Numbers 2:3

And they who encamp eastwards towards sunrise, shall be the standard of the camp of Judah by their hosts,—even the prince of the sons of Judah, Nashon, son of Amminadab;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

2Every man—near his standard with the ensigns belonging to their ancestral houses, shall the sons of Israel encamp,—at a distance round about the tent of meeting, shall they encamp.

4and his host, even they who are numbered of them,—seventy-four thousand and six hundred,

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Cross References

Genesis 35:23The sons of Leah, the firstborn of Jacob, Reuben,—And Simeon and Levi and Judah, and Issachar and Zebulon:

Numbers 1:5These, then, are the names of the men who shall stand with you,—Of Reuben, Elizur, son of Shedeur;

Numbers 7:12And so it was, that, he who on the first day, offered his oblation,—was Nahshon son of Amminadab of the tribe of Judah;

Numbers 10:5But when ye blow an alarm, then shall set forward the camps that are encamped eastwards;

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

Ruth 4:20And, Amminadab, begat Nahshon, and, Nahshon, begat, 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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