Numbers 2:18 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ On 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. ”

• Numbers 2:18 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  The following plan shows the general arrangement of the camp, which would vary in different places according to local exigencies. The area of the camp might be about three square miles: Numbers...

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• Numbers 2:18 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  (f) On 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. (f) Because Ephraim and...

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• Numbers 2:18 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  The Position of the Tribes in the Camp and on the March. The encampment, when stationary, was arranged as a quadrilateral, containing within it the Tabernacle, surrounded by the consecrated tribe o...

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• Numbers 2:18 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  west. See note on Numbers 2:3 . Hebrew. sea, that being west. Ephraim. The centre on the west side. The colors of the stones in fourth row of Exodus 28:20 . The sign, an ox ( Deuteronomy 33:17...

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• Numbers 2:18 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  On 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.

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• Numbers 2:18 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  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. On the south side ... th...

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• Numbers 2:18 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The Disposition of the Tribes in the Camp and on the March The camp is in the form of a hollow square, each side of which is occupied by three tribes. On the E., the position of honour (cp. Numbe...

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• Numbers 2:18 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  3. THE CAMP Numbers 2:1-34 The second chapter is devoted to the arrangement of the camp and the position of the various tribes on the march. The front is eastward, and Judah has the post of hon...

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• Numbers 2:18 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  This host of God was not merely a mob or an aggregation of individuals. It must be a disciplined and ordered company, and here we find the instructions concerning the relative positions to be occupi...

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• Numbers 2:18 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  I only beg to detain the Reader, with general observations on those verses, because the leading doctrine of each belongs equally to all. The order observed in those appointments, manifests the Lord t...

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• Numbers 2:18 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  On the west side [shall be] the standard of the camp of Ephraim, according to their armies ,.... It was in the rear or behind, consisting of his tribe, and of the tribes of Manasseh and Benjamin, di...

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• Numbers 2:18 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Ephraim Who is here preferred before his brother, according to the prophecy, Genesis 48:19-20 .

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• Numbers 2:18 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  THE ORDERING OF THE CAMP (vs.1-34) The Lord now gives instructions to Moses as to the positions of all the tribes when camped and the order of their marching. Judah is mentioned first, his name a...

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• Numbers 2:18 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

        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 c...

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• Numbers 2:18 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Ephraim is here preferred before his brother, according to the prophecy, Genesis 48:19,20 .

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• Numbers 2:18 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  ‘On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of Ephraim according to their hosts, and the prince of the children of Ephraim shall be Elishama the son of Ammihud. And his host, and those who we...

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• Numbers 2:18 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  THE MARSHALLING OF THE PEOPLE ( Numbers 2:1-2 ) In this chapter we have the order of the twelve tribes in the camp and on the march. And in these verses we have the general directions which the L...

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• Numbers 2:18 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Numbers 2:2 . Every man shall pitch by his own standard. Ensigns or colours are useful in war, for distinction and for honour, and serve as rallying points to the host. The rabbins say that the en...

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• Numbers 2:18 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION THE ENCAMPING OF THE TRIBES ( Numbers 2:1-4 ). Numbers 2:1 The Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron. Probably when they had finished the census, and brought the resu...

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• Numbers 2:18 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The Order of the Tribes in the Camp and on the March.

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• Numbers 2:18 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Chronicles 7:26 ; 1 Chronicles 7:27 ; Deuteronomy 33:17 ; Genesis 48:14-20 ; Genesis 48:5 ; Numbers 1:10 ; Numbers 1:32 ; Numbers 10:22 ; Numbers 7:48 ; Numbers 7:53 ; Psalms 80:1 ; Psa...

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• Numbers 2:18 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Ephraim — Who is here preferred before his brother, according to the prophecy, Genesis 48:19-20 .

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