Numeri 2:7

7 E la tribù di Zabulon; e sia capo de’ figliuoli di Zabulon Eliab, figliuolo di Helon.

Numeri 2:7 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 2:7

[Then] the tribe of Zebulun
He pitched next; though the order of their encampment was not, as it may seem, first Judah, after him Issachar, and below him Zebulun; for Judah lay between these two, the one before him, and the other behind him; and it was Issachar that was behind, and Zebulun before, as Aben Ezra observes; they were pitched on each side of the standard of Judah, one on one side, and the other on the other side:

and Eliab, the son of Helon, [shall be], captain of the children of
Zebulun;
see ( Numbers 1:9 ) ( 7:24 ) ; each tribe had its own captain; nor does it appear that there was a general over those captains, that had the command of the camp, consisting of three tribes, but Moses was the generalissimo of all the camps.

Numeri 2:7 In-Context

5 E quelli che si accamperanno presso a lui, sieno la tribù d’Issacar e sia capo de’ figliuoli d’Issacar Natanael, figliuolo di Suar.

6 La cui schiera, e gli annoverati, son cinquantaquattromila quattrocento.

7 E la tribù di Zabulon; e sia capo de’ figliuoli di Zabulon Eliab, figliuolo di Helon.

8 La cui schiera, e gli annoverati, son cinquantasettemila quattrocento.

9 Tutti gli annoverati del campo in Giuda son centottantaseimila quattrocento, distinti per le loro schiere. Questi si moveranno i primi.