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Numbers 1:5

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Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Elizur;   Government;   Israel;   Shedeur;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Desert, Journey of Israel through the;   Reuben, the Tribe of;   Tribes of Israel, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Agag;   Jazer;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Elizur;   Nahshon;   Shedeur;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Elizur;   Genealogies;   Numbers, Book of;   Shedeur;   Tribes of Israel, the;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Almighty;   Elizur;   Moses;   Rock;   Shedeur;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Census;   Elizur ;   Poll;   Shedeur ;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Eli'zur,;   Shed'eur;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Events of the Encampment;   Last Days at Sinai;   On to Canaan;   Moses, the Man of God;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Elizur;   Reuben;   Shedeur;   Zuriel;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Genealogy;   Hafṭarah;   Sidra;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
These are the names of the men who shall stand with you: Of Re'uven: Elitzur the son of Shede'ur.
King James Version
And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you: of the tribe of Reuben; Elizur the son of Shedeur.
Lexham English Bible
And these are the names of the men who will assist you: from Reuben, Elizur son of Shedeur;
New Century Version
These are the names of the men who will help you: from the tribe of Reuben—Elizur son of Shedeur;
New English Translation
Now these are the names of the men who are to help you: from Reuben, Elizur son of Shedeur;
Amplified Bible
"These then are the names of the men who shall stand with you: from [the tribe of] Reuben, Elizur the son of Shedeur;
New American Standard Bible
"These then are the names of the men who shall stand with you: of the tribe of Reuben, Elizur the son of Shedeur;
Geneva Bible (1587)
And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you, of the tribe of Reuben, Elizur, the sonne of Shedeur:
Legacy Standard Bible
These then are the names of the men who shall stand with you: of Reuben, Elizur the son of Shedeur;
Complete Jewish Bible
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Darby Translation
And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you: for Reuben, Elizur the son of Shedeur;
Easy-to-Read Version
These are the names of the men who will stand with you and help you: from the tribe of Reuben—Elizur son of Shedeur;
English Standard Version
And these are the names of the men who shall assist you. From Reuben, Elizur the son of Shedeur;
George Lamsa Translation
And these are the names of the men who shall help you: of the tribe of Reuben, Elizur the son of Shedeur.
Good News Translation
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Christian Standard Bible®
These are the names of the men who are to assist you:
Literal Translation
And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you: Of Reuben, Elizur the son of Shedeur;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
These are the names of the captaynes that shal stonde with you. Of Ruben, Elizur the sonne of Sedeur.
American Standard Version
And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you. Of Reuben: Elizur the son of Shedeur.
Bible in Basic English
These are the names of those who are to be your helpers: from Reuben, Elizur, the son of Shedeur;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you: of [the tribe of] Ruben, Elizur, the sonne of Sedeur.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you: of Reuben, Elizur the son of Shedeur.
King James Version (1611)
And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you: of the tribe of Reuben, Elizur the sonne of Shedeur.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And these are the names of the men who shall be present with you; of the tribe of Ruben, Elisur the son of Sediur.
English Revised Version
And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you: of Reuben; Elizur the son of Shedeur.
Berean Standard Bible
These are the names of the men who are to assist you: From the tribe of Reuben, Elizur son of Shedeur;
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
of whiche princes these ben the names; of Ruben, Elisur, the sone of Sedeur;
Young's Literal Translation
`And these [are] the names of the men who stand with you: `For Reuben -- Elizur son of Shedeur.
Update Bible Version
And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you. Of Reuben: Elizur the son of Shedeur.
Webster's Bible Translation
And these [are] the names of the men that shall stand with you: Of [the tribe of] Reuben; Elizur the son of Shedeur.
World English Bible
These are the names of the men who shall stand with you: Of Reuben: Elizur the son of Shedeur.
New King James Version
"These are the names of the men who shall stand with you: from Reuben, Elizur the son of Shedeur;
New Living Translation
"These are the tribes and the names of the leaders who will assist you:
Tribe Leader
Reuben Elizur son of Shedeur
New Life Bible
These are the names of the men who will help you: Shedeur's son Elizur from Reuben,
New Revised Standard
These are the names of the men who shall assist you: From Reuben, Elizur son of Shedeur.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
These, then, are the names of the men who shall stand with you, - Of Reuben, Elizur, son of Shedeur;
Douay-Rheims Bible
Whose names are these: Of Ruben, Elisur the son of Sedeur.
Revised Standard Version
And these are the names of the men who shall attend you. From Reuben, Eli'zur the son of Shed'eur;
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"These then are the names of the men who shall stand with you: of Reuben, Elizur the son of Shedeur;

