Nahshon

Nahshon is a man living before Israel's monarchy, from the tribe of Judah. He is named in 11 verses of the Bible, first in Exodus 6:23.

Family

Verses

Exodus

• Exodus 6:23
  And Aaron took him Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of Naashon, to wife; and she bare him Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.And Aaron married Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab and sister of Nahshon, and she bore him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

Numbers

• Numbers 1:7
  Of Judah; Nahshon the son of Amminadab.from Judah, Nahshon son of Amminadab;
• Numbers 2:3
  And on the east side toward the rising of the sun shall they of the standard of the camp of Judah pitch throughout their armies: and Nahshon the son of Amminadab shall be captain of the children of Judah.On the east side, toward the sunrise, the divisions of Judah are to camp under their standard:
• Numbers 7:12
  And he that offered his offering the first day was Nahshon the son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah:On the first day Nahshon son of Amminadab from the tribe of Judah drew near with his offering.
• Numbers 7:17
  And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Nahshon the son of Amminadab.and a peace offering of two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Nahshon son of Amminadab.
• Numbers 10:14
  In the first place went the standard of the camp of the children of Judah according to their armies: and over his host was Nahshon the son of Amminadab.First, the divisions of the camp of Judah set out under their standard, with Nahshon son of Amminadab in command.

Ruth

• Ruth 4:20
  And Amminadab begat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat Salmon,Amminadab was the father of Nahshon, Nahshon was the father of Salmon,

1 Chronicles

• 1 Chronicles 2:10
  And Ram begat Amminadab; and Amminadab begat Nahshon, prince of the children of Judah;Ram was the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab was the father of Nahshon, a leader of the descendants of Judah.
• 1 Chronicles 2:11
  And Nahshon begat Salma, and Salma begat Boaz,Nahshon was the father of Salmon, and Salmon was the father of Boaz.

Matthew

• Matthew 1:4
  And Aram begat Aminadab; and Aminadab begat Naasson; and Naasson begat Salmon;Ram was the father of Amminadab, Amminadab the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon the father of Salmon.

Luke

• Luke 3:32
  Which was the son of Jesse, which was the son of Obed, which was the son of Booz, which was the son of Salmon, which was the son of Naasson,the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Sala, the son of Nahshon,

Notes

1. Names, family links and verses from STEPBible's Translators Individualised Proper Names (TIPNR), STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0.
2. Where several people share a name, which verses belong to which person, and the family links, follow STEPBible's identifications; some are uncertain and are marked so.