Numbers 2:3

And those who encamp on the east side toward the sunrise shall be those of the standard of the camp of Judah, according to their armies. And the ruler of the sons of Judah shall be Nahshon the son of Amminadab.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

And on the east side toward the rising of the sun shall they of the standard of the camp of Judah pitch throughout their armies: and Nahshon the son of Amminadab shall be captain of the children of Judah.

In Context

2The sons of Israel shall encamp every man by his own standard, with the ensigns of their fathers' houses. They shall encamp round about opposite the tent of meeting.

4And his army, and those who were numbered of them, were seventy-four thousand and six hundred.

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Cross References

Genesis 35:23The sons of Leah: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun.

Numbers 1:5And these are the names of the men who shall stand with you. Of Reuben: Elizur the son of Shedeur.

Numbers 7:12And he who offered his oblation the first day was Nahshon the son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah.

Numbers 10:5And when ye blow an alarm, the camps that lie on the east side shall take their journey.

Numbers 26:19The sons of Judah: Er and Onan, and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.

Ruth 4:20and Amminadab begot Nahshon, and Nahshon begot Salmon,

Matthew Henry on Numbers 2:2-3

The Stations of the Several Tribes. ( b. c. 1490.) 1 And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 2 Every man of the children of Israel shall pitch by his own standard, with the ensign of their father's house: far off about the tabernacle of the congregation shall they pitch. Here is the general appointment given both for their orderly encampment where they rested and their orderly march when they moved. Some order, it is possible, they had observed hitherto; they came out of Egypt in rank and file (… Read the whole commentary →

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