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

Elizur: Numbers 2:10, Numbers 7:30, Numbers 10:18, Genesis 29:32-35, Genesis 30:5-20, Genesis 35:17-26, Genesis 46:8-24, Genesis 49:1-33, Exodus 1:2-5, Deuteronomy 33:1-29, Revelation 7:4-8

Reciprocal: Genesis 35:22 - Now the sons Numbers 1:17 - General Numbers 17:2 - all their princes 1 Chronicles 2:1 - Reuben 1 Chronicles 5:1 - he was Job 9:5 - which overturneth Ezekiel 48:1 - the names

Cross-References

Genesis 1:31
God looked over everything he had made; it was so good, so very good! It was evening, it was morning— Day Six.
Genesis 8:22
For as long as Earth lasts, planting and harvest, cold and heat, Summer and winter, day and night will never stop."
Psalms 104:20
class="poetry"> O my soul, bless God ! God , my God, how great you are! beautifully, gloriously robed, Dressed up in sunshine, and all heaven stretched out for your tent. You built your palace on the ocean deeps, made a chariot out of clouds and took off on wind-wings. You commandeered winds as messengers, appointed fire and flame as ambassadors. You set earth on a firm foundation so that nothing can shake it, ever. You blanketed earth with ocean, covered the mountains with deep waters; Then you roared and the water ran away— your thunder crash put it to flight. Mountains pushed up, valleys spread out in the places you assigned them. You set boundaries between earth and sea; never again will earth be flooded. You started the springs and rivers, sent them flowing among the hills. All the wild animals now drink their fill, wild donkeys quench their thirst. Along the riverbanks the birds build nests, ravens make their voices heard. You water the mountains from your heavenly cisterns; earth is supplied with plenty of water. You make grass grow for the livestock, hay for the animals that plow the ground. Oh yes, God brings grain from the land, wine to make people happy, Their faces glowing with health, a people well-fed and hearty. God 's trees are well-watered— the Lebanon cedars he planted. Birds build their nests in those trees; look—the stork at home in the treetop. Mountain goats climb about the cliffs; badgers burrow among the rocks. The moon keeps track of the seasons, the sun is in charge of each day. When it's dark and night takes over, all the forest creatures come out. The young lions roar for their prey, clamoring to God for their supper. When the sun comes up, they vanish, lazily stretched out in their dens. Meanwhile, men and women go out to work, busy at their jobs until evening. What a wildly wonderful world, God ! You made it all, with Wisdom at your side, made earth overflow with your wonderful creations. Oh, look—the deep, wide sea, brimming with fish past counting, sardines and sharks and salmon. Ships plow those waters, and Leviathan, your pet dragon, romps in them. All the creatures look expectantly to you to give them their meals on time. You come, and they gather around; you open your hand and they eat from it. If you turned your back, they'd die in a minute— Take back your Spirit and they die, revert to original mud; Send out your Spirit and they spring to life— the whole countryside in bloom and blossom. The glory of God —let it last forever! Let God enjoy his creation! He takes one look at earth and triggers an earthquake, points a finger at the mountains, and volcanoes erupt. Oh, let me sing to God all my life long, sing hymns to my God as long as I live! Oh, let my song please him; I'm so pleased to be singing to God . But clear the ground of sinners— no more godless men and women! O my soul, bless God !
1 Corinthians 3:13
But for right now, friends, I'm completely frustrated by your unspiritual dealings with each other and with God. You're acting like infants in relation to Christ, capable of nothing much more than nursing at the breast. Well, then, I'll nurse you since you don't seem capable of anything more. As long as you grab for what makes you feel good or makes you look important, are you really much different than a babe at the breast, content only when everything's going your way? When one of you says, "I'm on Paul's side," and another says, "I'm for Apollos," aren't you being totally infantile? Who do you think Paul is, anyway? Or Apollos, for that matter? Servants, both of us—servants who waited on you as you gradually learned to entrust your lives to our mutual Master. We each carried out our servant assignment. I planted the seed, Apollos watered the plants, but God made you grow. It's not the one who plants or the one who waters who is at the center of this process but God, who makes things grow. Planting and watering are menial servant jobs at minimum wages. What makes them worth doing is the God we are serving. You happen to be God's field in which we are working. Or, to put it another way, you are God's house. Using the gift God gave me as a good architect, I designed blueprints; Apollos is putting up the walls. Let each carpenter who comes on the job take care to build on the foundation! Remember, there is only one foundation, the one already laid: Jesus Christ. Take particular care in picking out your building materials. Eventually there is going to be an inspection. If you use cheap or inferior materials, you'll be found out. The inspection will be thorough and rigorous. You won't get by with a thing. If your work passes inspection, fine; if it doesn't, your part of the building will be torn out and started over. But you won't be torn out; you'll survive—but just barely. You realize, don't you, that you are the temple of God, and God himself is present in you? No one will get by with vandalizing God's temple, you can be sure of that. God's temple is sacred—and you, remember, are the temple. Don't fool yourself. Don't think that you can be wise merely by being up-to-date with the times. Be God's fool—that's the path to true wisdom. What the world calls smart, God calls stupid. It's written in Scripture, He exposes the chicanery of the chic. The Master sees through the smoke screens of the know-it-alls. I don't want to hear any of you bragging about yourself or anyone else. Everything is already yours as a gift—Paul, Apollos, Peter, the world, life, death, the present, the future—all of it is yours, and you are privileged to be in union with Christ, who is in union with God.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And these [are] the names of the men that shall stand with you,.... Be present with Moses and Aaron when numbering the people; not merely as spectators of the affair, and inspectors of the accounts, but as assistants in the work; each man in his tribe, being best acquainted with the families and houses in it; and these men were not pitched upon by Moses and Aaron, nor chosen by their respective tribes, but were appointed and named by the Lord himself, which was doing them great honour:

