Numbers 2:18

Numbers 2:18 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of Ephraim according to their armies: and the captain of the sons of Ephraim shall be Elishama the son of Ammihud.
• New International Version (NIV)On the west will be the divisions of the camp of Ephraim under their standard. The leader of the people of Ephraim is Elishama son of Ammihud.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of Ephraim by their companies, the chief of the people of Ephraim being Elishama the son of Ammihud,
• New King James Version (NKJV)“On the west side shall be the standard of the forces with Ephraim according to their armies, and the leader of the children of Ephraim shall be Elishama the son of Ammihud.”

Context of Numbers 2:18

16The total number in their military divisions who belong to Reuben’s encampment is 151,450; they will move out second. 17The tent of meeting is to move out with the Levites’ camp, which is in the middle of the camps. They are to move out just as they camp, each in his place, with their banners. Ephraim’s military divisions will camp on the west side under their banner. The leader of the Ephraimites is Elishama son of Ammihud. 19His military division numbers 40,500. 20The tribe of Manasseh will be next to it. The leader of the Manassites is Gamaliel son of Pedahzur.

Numbers 2:18 word by word

דֶּ֣גֶל מַחֲנֵ֥ה אֶפְרַ֛יִם לְצִבְאֹתָ֖ם יָ֑מָּה וְנָשִׂיא֙ לִבְנֵ֣י אֶפְרַ֔יִם אֱלִישָׁמָ֖ע בֶּן־עַמִּיהֽוּד׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• On the west sideיָםyâm · sea: westH3220
• the standardדֶּ֫גֶלdegel · standardH1714
• of the campמַחֲנֶהmachăneh · campH4264
• of Ephraimאֶפְרַ֫יִם'ephrayim · EphraimH669
• according to their armiesצָבָאtsâbâ' tsebâ'âh · armyH6635
• and the captainנָשִׂיאnâώîy' nâώi' · leaderH5387
• of the sonsבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• Elishamaאֱלִישָׁמָע'ĕlîyshâmâ‛ · ElishamaH476
• the sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• of Ammihudעַמִּיהוּד‛ammîyhûd · AmmihudH5989

Cross-references for Numbers 2:18

• Numbers 1:32The descendants of Joseph: The descendants of Ephraim: according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral families, counting the names of those twenty years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army,
• Numbers 10:22Next the military divisions of the camp of Ephraim’s descendants with their banner set out, and Elishama son of Ammihud was over their divisions.
• Genesis 48:5Your two sons born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you in Egypt are now mine. Ephraim and Manasseh belong to me just as Reuben and Simeon do.
• Deuteronomy 33:17His firstborn bull has splendor, and horns like those of a wild ox; he gores all the peoples with them to the ends of the earth. Such are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and such are the thousands of Manasseh.
• Psalms 80:1Listen, Shepherd of Israel, who leads Joseph like a flock; you who sit enthroned between the cherubim, shine
• Numbers 1:10from the sons of Joseph: Elishama son of Ammihud from Ephraim, Gamaliel son of Pedahzur from Manasseh;
• Numbers 7:48On the seventh day Elishama son of Ammihud, leader of the Ephraimites, presented an offering.
• 1 Chronicles 7:26his son Ladan, his son Ammihud, his son Elishama,

Commentaries on Numbers 2:18

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3-32Verses 3-32 The following plan shows the general arrangement of the camp, which would vary in different places according to local exigencies. The area of the camp might be about three square miles: Numbers 2:14 Reuel - Doubtless an error of transcription for Deuel Numbers 1:14.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 18-24The tribes of Ephraim, Manasseh, and Benjamin followed the Tent of Meeting and the Levites.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 10-3110-31. On the south side the standard of the camp of Reuben--The description given of the position of Reuben and his attendant tribes on the south, of Ephraim and his associates on the west, of Dan and his confederates on the north, with that of Judah on the east, suggests the idea of a square or quadrangle, which, allowing one square cubit to each soldier while remaining close in the ranks, has been computed to extend over an area of somewhat more than…Read the comment

Topics related to Numbers 2:18

• Ammihud
• Armies
• Benjamin
• Elishama
• Ephraim
• Manasseh

In the dictionaries

• Ephraim
• Ephraim, Ephraimite
• Ammihud
• Banner
• Bethshemesh
• Camp
• Dispute
• Encamp
• Ephraim, The tribe of
• Sinai

Commentaries on Numbers 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings