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Numbers 1:11

from Benjamin: Abidan son of Gideoni

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Gideoni;   Government;   Israel;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Benjamin, Tribe of;   Desert, Journey of Israel through the;   Tribes of Israel, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Agag;   Jazer;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Abidan;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Gideoni;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Abidan;   Genealogies;   Gideoni;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Abidan;   Gideoni;   Moses;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Abidan ;   Census;   Gideoni ;   Poll;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Abi'dan;   Gideo'ni;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Zebulun;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Events of the Encampment;   Last Days at Sinai;   On to Canaan;   Moses, the Man of God;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Abidan;   Exodus, the Book of;   Genesis;   Gideoni;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Abidan;   Genealogy;   Hafṭarah;   Sidra;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
Of Binyamin: Avidan the son of Gid`oni.
King James Version
Of Benjamin; Abidan the son of Gideoni.
Lexham English Bible
From Benjamin, Abidan son of Gideoni;
New Century Version
from the tribe of Benjamin—Abidan son of Gideoni;
New English Translation
from Benjamin, Abidan son of Gideoni;
Amplified Bible
from [the tribe of] Benjamin, Abidan the son of Gideoni;
New American Standard Bible
of Benjamin, Abidan the son of Gideoni;
Geneva Bible (1587)
Of Beiamin, Abida the sonne of Gideoni:
Legacy Standard Bible
of Benjamin, Abidan the son of Gideoni;
Complete Jewish Bible
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Darby Translation
for Benjamin, Abidan the son of Gideoni;
Easy-to-Read Version
from the tribe of Benjamin—Abidan son of Gideoni;
English Standard Version
from Benjamin, Abidan the son of Gideoni;
George Lamsa Translation
Of Benjamin, Abidan the son of Gideoni.
Good News Translation
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Christian Standard Bible®
Abidan son of Gideoni from Benjamin;
Literal Translation
of Benjamin, Abidan the son of Gideoni;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Of Ben Iamin, Abidam ye sonne of Gedeoni.
American Standard Version
Of Benjamin: Abidan the son of Gideoni.
Bible in Basic English
From Benjamin, Abidan, the son of Gideoni;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Of Beniamin, Abidan the sonne of Gedeon.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Of Benjamin, Abidan the son of Gideoni.
King James Version (1611)
Of Beniamin: Abidan, the sonne of Gideoni.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Of Benjamin, Abidan the son of Gadeoni.
English Revised Version
Of Benjamin; Abidan the son of Gideoni.
Berean Standard Bible
from Benjamin, Abidan son of Gideoni;
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
of Beniamyn, Abidan, the sone of Gedeon;
Young's Literal Translation
`For Benjamin -- Abidan son of Gideoni.
Update Bible Version
Of Benjamin: Abidan the son of Gideoni.
Webster's Bible Translation
Of Benjamin; Abidan the son of Gideoni.
World English Bible
Of Benjamin: Abidan the son of Gideoni.
New King James Version
from Benjamin, Abidan the son of Gideoni;
New Living Translation
Benjamin Abidan son of Gideoni
New Life Bible
There will be Gideoni's son Abidan from Benjamin,
New Revised Standard
From Benjamin, Abidan son of Gideoni.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Of Benjamin, Abidan son of Gideoni;
Douay-Rheims Bible
Of Benjamin, Abidan the son of Gedeon.
Revised Standard Version
from Benjamin, Abi'dan the son of Gideo'ni;
New American Standard Bible (1995)
of Benjamin, Abidan the son of Gideoni;

Contextual Overview

1 God spoke to Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai at the Tent of Meeting on the first day of the second month in the second year after they had left Egypt. He said, "Number the congregation of the People of Israel by clans and families, writing down the names of every male. You and Aaron are to register, company by company, every man who is twenty years and older who is able to fight in the army. Pick one man from each tribe who is head of his family to help you. These are the names of the men who will help you: from Reuben: Elizur son of Shedeur 6 from Simeon: Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai 7 from Judah: Nahshon son of Amminadab 8 from Issachar: Nethanel son of Zuar 9 from Zebulun: Eliab son of Helon 10 from the sons of Joseph, from Ephraim: Elishama son of Ammihud from Manasseh: Gamaliel son of Pedahzur 11 from Benjamin: Abidan son of Gideoni 12 from Dan: Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai 13 from Asher: Pagiel son of Ocran 14 from Gad: Eliasaph son of Deuel

