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What does Numbers 1:7 mean?
"Of Judah: Nahshon the son of Amminadab."
— Numbers 1:7 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
With you there shall be a man of every tribe; everyone head of his fathers’ house.
These are the names of the men who shall stand with you: Of Reuben: Elizur the son of Shedeur.
Of Simeon: Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
Of Judah: Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
Of Issachar: Nethanel the son of Zuar.
Of Zebulun: Eliab the son of Helon.
Of the children of Joseph: Of Ephraim: Elishama the son of Ammihud. Of Manasseh: Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
Explanation
Numbers 1:7 records a simple administrative detail: when Moses organized a census of Israel in the wilderness, the tribe of Judah was represented by a man named Nahshon, identified as "the son of Amminadab." On the surface, this is nothing more than a name on a list — one entry among the twelve tribal leaders appointed to help Moses count the fighting men of Israel. Yet even this brief, seemingly minor notice carries
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