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Numbers 2:5 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: King James Version
" 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 2:5
Verse in Context
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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.
4 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred.
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.
6 And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were fifty and four thousand and four hundred.
7 Then the tribe of Zebulun: and Eliab the son of Helon shall be captain of the children of Zebulun.
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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."
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 2:6
"And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were fifty and four thousand and four hundred."
Numbers 2:7
"Then the tribe of Zebulun: and Eliab the son of Helon shall be captain of the children of Zebulun."
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