One of our Lord's ancestors, Mt 1:4; Lu 3:32; chief of the tribe of Judah in the desert, Nu 1:7; 2:3; 7:12; and brother-in-law of Aaron,
Aaron married Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab and sister of Nahshon, and she bore him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
"Now those who will be camping on the east, toward the sunrise, are the divisions of the camp of Judah under their standard. The leader of the people of Judah is Nahshon son of Amminadab.
The one who presented his offering on the first day was Nahshon son of Amminadab, from the tribe of Judah.
Ram the father of Amminadab, Amminadab the father of Nahshon, Nahshon the father of Salmon,
the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Sala, the son of Nahshon,
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