Numbers 1:6
From Simeon, Shelumiel, the son of Zurishaddai;
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Of Simeon; Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
In Context
5These are the names of those who are to be your helpers: from Reuben, Elizur, the son of Shedeur;
7From Judah, Nahshon, the son of Amminadab;
Cross References
Numbers 7:36On the fifth day Shelumiel, the son of Zurishaddai, chief of the children of Simeon:
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 →