Numbers 2:3

And those encamping eastward toward the sun-rising [are] of the standard of the camp of Judah, by their hosts; and the prince of the sons of Judah [is] Nahshon, son of Amminadab;

Literal Standard 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

2“The sons of Israel encamp, each by his standard, with ensigns of the house of their fathers; they encamp around, from in sight of the Tent of Meeting.”

4and his host, and their numbered ones, [are] seventy-four thousand and six hundred.

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Cross References

Genesis 35:23And the sons of Jacob are twelve. Sons of Leah: Jacob’s firstborn Reuben, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun.

Numbers 1:5And these [are] the names of the men who stand with you: for Reuben, Elizur son of Shedeur;

Numbers 7:12And he who is bringing his offering near on the first day is Nahshon son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah.

Numbers 10:5and you have blown—a shout, and the camps which are encamping eastward have journeyed.

Numbers 26:19Sons of Judah [are] Er and Onan; and Er dies—Onan also—in the land of Canaan.

Ruth 4:20and Amminidab 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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