Numbers 2:20

20 And they that encamp next of the tribe of Manasse, and the prince of the sons of Manasse, Gamaliel the son of Phadassur.

Numbers 2:20 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 2:20

And by him [shall be] the tribe of Manasseh
Who though the elder brother to Ephraim, yet Ephraim was preferred to him, and had a standard given him, and his elder brother was directed to pitch by it; and this being agreeably to the prophecy of Jacob, could not well be objected to; and Benjamin, the younger brother of Joseph, being placed under the standard of a son of his, that stood in his father's room, could not be offended; and these all being the descendants of Rachel, might well be thought to agree together, and be very well pleased with their situation:

and the captain of the children of Manasseh shall be Gamaliel the son
of Pedahzur;
the same as in ( Numbers 1:10 ) ( 7:54 ) .

Numbers 2:20 In-Context

18 The station of the camp of Ephraim westward with their forces, and the head of the children of Ephraim Elisama the son of Emiud.

19 His forces that were numbered, are forty thousand and five hundred.

20 And they that encamp next of the tribe of Manasse, and the prince of the sons of Manasse, Gamaliel the son of Phadassur.

21 His forces that were numbered, were thirty-two thousand and two hundred.

22 And they that encamp next of the tribe of Benjamin, and the prince of the sons of Benjamin, Abidan the son of Gadeoni.