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.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
names	שְׁמ֣וֹת she.Mot	H8034	an appellation · noun, common feminine plural construct
men	הָֽאֲנָשִׁ֔ים ha.'a.na.Shim	H582	a man in general (singly or collectively) · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
stand	יַֽעַמְד֖וּ ya.'am.Du	H5975	to stand · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
Reuben	לִרְאוּבֵ֕ן lir.'u.Ven	H7205	Reuben · preposition + proper noun, a man's name
Elizur	אֱלִיצ֖וּר 'e.li.Tzur	H468	Elitsur · proper noun, a man's name
son	בֶּן ben-	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine singular construct
Shedeur	שְׁדֵיאֽוּר she.dei.'Ur	H7707	Shedejur · proper noun, a man's name

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Numbers 7:30 On the fourth day Elizur the son of Shedeur, prince of the children of Reuben, did offer:
Genesis 29:32-35 And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the LORD hath looked upon my affliction; now theref…
Genesis 30:5-20 And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son.
Genesis 35:17-26 And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son also.
Genesis 46:8-24 And these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn.
Genesis 49:1-33 And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days.
Exodus 1:2-5 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,
Numbers 2:10 On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben according to their armies: and the captain of the children of Reuben shall be…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Numbers 1:1-16

I. We have here a commission issued out for the numbering of the people of Israel; and David, long after, paid dearly for doing it without a commission. Here is, 1. The date of this commission, Num 1:1. (1.) The place: it is given at God's court in the wilderness of Sinai, from his royal palace, the tabernacle of the congregation. (2.) The time: In the second year after they came up out of Egypt; we may call it the second year of that reign. The laws in Leviticus were given in the first month of that year; these orders were given in the beginning of the second month. 2. The directions given for the execution of it, Num 1:2, Num 1:3. (1.) None were to be numbered but the males, and those only…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 1:5

these are the names of the men that shall stand with you, &c.--Each is designated by adding the name of the ancestors of his tribe, the people of which were called "Beni-Reuben," "Beni-Levi," sons of Reuben, sons of Levi, according to the custom of the Arabs still, as well as other nations which are divided into clans, as the Macs of Scotland, the Aps of Wales, and the O's and the Fitzes of Ireland [CHALMERS].

John Gill on Numbers 1:5

And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you,.... Be present with Moses and Aaron when numbering the people; not merely as spectators of the affair, and inspectors of the accounts, but as assistants in the work; each man in his tribe, being best acquainted with the families and houses in it; and these men were not pitched upon by Moses and Aaron, nor chosen by their respective tribes, but were appointed and named by the Lord himself, which was doing them great honour: of the tribe of Reuben: or "for Reuben" (c), for the taking the number of men in this tribe; and so of all the rest, see Numbers 1:44, Elizur the son of Shedeur; from Numbers 1:5 the names of those several men…

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John Calvin on Numbers 1:1-19

Dictionary and topics

Elizur — prince of the tribe and over the host of Reuben. (Numbers 1:5; 2:10; 7:30,35; 10:18)
Levites — (descendants of Levi). Sometimes the name extends to the whole tribe, the priests included, (Exodus 6:25; Leviticus 25:32; Numbers 35:2; Joshua 21:3,41) etc; sometimes only to those members of the…
Shedeur — (darter of light), the father of Elizur, chief of the tribe of Reuben at the time of the exodus. (Numbers 1:5; 2:10; 7:30,35; 10:18) (B.C. 1491.)
Desert, Journey Of Israel Through The · Second numbering of the people — Second numbering of the people
Elizur · A chief of Reuben — A chief of Reuben
Reuben, The Tribe Of · Persons selected from: To number the people — Persons selected from: To number the people
Shedeur · Father of Elizur — Father of Elizur
Tribes Of Israel, The · Each of: Under a president or chief — Each of: Under a president or chief

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Numbers 1:5

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Numbers 1:1-16

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 1:5

John Gill on Numbers 1:5

John Calvin on Numbers 1:1-19

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Numbers 1:5

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Numbers 1:1-16

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 1:5

John Gill on Numbers 1:5

John Calvin on Numbers 1:1-19

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Numbers 1:4-16

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Numbers 1:2-16

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