These were their names: Of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur.
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These were their names: Of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur.
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And these were their names: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur.
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And these were their names: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Or, rulers.
Or, rulers.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And these were their names, of the tribe of…
And these were their names, of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur. From Num 13:4, there is nothing but the names of the said persons, whose sons they were, and of what tribe; and the several tribes are mentioned, not according to the order of the birth of the patriarchs, nor according to the dignity of their mothers that bore them, but, very likely, according to the order in which they were sent, two by two, to search the land; for had they gone all twelve in a body, they would have been liable to suspicion: the signification of their names is of no importance to know, and will give us no light into their characters or the reason of their choice, nor are their parents elsewhere taken notice of, nor any of them but Joshua and Caleb, of whom we shall hear more hereafter.
, there is nothing but the names of the said persons, whose sons they were, and of what tribe; and the several tribes are mentioned, not according to the order of the birth of the patriarchs, nor according to the dignity of their mothers that bore them, but, very likely, according to the order in which they were sent, two by two, to search the land; for had they gone all twelve in a body, they would have been liable to suspicion: the signification of their names is of no importance to know, and will give us no light into their characters or the reason of their choice, nor are their parents elsewhere taken notice of, nor any of them but Joshua and Caleb, of whom we shall hear more hereafter.
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Numbers 13:5
num 13:5
num 13:5
num 13:5Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori. See Gill on Num 13:4.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain These were their names. None of these names occur…
These were their names. None of these names occur elsewhere, except those of Caleb and Joshua. The order of the tribes is the same as in Nu 1, except that Zebulun is separated from the other sons of Leah, and placed after Benjamin, while the two sons of Joseph are separated from one another. In verse 11 "the tribe of Joseph" is explained to be "the tribe of Manasseh;" elsewhere it is either common to both, or confined to Ephraim. (see Rev_7:8, and cf. Eze_37:16) No spy was sent for the tribe of Levi, because it was now understood to have no territorial claims upon.the land of promise, and to stand altogether by itself in relation to the national hopes and duties.
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