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Numbers 2:20 KJV
Numbers · chapter 2 · verse 20
And by him shall be the tribe of Manasseh: and the captain of the children of Manasseh shall be Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.Numbers 2:20 · King James Version
Numbers 2:20 in context
18On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of Ephraim according to their armies: and the captain of the sons of Ephraim shall be Elishama the son of Ammihud.
19And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty thousand and five hundred.
20And by him shall be the tribe of Manasseh: and the captain of the children of Manasseh shall be Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
21And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and two thousand and two hundred.
22Then the tribe of Benjamin: and the captain of the sons of Benjamin shall be Abidan the son of Gideoni.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- ManassehMᵉnashshehMenashsheh, a grandson of Jacob, also the tribe descended from him, and its territoryH4519 →
- childrenbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
- GamalielGamlîyʼêlGamliel, an IsraeliteH1583 →
- captainnâsîyʼproperly, an exalted oneH5387 →
- tribemaṭṭeha branchH4294 →
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We have here the particular distribution of the twelve tribes into four squadrons, three tribes in a squadron, one of which was to lead the other two. Observe, 1. God himself appointed them their place, to prevent strife and envy among them.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 3-34