Numeri 2:18

18 Das Panier des Lagers Ephraims, nach ihren Heeren, gegen Westen; und der Fürst der Söhne Ephraims, Elischama, der Sohn Ammihuds;

Numeri 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.)

Numeri 2:18 In-Context

16 Alle Gemusterten vom Lager Rubens: hunderteinundfünfzigtausend vierhundertfünfzig nach ihren Heeren; und als die zweiten sollen sie aufbrechen.

17 Und dann soll das Zelt der Zusammenkunft aufbrechen, das Lager der Leviten in der Mitte der Lager; so wie sie lagern, also sollen sie aufbrechen, ein jeder an seiner Stelle, nach ihren Panieren.

18 Das Panier des Lagers Ephraims, nach ihren Heeren, gegen Westen; und der Fürst der Söhne Ephraims, Elischama, der Sohn Ammihuds;

19 und sein Heer und ihre Gemusterten, vierzigtausend fünfhundert.

20 Und neben ihm der Stamm Manasse; und der Fürst der Söhne Manasses, Gamliel, der Sohn Pedazurs;