Jamin is a name that belongs to two people in two different parts of the story. First he is one of the sons of Simeon, who went down to Egypt with Jacob’s household, and from him came the family called the Jaminites. Centuries later, a man named Jamin stood among the Levites who “caused the people to understand the law” when Ezra read it aloud. Nothing more is said of either man, yet each appears at a moment when God’s people were being counted or taught. Nehemiah 8:7 is the place to look.
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And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman.
And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman: these are the families of Simeon.
The sons of Simeon after their families: of Nemuel, the family of the Nemuelites: of Jamin, the family of the Jaminites: of Jachin, the family of the Jachinites:
Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law: and the people stood in their place.
William Smith, 1884
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(1.) Second son of Simeon, (Genesis46:10; Exod 6:15; 1Chr 4:24 Founder of the family of the Jaminites. (Numbers 26:12) (B.C. 1706.)
(2.) A man of Judah, second son of Ram the Jerahmeelite. (1 Chronicles 2:27)
(3.) One of the Levites who expounded the law to the people. (Nehemiah 8:7) (B.C. 410.)