KJV King James Version
Of the children of Perez [was] the chief of all the captains of the host for the first month.
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1 Chronicles 27:3
Of the children of Perez [was] the chief of all the captains of the host for the first month.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
He was a descendant of Perez and chief of all the army commanders for the first month.
WEB World English Bible
He was of the children of Perez, the chief of all the captains of the army for the first month.
ASV American Standard Version
He was of the children of Perez, the chief of all the captains of the host for the first month.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
of the sons of Perez is the head of all princes of the hosts for the first month.
Surrounding context — 1 Chronicles 27
1 Now the children of Israel after their number, [to wit], the chief fathers and captains of thousands and hundreds, and their officers that served the king in any matter of the courses, which came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year, of every course [were] twenty and four thousand.
2 Over the first course for the first month [was] Jashobeam the son of Zabdiel: and in his course [were] twenty and four thousand.
3 Of the children of Perez [was] the chief of all the captains of the host for the first month.
4 And over the course of the second month [was] Dodai an Ahohite, and of his course [was] Mikloth also the ruler: in his course likewise [were] twenty and four thousand.
5 The third captain of the host for the third month [was] Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, a chief priest: and in his course [were] twenty and four thousand.
6 This [is that] Benaiah, [who was] mighty [among] the thirty, and above the thirty: and in his course [was] Ammizabad his son.
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Numbers 26:20And the sons of Judah after their families were; of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites: of Pharez, the family of the Pharzites: of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites.Numbers 10:14In 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.Genesis 49:8-10Judah, thou [art he] whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand [shall be] in the neck of thine enemies; thy father’s children shall bow down before thee.Numbers 7:12And he that offered his offering the first day was Nahshon the son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah:Genesis 38:29And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold, his brother came out: and she said, How hast thou broken forth? [this] breach [be] upon thee: therefore his name was called Pharez.
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