Numbers 2:3

Numbers 2:3

The Tribes and Leaders by Armies

1 And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:

2 ^a“Everyone of the children of Israel shall camp by his own¹ standard, beside the emblems of his father’s house; they shall camp ^bsome distance from the tabernacle of meeting.

3 On the ^aeast side, toward the rising of the sun, those of the standard of the forces with Judah shall camp according to their armies; and ^bNahshon the son of Amminadab shall be the leader of the children of Judah.”

4 And his army was numbered at seventy-four thousand six hundred.

5 “Those who camp next to him shall be the tribe of Issachar, and Nethanel the son of Zuar shall be the leader of the children of Issachar.”

6 And his army was numbered at fifty-four thousand four hundred.

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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on the east side toward the rising of the sun shall they of the standard of the camp of Judah pitch throughout their armies—Judah, placed at the head of a camp composed of three tribes rallying under its standard, was said to have combined the united colors in the high priest's breastplate, but called by the name of Judah. They were appointed to occupy the east side and to take the lead in the march, which, for the most part, was in an easterly direction.

Nahshon—or Naasson (Matthew 1:4; Luke 3:32-33).

shall be captain—It appears that the twelve men who were called to superintend the census were also appointed to be the captains of their respective tribes—a dignity which they owed probably to the circumstances, formerly noticed, of their holding the hereditary office of head or "prince."

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