Numbers 10 · Verse 16

Numbers 10:16

And over the host of the tribe of the children of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon.
Numbers 10:16, King James Version

Numbers 10:16 in other translations

BSBand Eliab son of Helon was over the division of the tribe of Zebulun.
WEBEliab the son of Helon was over the army of the tribe of the children of Zebulun.
ASVAnd over the host of the tribe of the children of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon.
YLTAnd over the host of the tribe of the sons of Zebulun is Eliab son of Helon;
DARBYand over the host of the tribe of the children of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon.
BBEAnd at the head of the army of the children of Zebulun was Eliab, the son of Helon.
WebsterAnd over the host of the tribe of the children of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon.

What does Numbers 10:16 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 10:13-27

13-27. the children of Israel took their journey ... by the hand of Moses--It is probable that Moses, on the breaking up of the encampment, stationed himself on some eminence to see the ranks defile in order through the embouchure of the mountains. The marching order is described (Nu 2:1-34); but, as the vast horde is represented here in actual migration, let us notice the extraordinary care that was taken for…

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 10:11-28

After the Israelites had continued nearly a year at mount Sinai, and all was settled respecting their future worship, they began their march to Canaan. True religion begins with the knowledge of the holy law of God, and humiliation for sin, but we must go on towards perfection, in acquaintance with Christ and his gospel, and those effectual encouragements, motives, and assistances to holiness, which it proposes…

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Numbers 10:16 in the original Hebrew

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וְעַ֨ל\־ve.'Al-and [was] overH5921
צְבָ֔אtze.Va'[the] military group ofH6635
מַטֵּ֖הma.Teh[the] tribe ofH4294
בְּנֵ֣יbe.Nei[the] descendants ofH1121
זְבוּלֻ֑ןze.vu.LunZebulunH2074
אֱלִיאָ֖ב'e.li.'AvEliabH446
בֶּן\־ben-[the] son ofH1121
חֵלֽוֹן\׃che.LonHelonH2497

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

Cross references for Numbers 10:16

  • Numbers 1:9

    Of Zebulun; Eliab the son of Helon.

  • Numbers 7:24

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

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1:9; 7:24

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Context

  • Numbers 10:15

    And over the host of the tribe of the children of Issachar was Nethaneel the son of Zuar.

  • Numbers 10:16

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

  • Numbers 10:17

    And the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari set forward, bearing the tabernacle.

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Numbers 10:16 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y sobre el ejército de la tribu de los hijos de Zabulón, Eliab hijo de Helón.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		et l’armée de la tribu des fils de Zabulon était sous Éliab, fils de Hélon.
German
Elberfelder 1871		und über das Heer des Stammes der Kinder Sebulon war Eliab, der Sohn Helons.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		In tribu Zabulon erat princeps Eliab filius Helon.