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Abidan: Numbers 2:22, Numbers 7:60, Numbers 10:24

Reciprocal: Genesis 46:16 - sons of Genesis 46:21 - the sons

Cross-References

Genesis 1:9
God spoke: "Separate! Water-beneath-Heaven, gather into one place; Land, appear!" And there it was. God named the land Earth. He named the pooled water Ocean. God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:14
God spoke: "Lights! Come out! Shine in Heaven's sky! Separate Day from Night. Mark seasons and days and years, Lights in Heaven's sky to give light to Earth." And there it was.
Genesis 1:16
God made two big lights, the larger to take charge of Day, The smaller to be in charge of Night; and he made the stars. God placed them in the heavenly sky to light up Earth And oversee Day and Night, to separate light and dark. God saw that it was good. It was evening, it was morning— Day Four.
Genesis 1:20
God spoke: "Swarm, Ocean, with fish and all sea life! Birds, fly through the sky over Earth!" God created the huge whales, all the swarm of life in the waters, And every kind and species of flying birds. God saw that it was good. God blessed them: "Prosper! Reproduce! Fill Ocean! Birds, reproduce on Earth!" It was evening, it was morning— Day Five.
Genesis 1:29
Then God said, "I've given you every sort of seed-bearing plant on Earth And every kind of fruit-bearing tree, given them to you for food. To all animals and all birds, everything that moves and breathes, I give whatever grows out of the ground for food." And there it was.
Genesis 2:5
At the time God made Earth and Heaven, before any grasses or shrubs had sprouted from the ground— God hadn't yet sent rain on Earth, nor was there anyone around to work the ground (the whole Earth was watered by underground springs)— God formed Man out of dirt from the ground and blew into his nostrils the breath of life. The Man came alive—a living soul!
Genesis 2:16
God commanded the Man, "You can eat from any tree in the garden, except from the Tree-of-Knowledge-of-Good-and-Evil. Don't eat from it. The moment you eat from that tree, you're dead."
Matthew 6:30
"If God gives such attention to the appearance of wildflowers—most of which are never even seen—don't you think he'll attend to you, take pride in you, do his best for you? What I'm trying to do here is to get you to relax, to not be so preoccupied with getting, so you can respond to God's giving. People who don't know God and the way he works fuss over these things, but you know both God and how he works. Steep your life in God-reality, God-initiative, God-provisions. Don't worry about missing out. You'll find all your everyday human concerns will be met.
James 3:12
When You Open Your Mouth Don't be in any rush to become a teacher, my friends. Teaching is highly responsible work. Teachers are held to the strictest standards. And none of us is perfectly qualified. We get it wrong nearly every time we open our mouths. If you could find someone whose speech was perfectly true, you'd have a perfect person, in perfect control of life. A bit in the mouth of a horse controls the whole horse. A small rudder on a huge ship in the hands of a skilled captain sets a course in the face of the strongest winds. A word out of your mouth may seem of no account, but it can accomplish nearly anything—or destroy it! It only takes a spark, remember, to set off a forest fire. A careless or wrongly placed word out of your mouth can do that. By our speech we can ruin the world, turn harmony to chaos, throw mud on a reputation, send the whole world up in smoke and go up in smoke with it, smoke right from the pit of hell. This is scary: You can tame a tiger, but you can't tame a tongue—it's never been done. The tongue runs wild, a wanton killer. With our tongues we bless God our Father; with the same tongues we curse the very men and women he made in his image. Curses and blessings out of the same mouth! My friends, this can't go on. A spring doesn't gush fresh water one day and brackish the next, does it? Apple trees don't bear strawberries, do they? Raspberry bushes don't bear apples, do they? You're not going to dip into a polluted mud hole and get a cup of clear, cool water, are you?

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Of Benjamin; Abidan the son of Gideoni.

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The princes of the tribes, selected Numbers 1:4 under divine direction, were for the most part the same persons as those chosen a few months previously at the counsel of Jethro Exodus 18:21-26. Nahshon, prince of Judah, is mentioned in Exodus 6:23, and Elishama, in 1 Chronicles 7:26-27. The peers of men like these were no doubt entitled, among their fellows, to the epithet “renowned,” Numbers 1:16.


 
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