Numbers 2 · Verse 27

Numbers 2:27

And those that encamp by him shall be the tribe of Asher: and the captain of the children of Asher shall be Pagiel the son of Ocran.
Numbers 2:27, King James Version

Numbers 2:27 in other translations

BSBThe tribe of Asher will camp next to it. The leader of the Asherites is Pagiel son of Ocran,
WEB“Those who encamp next to him shall be the tribe of Asher. The prince of the children of Asher shall be Pagiel the son of Ochran.
ASVAnd those that encamp next unto him shall be the tribe of Asher: and the prince of the children of Asher shall be Pagiel the son of Ochran.
YLTAnd those encamping by him are of the tribe of Asher; and the prince of the sons of Asher is Pagiel son of Ocran;
DARBYAnd those that encamp by him shall be the tribe of Asher; and the prince of the sons of Asher shall be Pagiel the son of Ocran;
BBENearest to him will be the tribe of Asher, with Pagiel, the son of Ochran, as their chief.
WebsterAnd those that encamp by him shall be the tribe of Asher: and the captain of the children of Asher shall be Pagiel the son of Ocran.

What does Numbers 2:27 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 2:10-31

10-31. On the south side the standard of the camp of Reuben--The description given of the position of Reuben and his attendant tribes on the south, of Ephraim and his associates on the west, of Dan and his confederates on the north, with that of Judah on the east, suggests the idea of a square or quadrangle, which, allowing one square cubit to each soldier while remaining close in the ranks, has been computed to…

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Numbers 2:27 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְהַחֹנִ֥יםve.ha.cho.Nimand those [who] encampH2583
עָלָ֖יו'a.Lavon himH5921
מַטֵּ֣הma.Teh[will be] [the] tribe ofH4294
אָשֵׁ֑ר'a.SherAsherH836
וְנָשִׂיא֙ve.na.Si'and [the] leaderH5387
לִבְנֵ֣יliv.Neiof [the] descendants ofH1121
אָשֵׁ֔ר'a.SherAsherH836
פַּגְעִיאֵ֖לpag.'i.'El[was] PagielH6295
בֶּן\־ben-[the] son ofH1121
עָכְרָֽן\׃'a.khe.RanOcranH5918

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Numbers 2:27

  • Numbers 1:13

    Of Asher; Pagiel the son of Ocran.

  • Numbers 7:72

    On the eleventh day Pagiel the son of Ocran, prince of the children of Asher, offered:

  • Numbers 7:77

    And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Pagiel the son of Ocran.

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Pagiel.
1:13; 7:72,77

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Context

  • Numbers 2:26

    And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were threescore and two thousand and seven hundred.

  • Numbers 2:27

    And those that encamp by him shall be the tribe of Asher: and the captain of the children of Asher shall be Pagiel the son of Ocran.

  • Numbers 2:28

    And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty and one thousand and five hundred.

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Numbers 2:27 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Junto á él acamparán los de la tribu de Aser: y el jefe de los hijos de Aser, Phegiel hijo de Ocrán;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		– Et ceux qui camperont près de lui, sont la tribu d’Aser: le prince des fils d’Aser, Paghiel, fils d’Ocran,
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und die neben ihm Lagernden: der Stamm Aser; und der Fürst der Söhne Asers, Pagiel, der Sohn Okrans;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Juxta eum fixere tentoria de tribu Aser: quorum princeps fuit Phegiel filius Ochran.