Numbers 2:7

7 For the tribe of Zebulun: the leader of the descendants of Zebulun [will be] Eliab son of Helon,

Numbers 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.

Numbers 2:7 In-Context

5 And the ones who encamp next to him [will be] the tribe of Issachar. And the leader of the descendants of Issachar [will be] Nethanel son of Zuar,

6 and his division [are] fifty-four thousand four hundred.

7 For the tribe of Zebulun: the leader of the descendants of Zebulun [will be] Eliab son of Helon,

8 and his division and the {ones counted} [are] fifty-seven thousand four hundred.

9 All those counted from the camp of Judah [are] one hundred and eighty-six thousand four hundred. They will set out first according to their divisions.