of [the tribe] of Reuben: or "for Reuben" c, for the taking the number of men in this tribe; and so of all the rest, see Numbers 1:44;

Elizur the son of Shedeur; from Numbers 1:5 the names of those several men are given, which were very proper for Moses and Aaron to know, though of little importance to us; nor the signification of their several names, given by Ainsworth and others; only, as Bishop Patrick observes, most of them show how much God was in the thoughts of those who, imposed these names on their children, several of them having in them "El" or "Eli", "God" or "my God", and "Shaddai", "Almighty" or "all-sufficient": to which may be added, that in some of them they seem to respect the Messiah, as Elizur, signifying "my God the rock"; and Shelumiel may be rendered, "God my peace"; and Zurishaddai, "my rock the Almighty", or "all-sufficient"; and Pedazhur, "the rock redeemeth": nor is there anything of any moment to be remarked, unless the order in which the several tribes are placed; and first the children of Leah, beginning with Reuben, the firstborn; and the rest, Simeon and Judah, are ranked according to their birth; Levi being omitted, because that tribe was not now numbered, and besides, Moses and Aaron were of it; and then Issachar and Zebulun; after those the children of Rachel, because of her honour and glory above the handmaids, as Aben Ezra remarks; who further observes, that it begins with Ephraim, following Jacob our father, that is, because of the blessing of Jacob, who preferred Ephraim the younger to Manasseh the elder; and here Ephraim and Manasseh are set before Benjamin, because they were in the place of Joseph; and after that the account goes on with Dan, because, he was the firstborn of the handmaids; and after him Asher, though the second son of Zilpah, is placed before Gad, the first son, because, says the same Aben Ezra, the Lord knew that he would be the head of those that encamped by the standard of Dan, and so is placed next to him; and after him Gad, who was the firstborn of Leah's handmaid; and Naphtali last of all, the second son of Bilhah: this order seems to be designed to suit with their encampments, and the form of them.

c לראובן "pro Ruben", Samar. vers. "ipsi Reuben", Montanus.

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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