Numbers 1 · Verse 6

Numbers 1:6

Of Simeon; Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
Numbers 1:6, King James Version

Numbers 1:6 in other translations

BSBfrom Simeon, Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai;
WEBOf Simeon: Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
ASVOf Simeon: Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
YLT‘For Simeon--Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai.
DARBYfor Simeon, Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai;
BBEFrom Simeon, Shelumiel, the son of Zurishaddai;
WebsterOf Simeon; Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.

What does Numbers 1:6 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 1:6 in the original Hebrew

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לְשִׁמְע֕וֹןle.shim.'onfor SimeonH8095
שְׁלֻמִיאֵ֖לshe.lu.mi.'ElShelumielH8017
בֶּן\־ben-[the] son ofH1121
צוּרִֽישַׁדָּֽי\׃tzu.Ri.sha.DaiZurishaddaiH6701

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

Cross references for Numbers 1:6

  • Numbers 7:36

    On the fifth day Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai, prince of the children of Simeon, did offer:

  • Numbers 2:12

    And those which pitch by him shall be the tribe of Simeon: and the captain of the children of Simeon shall be Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.

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Shelumiel.
2:12; 7:36

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Context

  • Numbers 1:5

    And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you: of the tribe of Reuben; Elizur the son of Shedeur.

  • Numbers 1:6

    Of Simeon; Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.

  • Numbers 1:7

    Of Judah; Nahshon the son of Amminadab.

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Numbers 1:6 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
De Simeón, Selumiel hijo de Zurisaddai.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
pour Siméon, Shelumiel, fils de Tsurishaddaï;
German
Elberfelder 1871
für Simeon: Schelumiel, der Sohn Zurischaddais;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
de Simeon, Salamiel filius Surisaddai;