Mínshùjì 2:18

18 Zaì xībiān , àn zhe jūnduì shì Yǐfǎlián yíng de dào . Yàmǐ hū de érzi Yǐlìshā mǎ zuò Yǐfǎlián rén de shǒulǐng .

Mínshùjì 2:18 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 2:18

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, divided into several companies, and extended four miles, as the above Targum. The Jewish writers say ^F12, that Joseph's stone is the onyx or sardonyx, and his flag was coloured very black, and on it were figured for the two princes, Ephraim and Manasseh, Egypt, because they were born in Egypt; and upon the flag of Ephraim was figured an ox, because of what is said in ( Deuteronomy 33:17 ) ; and on the flag of the tribe of Manasseh was figured an unicorn, because of what is said in the same place. Benjamin's stone was the jasper, and his flag was coloured like to twelve colours, and on it was figured a wolf, because of what is said ( Genesis 49:27 ) ;

and the captain of the sons of Ephraim [shall be] Elishama the son of
Ammihud;
of whom see ( Numbers 1:10 ) ( 7:48 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F12 Bemidbar Rabba, ut supra. (sect. 2. fol. 178. 2.)

Mínshùjì 2:18 In-Context

16 Fán shǔ Liúbiàn yíng , àn zhe jūnduì beì shǔ de , gōng yǒu shí wǔ wàn yī qiā sì bǎi wǔ shí míng , yào zuò dì èr duì wǎng qián xíng .

17 Suíhòu , huì mù yào wǎng qián xíng , yǒu Lìwèi yíng zaì zhū yíng zhōngjiān . tāmen zĕnyàng ān yíng jiù zĕnyàng wǎng qián xíng , gè àn bĕn wèi , gè guī bĕn dào .

18 Zaì xībiān , àn zhe jūnduì shì Yǐfǎlián yíng de dào . Yàmǐ hū de érzi Yǐlìshā mǎ zuò Yǐfǎlián rén de shǒulǐng .

19 Tā jūnduì beì shǔ de , gōng yǒu sì wàn líng wǔ bǎi míng .

20 ái zhe tāde shì Mǎnáxī zhīpaì . bǐ dà xu de érzi jiā mǎ liè zuò Mǎnáxī rén de shǒulǐng .