Numbers 2:3

The tribal division of Judah is to camp under their flag on the east side. Their leader is Nahshon, son of Amminadab,

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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

2“The Israelites are to set up their camp around the Tent of Meeting but some distance from it. Every member of each tribe will camp under their own flag and family banner.

4and he has 74,600 men.

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Cross References

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

Numbers 1:5These are the names of the men who will work with you: From the tribe of Reuben, Elizur, son of Shedeur;

Numbers 7:12The first day Nahshon, son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah came forward with his offering.

Numbers 10:5When you blow the trumpet loudly, which is the alarm signal to move out, the camps on the east side are to march out first.

Numbers 26:19The sons of Judah who died in Canaan were Er and Onan. These were the descendants of Judah by family:

Ruth 4:20Amminadab was the father of Nahshon. Nahshon was the father of 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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