Numeri 13:4

4 (H13-5) E questi sono i nomi loro: Sammua, figliuolo di Zaccui, della tribù di Ruben;

Numeri 13:4 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 13:4

And these [were] their names, of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua
the son of Zaccur.
] From ( Numbers 13:4-15 ) , 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.

Numeri 13:4 In-Context

2 (H13-3) Manda degli uomini, che spiino il paese di Canaan, il quale io dono a’ figliuoli d’Israele; mandate un uomo per tribù de’ lor padri; tutti capi de’ figliuoli d’Israele.

3 (H13-4) Mosè adunque mandò quegli uomini dal deserto di Paran, secondo il comandamento del Signore; e tutti erano capi de’ figliuoli d’Israele.

4 (H13-5) E questi sono i nomi loro: Sammua, figliuolo di Zaccui, della tribù di Ruben;

5 (H13-6) Safat, figliuolo di Hori, della tribù di Simeone;

6 (H13-7) Caleb, figliuolo di Gefunne, della tribù di Giuda;