Números 2:18

18 La bandera del ejército de Efraín por sus escuadrones, al occidente; y el príncipe de los hijos de Efraín, Elisama hijo de Amiud.

Números 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.)

Números 2:18 In-Context

16 Todos los contados en el ejército de Rubén, ciento cincuenta y un mil cuatrocientos cincuenta, por sus escuadrones; irán los segundos.

17 Luego irá el tabernáculo del testimonio, el campamento de los levitas en medio de los ejércitos; de la manera que asientan el campamento, así caminarán, cada uno en su lugar, junto a sus banderas.

18 La bandera del ejército de Efraín por sus escuadrones, al occidente; y el príncipe de los hijos de Efraín, Elisama hijo de Amiud.

19 Su hueste, con los contados de ellos, cuarenta mil quinientos.

20 Junto a él estará la tribu de Manasés; y el príncipe de los hijos de Manasés, Gamaliel hijo de Pedasur.