Numbers 1 · Verse 12

Numbers 1:12

Of Dan; Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
Numbers 1:12, King James Version

Numbers 1:12 in other translations

BSBfrom Dan, Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai;
WEBOf Dan: Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
ASVOf Dan: Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
YLT‘For Dan--Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai.
DARBYfor Dan, Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai;
BBEFrom Dan, Ahiezer, the son of Ammi-shaddai;
WebsterOf Dan; Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.

What does Numbers 1:12 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 1:4-18

4-16. with you there shall be a man of every tribe, &c.--The social condition of the Israelites in the wilderness bore a close resemblance to that of the nomad tribes of the East in the present day. The head of the tribe was a hereditary dignity, vested in the oldest son or some other to whom the right of primogeniture was transferred, and under whom were other inferior heads, also hereditary, among the different…

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 1:1-43

The people were numbered to show God's faithfulness in thus increasing the seed of Jacob, that they might be the better trained for the wars and conquest of Canaan, and to ascertain their families in order to the division of the land. It is said of each tribe, that those were numbered who were able to go forth to war; they had wars before them, though now they met with no opposition. Let the believer be prepared to…

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Numbers 1:12 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

לְדָ֕ןle.Danfor DanH1835
אֲחִיעֶ֖זֶר'a.chi.'E.zerAhiezerH295
בֶּן\־ben-[the] son ofH1121
עַמִּֽישַׁדָּֽי\׃'am.Mi.sha.DaiAmmishaddaiH5996

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Numbers 1:12

  • Numbers 7:66

    On the tenth day Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai, prince of the children of Dan, offered:

  • Numbers 2:25

    The standard of the camp of Dan shall be on the north side by their armies: and the captain of the children of Dan shall be Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.

  • Numbers 10:25

    And the standard of the camp of the children of Dan set forward, which was the rereward of all the camps throughout their hosts: and over his host was Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.

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Ahiezer.
2:25; 7:66; 10:25

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Context

  • Numbers 1:11

    Of Benjamin; Abidan the son of Gideoni.

  • Numbers 1:12

    Of Dan; Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.

  • Numbers 1:13

    Of Asher; Pagiel the son of Ocran.

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Numbers 1:12 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
De Dan, Ahiezer hijo de Ammisaddai.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
pour Dan, Akhiézer, fils d’Ammishaddaï;
German
Elberfelder 1871
für Dan: Achieser, der Sohn Ammischaddais;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
de Dan, Ahiezer filius Ammisaddai;