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Judahite tribal leader This article is about the Biblical figure. Lunette depicting Nahshon in the Sistine Chapel . In the Hebrew Bible , Nahshon ( Naḥšon ) was a tribal leader of the Judahites during the wilderness wanderings of the Book of Numbers . In the King James Version , the name is spelled Naashon , and is within modern Rabbinical contexts often transliterated as Nachshon . According to a Jewish Midrash , he was the person who initiated the Hebrews ' passage through the Red Sea , by walking in head-deep until the sea parted. A Critical Dictionary of the Literary, Political, and Religious History, the Archaeology, Geography, and Natural History of the Bible .
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Nahshon or Nachshon ben Aminadav ( Nacshon son of Aminadav ) is first mentioned in the Hebrew Bible 's Book of Exodus .
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Nahshon ( ) or Nachshon ben Aminadav (נחשון בן עמינדב; "Nahshon son of Aminadav") was, according to the Book of Exodus , the son of Amminadab ; descendant in the fifth generation of Judah , brother-in-law of Aaron and an important figure in the Hebrew 's Passage of the Red Sea which according to the Jewish Midrash he initiated by walking in head deep until the sea split.The popular Yiddish saying "to be a Nachshon" means to be an "initiator." Exodus vi. 23; I Chronicles ii. 4-10.
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Lunette depicting Nahshon in the Sistine Chapel .Nahshon ( Naḥšōn ) was, according to a Jewish Midrash , the person who initiated the Hebrews ' Passage of the Red Sea , by walking in head-deep until the sea parted. The popular Yiddish saying "to be a Nachshon" means to initiate something.
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Lunette depicting Nahshon in the Sistine Chapel . In the Hebrew Bible , Nahshon ( Naḥšon ) was a tribal leader of the Judahites during the wilderness wanderings of the Book of Numbers .In the King James Version , the name is spelled Naashon .According to a Jewish Midrash , he was the person who initiated the Hebrews ' passage through the Red Sea , by walking in head-deep until the sea parted.A Critical Dictionary of the Literary, Political, and Religious History, the Archaeology, Geography, and Natural History of the Bible .
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Judahite tribal leader This article is about the Biblical figure. Lunette depicting Nahshon in the Sistine Chapel . In the Hebrew Bible , Nahshon ( Hebrew : נַחְשׁוֹן Naḥšon ) was a tribal leader of the Judahites during the wilderness wanderings of the Book of Numbers . In the King James Version , the name is spelled Naashon , and is within modern Rabbinical contexts often transliterated as Nachshon . According to a Jewish Midrash , he was the person who initiated the Hebrews ' passage through the Red Sea , by walking in head-deep until the sea parted. A Critical Dictionary of the Literary, Political, and Religious History, the Archaeology, Geography, and Natural History of the Bible .
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first mentioned in the hebrew bible 's book of exodus
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tribal leader of the judahites during the wilderness wanderings of the book of numbers
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