Numbers 1:5
These are the names of those who are to be your helpers: from Reuben, Elizur, the son of Shedeur;
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4And to give you help, take one man from every tribe, the head of his father's house.
6From Simeon, Shelumiel, the son of Zurishaddai;
Cross References
Genesis 29:32And Leah was with child, and gave birth to a son to whom she gave the name Reuben: for she said, The Lord has seen my sorrow; now my husband will have love for me.
Genesis 35:17And when her pain was very great, the woman who was helping her said, Have no fear; for now you will have another son.
Genesis 35:23Now Jacob had twelve sons: the sons of Leah: Reuben, Jacob's first son, and Simeon and Levi and Judah and Issachar and Zebulun;
Genesis 49:1And Jacob sent for his sons, and said, Come together, all of you, so that I may give you news of your fate in future times.
Numbers 2:3Those whose tents are on the east side, looking to the dawn, will be round the flag of the children of Judah, with Nahshon, the son of Amminadab, as their chief.
Numbers 7:12And he who made his offering on the first day was Nahshon, the son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah:
Matthew Henry on Numbers 1:2-17
Numbers The titles of the five books of Moses, which we use in our Bibles, are all borrowed from the Greek translation of the Seventy, the most ancient version of the Old Testament that we know of. But the title of this book only we turn into English; in all the rest we retain the Greek word itself, for which difference I know no reason but that the Latin translators have generally done the same. Otherwise this book might as well have been called Arithmoi, the Greek title, as the first Genesis, and the second… Read the whole commentary →