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Person

Ahira

Mentioned in 5 verses, first in Numbers 1:15. The verses below are the ones linked to this person (the Theographic dataset, with our sourced corrections).

In the Bible

All 5 verses, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.

Numbers

  • Numbers 1:15

    and from Naphtali, Ahira son of Enan.”

  • Numbers 2:29

    Next will be the tribe of Naphtali. The leader of the Naphtalites is Ahira son of Enan,

  • Numbers 7:78

    On the twelfth day Ahira son of Enan, the leader of the Naphtalites, drew near.

  • Numbers 7:83

    and a peace offering of two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Ahira son of Enan.

  • Numbers 10:27

    and Ahira son of Enan was over the division of the tribe of Naphtali.

Dictionary

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), as attached to this record by Theographic. The entry is for the name and can describe more than one person who bore it. Easton wrote in 1897, and some of his views are now debated.

Read Easton’s entry

Brother of evil = unlucky, or my brother is friend, chief of the tribe of Naphtali at the Exodus (Num. 1:15; 2:29).

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