611)
And ouer the hoste of the tribe of the children of Zebulun, was Eliab the sonne of Helon.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Zabulon, was Eliab the son of Chaelon.
English Revised Version
And over the host of the tribe of the children of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon.
Berean Standard Bible
and Eliab son of Helon was over the division of the tribe of Zebulun.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
In the lynage of Sabulon the prince was Heliab, the sone of Helon.
Young's Literal Translation
And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Zebulun [is] Eliab son of Helon;
Update Bible Version
And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon.
Webster's Bible Translation
And over the host of the tribe of the children of Zebulun [was] Eliab the son of Helon.
World English Bible
Over the host of the tribe of the children of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon.
New King James Version
And over the army of the tribe of the children of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon.
New Living Translation
and the troops of the tribe of Zebulun, led by Eliab son of Helon.
New Life Bible
And Helon's son Eliab was the head of the men of Zebulun.
New Revised Standard
and over the company of the tribe of Zebulun was Eliab son of Helon.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and, over the host of the tribe of the sons of Zebulun, Eliab, son of Helon.
Douay-Rheims Bible
In the tribe of Zabulon, the prince was Eliab the son of Helon.
Revised Standard Version
And over the host of the tribe of the men of Zeb'ulun was Eli'ab the son of Helon.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
and Eliab the son of Helon over the tribal army of the sons of Zebulun.

Contextual Overview

11 Now in the second year, on the twentieth day of the second month, the cloud was taken up from over the Tent of witness. 12 And the children of Israel went on their journey out of the waste land of Sinai; and the cloud came to rest in the waste land of Paran. 13 They went forward for the first time on their journey as the Lord had given orders by the hand of Moses. 14 First the flag of the children of Judah went forward with their armies: and at the head of his army was Nahshon, the son of Amminadab. 15 And at the head of the army of the children of Issachar was Nethanel, the son of Zuar. 16 And at the head of the army of the children of Zebulun was Eliab, the son of Helon. 17 Then the House was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari, who were responsible for moving the House, went forward. 18 Then the flag of the children of Reuben went forward with their armies: and at the head of his army was Elizur, the son of Shedeur. 19 And at the head of the army of the children of Simeon was Shelumiel, the son of Zurishaddai. 20 At the head of the army of the children of Gad was Eliasaph, the son of Reuel.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Numbers 1:9, Numbers 7:24

Reciprocal: Numbers 2:7 - General

Cross-References

Judges 1:21
And the children of Judah did not make the Jebusites who were living in Jerusalem go out; the Jebusites are still living with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem.
2 Samuel 24:18
And that day Gad came to David and said to him, Go up, and put up an altar to the Lord on the grain-floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
Zechariah 9:7
And I will take away his blood from his mouth, and his disgusting things from between his teeth; and some of his people will be kept for our God: and he will be as a family in Judah, and Ekron as one living in Jerusalem.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And over the host of the tribe of the children of Zebulun [was] Eliab the son of Helon. :-.


 
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