Numbers 2 · Verse 3

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 2:3, King James Version

Numbers 2:3 in other translations

BSBOn the east side, toward the sunrise, the divisions of Judah are to camp under their standard:
WEB“Those who encamp on the east side toward the sunrise shall be of the standard of the camp of Judah, according to their divisions. The prince of the children of Judah shall be Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
ASVAnd those that encamp on the east side toward the sunrising shall be they of the standard of the camp of Judah, according to their hosts: and the prince of the children of Judah shall be Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
YLTAnd those encamping eastward towards the sun-rising, are of the standard of the camp of Judah, by their hosts; and the prince of the sons of Judah is Nahshon, son of Amminadab;
DARBYAnd for those encamping eastward toward the sun-rising there shall be the standard of the camp of Judah according to their hosts; and the prince of the sons of Judah shall be Nahshon the son of Amminadab;
BBEThose whose tents are on the east side, looking to the dawn, will be round the flag of the children of Judah, with Nahshon, the son of Amminadab, as their chief.
WebsterAnd on the east side towards 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.

What does Numbers 2:3 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
3. 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 (Mt 1:4; Lu 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."

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Numbers 2:3 in the original Hebrew

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וְהַחֹנִים֙ve.ha.cho.Nimand those [who] encampH2583
קֵ֣דְמָהKe.de.maheast -wardH6924
מִזְרָ֔חָהmiz.Ra.chaheast -wardH4217
דֶּ֛גֶלDe.gel[will be] [the] standard ofH1714
מַחֲנֵ֥הma.cha.Neh[the] camp ofH4264
יְהוּדָ֖הye.hu.DahJudahH3063
לְצִבְאֹתָ֑םle.tziv.'o.Tamto military groups theirH6635
וְנָשִׂיא֙ve.na.Si'and [the] leaderH5387
לִבְנֵ֣יliv.Neiof [the] descendants ofH1121
יְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahJudahH3063
נַחְשׁ֖וֹןnach.Shon[was] NahshonH5177
בֶּן\־ben-[the] son ofH1121
עַמִּינָדָֽב\׃'a.mi.na.DavAmminadabH5992

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Cross references for Numbers 2:3

  • Ruth 4:20

    And Amminadab begat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat Salmon,

  • 1 Chronicles 2:10

    And Ram begat Amminadab; and Amminadab begat Nahshon, prince of the children of Judah;

  • Luke 3:32-33

    Which was the son of Jesse, which was the son of Obed, which was the son of Booz, which was the son of Salmon, which was the son of Naasson, Which was the son of Aminadab, which was the son of Aram, which was the son of Esrom, which was the son of Phares, which was the son of Juda,

  • Numbers 10:14-16

    In the first place went the standard of the camp of the children of Judah according to their armies: and over his host was Nahshon the son of Amminadab. And over the host of the tribe of the children of Issachar was Nethaneel the son of Zuar. And over the host of the tribe of the children of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon.

  • Numbers 1:7

    Of Judah; Nahshon the son of Amminadab.

  • Numbers 26:19-22

    The sons of Judah were Er and Onan: and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Judah after their families were; of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites: of Pharez, the family of the Pharzites: of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites. And the sons of Pharez were; of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites. These are the families of Judah according to those that were numbered of them, threescore and sixteen thousand and five hundred.

  • 1 Chronicles 5:2

    For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the chief ruler; but the birthright was Joseph’s:)

  • Judges 1:1-2

    Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass, that the children of Israel asked the Lord, saying, Who shall go up for us against the Canaanites first, to fight against them? And the Lord said, Judah shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.

  • Genesis 49:8-10

    Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies; thy father’s children shall bow down before thee. Judah is a lion’s whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up? The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.

  • Numbers 7:17

    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 Nahshon the son of Amminadab.

  • Matthew 1:4

    And Aram begat Aminadab; and Aminadab begat Naasson; and Naasson begat Salmon;

  • Numbers 7:12

    And he that offered his offering the first day was Nahshon the son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the standard.
Ge 49:8-10; Jud 1:1,2; 1Ch 5:2
Nahshon.
1:7; 7:12,17; 10:14-16; 26:19-22; Ru 4:20; 1Ch 2:10; Mt 1:4
Lu 3:32,33
Naasson.

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Context

  • 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.

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Numbers 2:3 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Estos acamparán al levante, al oriente: la bandera del ejército de Judá, por sus escuadrones; y el jefe de los hijos de Judá, Naasón hijo de Aminadab:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Voici ceux qui camperont à l’orient, vers le levant, sous la bannière du camp de Juda, selon leurs armées: le prince des fils de Juda, Nakhshon, fils d’Amminadab,
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und zwar die gegen Osten, gegen Sonnenaufgang Lagernden: das Panier des Lagers Judas, nach ihren Heeren; und der Fürst der Söhne Judas, Nachschon, der Sohn Amminadabs;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Ad orientem Judas figet tentoria per turmas exercitus sui: eritque princeps filiorum ejus Nahasson filius Aminadab.