Person
Ephraim
Mentioned in 160 verses across 20 books, first in Numbers 1:10. The verses below are the ones linked to this person (the Theographic dataset, with our sourced corrections).
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In the Bible
All 12 verses in Numbers, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.
Numbers
- Numbers 1:10
from the sons of Joseph: from Ephraim, Elishama son of Ammihud, and from Manasseh, Gamaliel son of Pedahzur;
- Numbers 1:32
From the sons of Joseph: From the sons of Ephraim, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,
- Numbers 1:33
those registered to the tribe of Ephraim numbered 40,500.
- Numbers 2:18
On the west side, the divisions of Ephraim are to camp under their standard: The leader of the Ephraimites is Elishama son of Ammihud,
- Numbers 2:24
The total number of men in the divisions of the camp of Ephraim is 108,100; they shall set out third.
- Numbers 7:48
On the seventh day Elishama son of Ammihud, the leader of the Ephraimites, drew near.
- Numbers 10:22
Next, the divisions of the camp of Ephraim set out under their standard, with Elishama son of Ammihud in command.
- Numbers 13:8
from the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea son of Nun;
- Numbers 26:28
The descendants of Joseph included the clans of Manasseh and Ephraim.
- Numbers 26:35
These were the descendants of Ephraim by their clans: The Shuthelahite clan from Shuthelah, the Becherite clan from Becher, and the Tahanite clan from Tahan.
- Numbers 26:37
These were the clans of Ephraim, and their registration numbered 32,500. These clans were the descendants of Joseph.
- Numbers 34:24
Kemuel son of Shiphtan, a leader from the tribe of Ephraim;
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.
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Double fruitfulness (“for God had made him fruitful in the land of his affliction”). The second son of Joseph, born in Egypt (Gen. 41:52; 46:20). The first incident recorded regarding him is his being placed, along with his brother Manasseh, before their grandfather, Jacob, that he might bless them (48:10; comp. 27:1). The intention of Joseph was that the right hand of the aged patriarch should be placed on the head of the elder of the two; but Jacob set Ephraim the younger before his brother, “guiding his hands wittingly.” Before Joseph’s death, Ephraim’s family had reached the third generation (Gen. 50:23).