Numbers 1 · Verse 9

Numbers 1:9

Of Zebulun; Eliab the son of Helon.
Numbers 1:9, King James Version

Numbers 1:9 in other translations

BSBfrom Zebulun, Eliab son of Helon;
WEBOf Zebulun: Eliab the son of Helon.
ASVOf Zebulun: Eliab the son of Helon.
YLT‘For Zebulun--Eliab son of Helon.
DARBYfor Zebulun, Eliab the son of Helon;
BBEFrom Zebulun, Eliab, the son of Helon;
WebsterOf Zebulun; Eliab the son of Helon.

What does Numbers 1:9 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 1:9 in the original Hebrew

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לִזְבוּלֻ֕ןliz.vu.Lunfor ZebulunH2074
אֱלִיאָ֖ב'e.li.'AvEliabH446
בֶּן\־ben-[the] son ofH1121
חֵלֹֽן\׃che.LonHelonH2497

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

Cross references for Numbers 1:9

  • Numbers 7:24

    On the third day Eliab the son of Helon, prince of the children of Zebulun, did offer:

  • Numbers 10:16

    And over the host of the tribe of the children of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon.

  • Numbers 2:7

    Then the tribe of Zebulun: and Eliab the son of Helon shall be captain of the children of Zebulun.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Eliab.
2:7; 7:24; 10:16

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Context

  • Numbers 1:8

    Of Issachar; Nethaneel the son of Zuar.

  • Numbers 1:9

    Of Zebulun; Eliab the son of Helon.

  • Numbers 1:10

    Of the children of Joseph: of Ephraim; Elishama the son of Ammihud: of Manasseh; Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.

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Numbers 1:9 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
De Zabulón, Eliab hijo de Helón.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
pour Zabulon, Éliab, fils de Hélon;
German
Elberfelder 1871
für Sebulon: Eliab, der Sohn Helons;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
de Zabulon, Eliab filius Helon;