Numbers 2:7

7 The tribe of Zebulun will be next. The leader of the people of Zebulun is Eliab son of Helon.

Numbers 2:7 in Other Translations

7 Then the tribe of Zebulun: and Eliab the son of Helon shall be captain of the children of Zebulun.

7 Then the tribe of Zebulun, the chief of the people of Zebulun being Eliab the son of Helon,

7 Zebulun Eliab son of Helon 57,400

7 And the tribe of Zebulun is next to them, led by Eliab son of Helon.

7 [And] the tribe of Zebulun: and the prince of the children of Zebulun shall be Eliab the son of Helon.

7 "Then [will be] the tribe of Zebulun. The leader for the people of Zebulun is Eliab, son of Helon.

7 The tribe of Zebulun [will be next]. The leader of the Zebulunites is Eliab son of Helon.

7 The tribe of Zebulun will be next. The leader of the tribe of Zebulun is Eliab, the 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 The tribe of Issachar will camp next to them. The leader of the people of Issachar is Nethanel son of Zuar.

6 His division numbers 54,400.

7 The tribe of Zebulun will be next. The leader of the people of Zebulun is Eliab son of Helon.

8 His division numbers 57,400.

9 All the men assigned to the camp of Judah, according to their divisions, number 186,400. They will set out first.

Cross References

• 1. Numbers 1:9; Numbers 10:16