Numbers 2:27

27 And they that encamp next to him the tribe of Aser; and the prince of the sons of Aser, Phagiel the son of Echran.

Numbers 2:27 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 2:27

And those that encamp by him [shall be] the tribe of Asher,
&c.] Dan had a standard given him, though the son of an handmaid, being the firstborn of the sons of the handmaids, and his tribe being a warlike tribe, and very numerous; and Asher and Naphtali are placed by him, being the sons of handmaids also, and could not but contentedly pitch by him, who was the eldest of the sons of the handmaids Naphtali being his younger brother by mother's as well as father's side, and Asher the second son of Zilpah, Leah's maid:

and the captain of the children of Asher [shall be] Pagiel the son of
Ocran;
the same as in ( Numbers 1:13 ) ( 7:72 ) .

Numbers 2:27 In-Context

25 The order of the camp of Dan northward with their forces; and the prince of the sons of Dan, Achiezer the son of Amisadai.

26 His forces that were numbered, were sixty-two thousand and seven hundred.

27 And they that encamp next to him the tribe of Aser; and the prince of the sons of Aser, Phagiel the son of Echran.

28 His forces that were numbered, were forty-one thousand and five hundred.

29 And they that encamp next of the tribe of Nephthali; and the prince of the children of Nephthali, Achire son Aenan.