Números 2:18

18 A oeste estarão os exércitos do acampamento de Efraim, junto à sua bandeira. O líder de Efraim será Elisama, filho de Amiúde.

Números 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.)

Números 2:18 In-Context

16 O número total dos homens recenseados do acampamento de Rúben, de acordo com os seus exércitos, foi 151.450. Esses marcharão em segundo lugar.

17 Em seguida, os levitas marcharão levando a Tenda do Encontro no meio dos outros acampamentos, na mesma ordem em que acamparem, cada um em seu próprio lugar, junto à sua bandeira.

18 A oeste estarão os exércitos do acampamento de Efraim, junto à sua bandeira. O líder de Efraim será Elisama, filho de Amiúde.

19 Seu exército é de 40.500 homens.

20 A tribo de Manassés acampará ao lado de Efraim. O líder de Manassés será Gamaliel, filho de Pedazur.