Numbers 2:20

Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

And fast by him the trybe of Manasse and the captayne ouer the sonnes of Manasse Gamaleel ye sonne of Pedazur

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Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

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Referenced Verses

Num 1:10 : 10 Amoge ye childern of Ioseph: In Ephrai Elisama ye sonne of Amihud: In Manasse Gamaliel ye sone of Pedazur:
Num 7:54 : 54 The.viij. daye offered Gamaliel the sonne of Pedazur the chefe LORde of the childern of Manasse.
Num 7:59 : 59 and for peaseofferynges.ij. oxen.v. rammes fyue he gootes and fyue labes of a yere olde. And this was the offerynge of Gamaliel the sonne of Pedazur.
Num 10:23 : 23 And ouer the hoste of the trybe of the sonnes of Manasse was Samaleel the sonne of Pedazur.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Num 10:22-23
2 verses
90%
22 Then the standert of the hoste of the childern of Ephraim went forth with their armies whose captayne was Elisama the sonne of Amiud.
23 And ouer the hoste of the trybe of the sonnes of Manasse was Samaleel the sonne of Pedazur.
Num 1:10
84%
10 Amoge ye childern of Ioseph: In Ephrai Elisama ye sonne of Amihud: In Manasse Gamaliel ye sone of Pedazur:
Num 2:21-22
2 verses
77%
21 and his hoste and the numbre of them.xxxij. thousande and.ij. hundred.
22 And the trybe of Ben Iamin also: and the captayne ouer the sonnes of Ben Iamin Abidan the sonne of Gedeoni
Num 1:34-35
2 verses
75%
34 Amonge the childern of Manasse: their generacion in their kynredes and houses of their fathers (when the names of all yt were apte to warre
35 were tolde) from.xx. and aboue were numbred in the tribe of Manasse.xxxij thousand and two hundred.
Num 7:54
74%
54 The.viij. daye offered Gamaliel the sonne of Pedazur the chefe LORde of the childern of Manasse.
Num 2:14
74%
14 And the trybe of Gad also: And the captayne ouer the sonnes of Gad Eliasaph the sonne of Deguel
Num 13:9-12
4 verses
73%
9 In the trybe of Ben Iamin Paltithe sonne of Raphu.
10 In the trybe of Zabulon Gadiel the sonne of Sodi.
11 In the trybe of Ioseph: In the trybe of Manasse Gaddi the sonne of Susi.
12 In the trybe of Dan Amiel the sonne of Gemali.
Num 2:7
72%
7 And than the trybe of Zabulon: with Eliab the sonne of Helon captayne ouer the childern of Zabulon
Num 34:28
72%
28 And in the trybe of the childern of Naphtali the LORde Peda El the sonne of Ammihud.
Num 2:27-30
4 verses
72%
27 And fast by him shall the trybe of Asser pitche: and the captayne ouer the sones of Asser Pagiel the sonne of Ochran:
28 and his hoste and the nubre of them.xli. thousande and v. hundred.
29 And the trybe of Naphtali also and the captayne ouer ye childern of Naphtali: Ahira the sonne of Enan:
30 and his hoste and the nubre of them.liij. thousande and iiij. Hudred
Num 2:5
72%
5 And nexte vnto him shall the trybe of Isachar pitche and Nathaneel the sonne of Zuar captayne ouer ye childre of Isachar:
Num 2:12
72%
12 And fast by him shall ye trybe of Simeon pitche and the capteyne ouer ye sonnes of Simeon. Selumiel the sonne of zuri Sadai
Num 34:23
72%
23 And amonge the childern of Ioseph: in the trybe of the childern of Manasse the LORde Haniel the sonne of Ephod.
Num 26:34
71%
34 These are the kinredes of Manasse in numbre lij. thousande and seuen hundred.
Num 2:18-19
2 verses
71%
18 On the west syde the standarte and the hoste of Ephraim shall lye with their companies. And the captayne ouer the sonnes of Ephraim Elisama the sonne of Anuhud:
19 and his hoste and the numbre of them.xl. thousande and v. hundred.
Num 26:28-29
2 verses
70%
28 The childern of Ioseph in their kinredes were: Manasse ad Ephraim.
29 The childern of Manasse: Machir of whom cometh the kynred of the Machirites. And Machir begat Gilcad of whom cometh the kinred off the Gileadites.
Num 1:4
70%
4 and with you shalbe of euery trybe a heed man in the house of his father.
Num 10:20
69%
20 the sonne of Deguel.
Num 2:25
69%
25 And the standert and the hoste of Dan shall lye on the north syde with their companyes: and the captayne ouer ye childre of Dan Ahiezer the sonne of Ammi Sadai:
Num 1:24
69%
24 Amonge the childern of Gad: their generacion in their kynredes and housholdes of their fathers when thei were tolde by name fro xx. yere and aboue all that were mete for the warre:
Num 1:32
69%
32 Amonge the childern of Ioseph: fyrst amoge the childern of Ephraim: their generacion in their kynredes and housses of theyre fathers (when the names of all that were apte to the warre were tolde) from.xx. yeres and aboue:
Num 13:15
69%
15 In the trybe of Gad Guel the sonne of Machi.
Num 36:1
68%
1 And the auncyet heedes of the childern of Gilead the sonne of Machir ye sonne of Manasse of the kynred of ye childern of Ioseph came forth and spake before Moses and the prynces which were aunciet heedes amoge the childern of Israel
Num 34:19-20
2 verses
68%
19 whose names are these: In the trybe of Iuda Caleb ye sonne of Iephune.
20 And in ye trybe of ye childern of Simeon Demuel ye sone of Amiud
Num 7:59
68%
59 and for peaseofferynges.ij. oxen.v. rammes fyue he gootes and fyue labes of a yere olde. And this was the offerynge of Gamaliel the sonne of Pedazur.
Num 34:25
67%
25 And in the trybe of the sonnes of Zabulon ye LORde Elizaphan the sonne of Parnac.
Num 1:30
67%
30 Among the childern of Sebulon: their generacion in their kynredes and houses of their fathers (after the numbre of names) from xx. yere and aboue whosoeuer was mete for the warre: