Numbers 2:3

And they that encamp first toward the east shall be the order of the camp of Judah with their host, and the prince of the sons of Judah, Nahshon the son of Amminadab.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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

2Let the children of Israel encamp fronting each other, every man keeping his own rank, according to their standards, according to the houses of their families; the children of Israel shall encamp round about the tabernacle of witness.

4His forces that were numbered, were seventy-four thousand and six hundred.

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Cross References

Genesis 35:23The sons of Leah, the firstborn of Jacob; Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun.

Numbers 1:5And these are the names of the men who shall be present with you; of the tribe of Reuben, Elizur the son of Shedeur.

Numbers 7:12And he that offered his gift on the first day, was Nahshon the son of Amminadab, prince of the tribe of Judah.

Numbers 10:5And ye shall sound an alarm, and the camps pitched eastward shall begin to move.

Numbers 26:19And the sons of Issachar according to their families: to Tola, the family of the Tolaites; to Puvah, the family of the Punites.

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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