Numbers 34 · Verse 24

Numbers 34:24

And the prince of the tribe of the children of Ephraim, Kemuel the son of Shiphtan.
Numbers 34:24, King James Version

Numbers 34:24 in other translations

BSBKemuel son of Shiphtan, a leader from the tribe of Ephraim;
WEBOf the tribe of the children of Ephraim a prince, Kemuel the son of Shiphtan.
ASVAnd of the tribe of the children of Ephraim a prince, Kemuel the son of Shiphtan.
YLTand of the tribe of the sons of Ephraim, the prince Kemuel son of Shiphtan;
DARBYand for the tribe of the children of Ephraim, a prince, Kemuel the son of Shiphtan;
BBEAnd of the tribe of the children of Ephraim, a chief, Kemuel, the son of Shiphtan.
WebsterAnd the prince of the tribe of the children of Ephraim, Kemuel the son of Shiphtan.

What does Numbers 34:24 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 34:16-29

16-29. names of the men ... which shall divide the land--This appointment by the Lord before the Jordan tended not only to animate the Israelites faith in the certainty of the conquest, but to prevent all subsequent dispute and discontent, which might have been dangerous in presence of the natives. The nominees were ten princes for the nine and a half tribes, one of them being selected from the western section of…

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 34:16-29

God here appoints men to divide the land to them. So sure must they feel of victory and success while God fought for them, that the persons are named who should be intrusted with the dividing of the land.

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Numbers 34:24 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וּלְמַטֵּ֥הu.le.ma.Tehand of [the] tribe ofH4294
בְנֵֽי\־ve.nei-[the] descendants ofH1121
אֶפְרַ֖יִם'ef.Ra.yimEphraimH669
נָשִׂ֑יאna.Si'a leaderH5387
קְמוּאֵ֖לke.mu.'ElKemuelH7055
בֶּן\־ben-[the] son ofH1121
שִׁפְטָֽן\׃shif.TanShiphtanH8204

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

Context

  • Numbers 34:23

    The prince of the children of Joseph, for the tribe of the children of Manasseh, Hanniel the son of Ephod.

  • Numbers 34:24

    And the prince of the tribe of the children of Ephraim, Kemuel the son of Shiphtan.

  • Numbers 34:25

    And the prince of the tribe of the children of Zebulun, Elizaphan the son of Parnach.

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Numbers 34:24 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y de la tribu de los hijos de Ephraim, el príncipe Chêmuel hijo de Siphtán.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et pour la tribu des fils d’Éphraïm, un prince, Kemuel, fils de Shiphtan;
German
Elberfelder 1871
und für den Stamm der Kinder Ephraim ein Fürst: Kemuel, der Sohn Schiphtans;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
De tribu Ephraim, Camuel filius Sephthan.