Enan is known from Numbers as the father of Ahira, who was the leader and chief of the tribe of Naphtali during the wilderness wanderings. He is mentioned mainly in connection with the census and the organization of the tribes at Sinai. Although little is known about his own life, his significance is tied to his son's role as a tribal prince.
During the first census in the wilderness, Ahira, son of Enan, was appointed to lead the counting of the tribe of Naphtali, which numbered 53,400 men fit for battle.
42The descendants of Naphtali: all the men twenty years old and upward who were fit for military service were listed by name, according to their genealogy, by clan and family.
Ahira, son of Enan, was set as leader of the military division of the tribe of Naphtali in the camp on the north side of the tabernacle, under the banner of Dan.
79His offering was one silver plate weighing a hundred and thirty shekels and one silver basin of seventy shekels, by the sanctuary shekel, both of them filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;
When the people of Israel broke camp from the wilderness of Sinai, Ahira son of Enan led the division of the tribe of Naphtali as part of the rear guard.