Numbers 2:20

20 et cum eis tribus filiorum Manasse quorum princeps fuit Gamalihel filius Phadassur

Numbers 2:20 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 2:20

And by him [shall be] the tribe of Manasseh
Who though the elder brother to Ephraim, yet Ephraim was preferred to him, and had a standard given him, and his elder brother was directed to pitch by it; and this being agreeably to the prophecy of Jacob, could not well be objected to; and Benjamin, the younger brother of Joseph, being placed under the standard of a son of his, that stood in his father's room, could not be offended; and these all being the descendants of Rachel, might well be thought to agree together, and be very well pleased with their situation:

and the captain of the children of Manasseh shall be Gamaliel the son
of Pedahzur;
the same as in ( Numbers 1:10 ) ( 7:54 ) .

Numbers 2:20 In-Context

18 ad occidentalem plagam erunt castra filiorum Ephraim quorum princeps fuit Helisama filius Ammiud
19 cunctus exercitus pugnatorum eius qui numerati sunt quadraginta milia quingenti
20 et cum eis tribus filiorum Manasse quorum princeps fuit Gamalihel filius Phadassur
21 cunctus exercitus pugnatorum eius qui numerati sunt triginta duo milia ducenti
22 in tribu filiorum Beniamin princeps fuit Abidan filius Gedeonis
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