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Numbers 1:15

WEBKJVBSBESVNKJVNASBNLT
from Naphtali, Ahira the son of Enan.”
Numbers 1:15 · New King James Version
Parallel translations
  • WEB Of Naphtali: Ahira the son of Enan.”
  • KJV Of Naphtali; Ahira the son of Enan.
  • BSB and from Naphtali, Ahira son of Enan.”
  • NASB of Naphtali, Ahira the son of Enan.
  • NLT Naphtali Ahira son of Enan

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Quick answer

Ahira son of Enan is named for Naphtali, completing the list of tribal leaders. God's people are fully and carefully organized.

Overview

With Naphtali, the roll of twelve tribal princes is complete. The thoroughness of the list, leaving no tribe without a leader, displays God's orderliness and care. This concluding name closes the appointment of those who would help muster Israel for its journey.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 3

  • Num 7:78On the twelfth day Ahira the son of Enan, prince of the children of Naphtali
  • Num 10:27Ahira the son of Enan was over the army of the tribe of the children of Naphtali.
  • Num 2:29“The tribe of Naphtali: and the prince of the children of Naphtali shall be Ahira the son of Enan.

Themes, concepts, people & topics

Topics (3)
AHIRAENANISRAEL

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  • VideoBibleProject — Numbers videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical

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  • CommentaryEnduring Word — verse-by-verseDavid Guzik · Lay · Free · evangelical

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  • CommentaryMatthew Henry on NumbersMatthew Henry · Pastoral · Free · evangelical

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  • ReferenceInterlinear, lexicon & Strong'sBlue Letter Bible · Seminary · Free

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Christ at the center

In the wilderness Christ is the water from the rock, the bronze serpent lifted up that the dying might look and live (John 3:14), and the star and scepter that Balaam saw rising out of Jacob.

How Numbers 1:15 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

Original language

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Of NaphtaliנַפְתָּלִיAhiraאֲחִירַעthe sonבֵּןof Enanעֵינָן
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