Numbers 2:20

Numbers 2:20 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And by him shall be the tribe of Manasseh: and the captain of the children of Manasseh shall be Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
• New International Version (NIV)The tribe of Manasseh will be next to them. The leader of the people of Manasseh is Gamaliel son of Pedahzur.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And next to him shall be the tribe of Manasseh, the chief of the people of Manasseh being Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur,
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Next to him comes the tribe of Manasseh, and the leader of the children of Manasseh shall be Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.”

Context of Numbers 2:20

18The standard of the camp of Ephraim according to their hosts shall be westward; and the prince of the sons of Ephraim shall be Elishama the son of Ammihud; 19and his host, even those that were numbered of them, forty thousand five hundred. And by him shall be the tribe of Manasseh; and the prince of the sons of Manasseh shall be Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur; 21and his host, even those that were numbered of them, thirty-two thousand two hundred. 22And [with them shall be] the tribe of Benjamin; and the prince of the sons of Benjamin shall be Abidan the son of Gideoni;

Numbers 2:20 word by word

וְעָלָ֖יו מַטֵּ֣ה מְנַשֶּׁ֑ה וְנָשִׂיא֙ לִבְנֵ֣י מְנַשֶּׁ֔ה גַּמְלִיאֵ֖ל בֶּן־פְּדָהצֽוּר׃Read the interlinear

• tribeמַטֶּהmaţţeh maţţâh · tribeH4294
• Manassehמְנַשֶּׁהmenashsheh · ManassehH4519
• princeנָשִׂיאnâώîy' nâώi' · leaderH5387
• sonsבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• Gamalielגַּמְלִיאֵלgamlîy'êl · GamalielH1583
• Pedahzurפְּדָהצוּרpedâhtsûr · PedahzurH6301

Cross-references for Numbers 2:20

• Numbers 1:10for the children of Joseph: for Ephraim, Elishama the son of Ammihud; for Manasseh, Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur;
• Numbers 7:54On the eighth day, the prince of the children of Manasseh, Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
• Numbers 10:23and over the host of the tribe of the children of Manasseh was Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur;

Commentaries on Numbers 2:20

• 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 2:20

• Gamaliel
• Manasseh
• Pedahzur

In the dictionaries

• Manasseh
• Bethshemesh
• Camp
• Dispute
• Encamp
• Ephraim, The tribe of
• Gamaliel
• Pedahzur
• Sinai
• Agrapha

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