Numberi 13:4

4 En dit zijn hun namen: van den stam van Ruben, Sammua, de zoon van Zaccur.

Numberi 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.

Numberi 13:4 In-Context

2 Zend u mannen uit: die het land Kanaan verspieden, hetwelk Ik den kinderen Israels geven zal; van elken stam zijner vaderen zult gijlieden een man zenden, zijnde ieder een overste onder hen.

3 Mozes dan zond hen uit de woestijn van Paran, naar den mond des HEEREN; al die mannen waren hoofden der kinderen Israels.

4 En dit zijn hun namen: van den stam van Ruben, Sammua, de zoon van Zaccur.

5 Van de stam van Simeon, Safat, de zoon van Hori.

6 Van de stam van Juda, Kaleb, de zoon van Jefunne.