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Numbers 13:4

Now these were their names: from the tribe of Reuben, Shammua son of Zaccur;

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Shammua;   Zaccur;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Desert, Journey of Israel through the;   Holy Land;   Reuben, the Tribe of;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Caleb;   Kadesh or Kadesh-Barnea;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Joshua the son of nun;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Kadesh;   Shammua;   Zaccur;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Shammua;   Zaccur;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Kadesh-Barnea;   Shammua(h);   Zacc(h)ur;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Hexateuch;   Israel;   Joshua;   Judah;   Shammua;   Zaccur;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Shammua, Shammuah ;   Zaccur ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Tribes;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Shammu'a;   Zac'cur;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Twelve;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Moses;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - On to Canaan;   Moses, the Man of God;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Moses;   Numbers, Book of;   Reuben;   Shammua;   Zaccur;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Consecration;   ḥanukkah;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
These were their names: Of the tribe of Re'uven, Shammua the son of Zakkur.
King James Version
And these were their names: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur.
Lexham English Bible
And these are their names: from the tribe of Reuben, Shammua son of Zaccur;
New Century Version
These are their names: from the tribe of Reuben, Shammua son of Zaccur;
Amplified Bible
These were their names: from the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur;
New American Standard Bible
These then were their names: from the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur;
Geneva Bible (1587)
Also their names are these: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the sonne of Zaccur:
Legacy Standard Bible
These then were their names: from the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur;
Contemporary English Version
with orders to explore the land of Canaan. And here are their names: Shammua son of Zaccur from Reuben, Shaphat son of Hori from Simeon, Caleb son of Jephunneh from Judah, Igal son of Joseph from Issachar, Joshua son of Nun from Ephraim, Palti son of Raphu from Benjamin, Gaddiel son of Sodi from Zebulun, Gaddi son of Susi from Manasseh, Ammiel son of Gemalli from Dan, Sethur son of Michael from Asher, Nahbi son of Vophsi from Naphtali, and Geuel son of Machi from Gad.
Complete Jewish Bible
Here are their names: from the tribe of Re'uven, Shamua the son of Zakur;
Darby Translation
And these are their names: for the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur;
Easy-to-Read Version
These are their names: from the tribe of Reuben—Shammua son of Zaccur;
English Standard Version
And these were their names: From the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur;
George Lamsa Translation
And these were their names: from the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur.
Good News Translation
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Christian Standard Bible®
These were their names:
Literal Translation
And these were their names: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Samma the sonne of Zacur, of the trybe of Ruben.
American Standard Version
And these were their names: Of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur.
Bible in Basic English
And these were their names: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua, the son of Zaccur.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
[Their names are these. Of the tribe of Ruben, Sammua the sonne of Zacur.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And these were their names: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur.
King James Version (1611)
And these were their names. Of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the sonne of Zaccur.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Moses sent them out of the wilderness of Pharan by the word of the Lord; all these were the princes of the sons of Israel.
English Revised Version
And these were their names: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur.
Berean Standard Bible
and these were their names: From the tribe of Reuben, Shammua son of Zaccur;
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Of the lynage of Ruben, Semmya, the sone of Zectur.
Young's Literal Translation
and these their names: For the tribe of Reuben, Shammua son of Zaccur.
Update Bible Version
And these were their names: Of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur.
Webster's Bible Translation
And these [were] their names: Of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur.
World English Bible
These were their names: Of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur.
New King James Version
Now these were their names: from the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur;
New Living Translation
These were the tribes and the names of their leaders:
Tribe Leader
Reuben Shammua son of Zaccur
New Life Bible
These were their names. There was Shammua the son of Zaccur from the family of Reuben,
New Revised Standard
These were their names: From the tribe of Reuben, Shammua son of Zaccur;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, these, are their names, - Of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua, son of Zaccur;
Douay-Rheims Bible
(13-5) Of the tribe of Ruben, Sammua the son of Zechur.
Revised Standard Version
And these were their names: From the tribe of Reuben, Sham'mu-a the son of Zaccur;
New American Standard Bible (1995)
These then were their names: from the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur;

Contextual Overview

1 The Lord spoke to Moses: 2 "Send out men to investigate the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelites. You are to send one man from each ancestral tribe, each one a leader among them." 3 So Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran at the command of the Lord . All of them were leaders of the Israelites. 4 Now these were their names: from the tribe of Reuben, Shammua son of Zaccur; 5 from the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat son of Hori; 6 from the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh; 7 from the tribe of Issachar, Igal son of Joseph; 8 from the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea son of Nun; 9 from the tribe of Benjamin, Palti son of Raphu; 10 from the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel son of Sodi;

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 2:1 - Reuben Ezekiel 48:1 - the names Revelation 7:5 - tribe of Juda

Cross-References

Genesis 4:26
And a son was also born to Seth, whom he named Enosh. At that time people began to worship the Lord .
Genesis 13:1
So Abram went up from Egypt into the Negev. He took his wife and all his possessions with him, as well as Lot.
Genesis 13:2
(Now Abram was very wealthy in livestock, silver, and gold.)
Genesis 13:3
And he journeyed from place to place from the Negev as far as Bethel. He returned to the place where he had pitched his tent at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai.
Genesis 13:7
So there were quarrels between Abram's herdsmen and Lot's herdsmen. (Now the Canaanites and the Perizzites were living in the land at that time.)
Genesis 13:8
Abram said to Lot, "Let there be no quarreling between me and you, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen, for we are close relatives.
Genesis 13:18
So Abram moved his tents and went to live by the oaks of Mamre in Hebron, and he built an altar to the Lord there.
Psalms 26:8
O Lord , I love the temple where you live, the place where your splendor is revealed.
Psalms 84:10
Certainly spending just one day in your temple courts is better than spending a thousand elsewhere. I would rather stand at the entrance to the temple of my God than live in the tents of the wicked.
Psalms 107:1
Give thanks to the Lord , for he is good, and his loyal love endures!

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And these [were] their names, of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur. From Numbers 13:4, there is nothing but the names of the said persons, whose sons they were, and of what tribe; and the several tribes are mentioned, not according to the order of the birth of the patriarchs, nor according to the dignity of their mothers that bore them, but, very likely, according to the order in which they were sent, two by two, to search the land; for had they gone all twelve in a body, they would have been liable to suspicion: the signification of their names is of no importance to know, and will give us no light into their characters or the reason of their choice, nor are their parents elsewhere taken notice of, nor any of them but Joshua and Caleb, of whom we shall hear more hereafter.


 
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