Numbers 2:10 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

“On the south side {shall be} the standard of the camp of Reuben according to their armies: and the captain of the children of Reuben {shall be} Elizur the son of Shedeur.”

Numbers 2:10

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And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, {were} fifty and seven thousand and four hundred.

All that were numbered in the camp of Judah {were} an hundred thousand and fourscore thousand and six thousand and four hundred, throughout their armies. These shall first set forth.

On the south side {shall be} the standard of the camp of Reuben according to their armies: and the captain of the children of Reuben {shall be} Elizur the son of Shedeur.

And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, {were} forty and six thousand and five hundred.

And those which pitch by him {shall be} the tribe of Simeon: and the captain of the children of Simeon {shall be} Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.

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Numbers 2:1

"And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,"

Numbers 2:2

"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. {far...: Heb. over against}"

Numbers 2:3

"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."

Numbers 2:4

"And his host, and those that were numbered of them, {were} threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred."

Numbers 2:5

"And those that do pitch next unto him {shall be} the tribe of Issachar: and Nethaneel the son of Zuar {shall be} captain of the children of Issachar."

Numbers 2:6

"And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, {were} fifty and four thousand and four hundred."

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