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Numbers 1:5-7
New English Translation
Numbers 1:5-7
New English Translation
5 Now these are the names of the men who are to help[a] you:
from[b] Reuben, Elizur son of Shedeur;
6 from Simeon, Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai;[c]
7 from Judah, Nahshon[d] son of Amminadab;
Footnotes
- Numbers 1:5 tn The verb is עָמַד (ʿamad, “to stand”). It literally then is, “who will stand with you.” They will help in the count, but they will also serve as leaders as the camp moves from place to place.
- Numbers 1:5 tn The preposition ל (lamed) prefixed to the name could be taken in the sense of “from,” but could also be “with regard to” (specification).
- Numbers 1:6 sn This name and the name Ammishaddai below have the theophoric element (שַׁדַּי, shadday, “the Almighty”). It would mean “the Almighty is my rock”; the later name means “the Almighty is my kinsman.” Other theophoric elements in the passage are “father,” “brother,” and “God.”
- Numbers 1:7 sn Nahshon was an ancestor of Boaz and David, and therefore of Christ (Luke 3:32-33).
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