Numbers 1 · Verse 15

Numbers 1:15

Of Naphtali; Ahira the son of Enan.
Numbers 1:15, King James Version

Numbers 1:15 in other translations

BSBand from Naphtali, Ahira son of Enan.”
WEBOf Naphtali: Ahira the son of Enan.”
ASVOf Naphtali: Ahira the son of Enan.
YLT‘For Naphtali--Ahira son of Enan.'
DARBYfor Naphtali, Ahira the son of Enan.
BBEFrom Naphtali, Ahira, the son of Enan.
WebsterOf Naphtali; Ahira the son of Enan.

What does Numbers 1:15 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 1:15 in the original Hebrew

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לְנַ֨פְתָּלִ֔יle.Naf.ta.Lifor NaphtaliH5321
אֲחִירַ֖ע'a.chi.Ra'AhiraH299
בֶּן\־ben-[the] son ofH1121
עֵינָֽן\׃'ei.NanEnanH5881

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

Cross references for Numbers 1:15

  • Numbers 7:78

    On the twelfth day Ahira the son of Enan, prince of the children of Naphtali, offered:

  • Numbers 10:27

    And over the host of the tribe of the children of Naphtali was Ahira the son of Enan.

  • Numbers 2:29

    Then the tribe of Naphtali: and the captain of the children of Naphtali shall be Ahira the son of Enan.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Ahira.
2:29; 7:78; 10:27

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Numbers 1:14

    Of Gad; Eliasaph the son of Deuel.

  • Numbers 1:15

    Of Naphtali; Ahira the son of Enan.

  • Numbers 1:16

    These were the renowned of the congregation, princes of the tribes of their fathers, heads of thousands in Israel.

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Numbers 1:15 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
De Nephtalí, Ahira hijo de Enán.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
pour Nephthali, Akhira, fils d’Énan.
German
Elberfelder 1871
für Naphtali: Achira, der Sohn Enans.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
de Nephthali, Ahira filius Enan.