Numeri 13:4

4 E questi erano i loro nomi: Per la tribù di Ruben: Shammua, figliuolo di Zaccur; per la tribù di Simeone:

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 "Manda degli uomini ad esplorare il paese di Canaan che io do ai figliuoli d’Israele. Mandate un uomo per ogni tribù de’ loro padri; siano tutti dei loro principi".

3 E Mosè li mandò dal deserto di Paran, secondo l’ordine dell’Eterno; quegli uomini erano tutti capi de’ figliuoli d’Israele.

4 E questi erano i loro nomi: Per la tribù di Ruben: Shammua, figliuolo di Zaccur; per la tribù di Simeone:

5 Shafat, figliuolo di Hori;

6 per la tribù di Giuda: Caleb, figliuolo di Gefunne;