Numbers 1:5
the names of whom are these: of Ruben, Elizur the son of Shedeur;
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4And there shall be with you the leaders of the tribes, as well as of the houses, in their kinships,
6of Simeon, Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai;
Cross References
Genesis 29:32Having conceived, she gave birth to a son, and she called his name Reuben, saying: “The Lord saw my humiliation; now my husband will love me.”
Genesis 35:17because it was a difficult birth, she began to be in danger. And the midwife said to her, “Do not be afraid, for you will have this son also.”
Genesis 35:23The sons of Leah: Reuben the first born, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun.
Genesis 49:1Then Jacob called his sons, and he said to them: “Gather together, so that I may announce what will happen to you in the last days.
Numbers 2:3To the east, Judah shall fix his tents, by the companies of his army. And the leader of his sons shall be Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
Numbers 7:12On the first day, Nahshon, the son of Amminadab of the tribe of Judah, offered his oblation.
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 →