Numbers 10 · Verse 27

Numbers 10:27

And over the host of the tribe of the children of Naphtali was Ahira the son of Enan.
Numbers 10:27, King James Version

Numbers 10:27 in other translations

BSBand Ahira son of Enan was over the division of the tribe of Naphtali.
WEBAhira the son of Enan was over the army of the tribe of the children of Naphtali.
ASVAnd over the host of the tribe of the children of Naphtali was Ahira the son of Enan.
YLTAnd over the host of the tribe of the sons of Naphtali is Ahira son of Enan.
DARBYand over the host of the tribe of the children of Naphtali was Ahira the son of Enan.
BBEAnd at the head of the army of the children of Naphtali was Ahira, the son of Enan.
WebsterAnd over the host of the tribe of the children of Naphtali was Ahira the son of Enan.

What does Numbers 10:27 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 10:27 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
נַפְתָּלִ֑יnaf.ta.LiNaphtaliH5321
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 10:27

  • Numbers 1:15

    Of Naphtali; Ahira the son of Enan.

  • Numbers 7:78

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

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Ahira.
1:15; 7:78

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Context

  • Numbers 10:26

    And over the host of the tribe of the children of Asher was Pagiel the son of Ocran.

  • Numbers 10:27

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

  • Numbers 10:28

    Thus were the journeyings of the children of Israel according to their armies, when they set forward.

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Numbers 10:27 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y sobre el ejército de la tribu de los hijos de Nephtalí, Ahira hijo de Enán.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et l’armée de la tribu des fils de Nephthali était sous Akhira, fils d’Énan.
German
Elberfelder 1871
und über das Heer des Stammes der Kinder Naphtali war Achira, der Sohn Enans. -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et in tribu filiorum Nephthali princeps fuit Ahira filius Enan.