Numbers 2:5

Numbers 2:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And those that do pitch next unto him shall be the tribe of Issachar: and Nethaneel the son of Zuar shall be captain of the children of Issachar.
• New International Version (NIV)The tribe of Issachar will camp next to them. The leader of the people of Issachar is Nethanel son of Zuar.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Those to camp next to him shall be the tribe of Issachar, the chief of the people of Issachar being Nethanel the son of Zuar,
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Those who camp next to him shall be the tribe of Issachar, and Nethanel the son of Zuar shall be the leader of the children of Issachar.”

Context of Numbers 2:5

3And [for] those encamping eastward toward the sun-rising [there shall be] the standard of the camp of Judah according to their hosts; and the prince of the sons of Judah shall be Nahshon the son of Amminadab; 4and his host, even those that were numbered of them, were seventy-four thousand six hundred. And those that encamp next unto him shall be the tribe of Issachar; and the prince of the sons of Issachar shall be Nethaneel the son of Zuar; 6and his host, even those that were numbered thereof, fifty-four thousand four hundred. 7[With them shall be] the tribe of Zebulun; and the prince of the sons of Zebulun shall be Eliab the son of Helon;

Numbers 2:5 word by word

וְהַחֹנִ֥ים עָלָ֖יו מַטֵּ֣ה יִשָּׂשכָ֑ר וְנָשִׂיא֙ לִבְנֵ֣י יִשָּׂשכָ֔ר נְתַנְאֵ֖ל בֶּן־צוּעָֽר׃Read the interlinear

• encampחָנָהchânâh · to campH2583
• tribeמַטֶּהmaţţeh maţţâh · tribeH4294
• Issacharיִשָּׂשכָרyiώώâώkâr · IssacharH3485
• princeנָשִׂיאnâώîy' nâώi' · leaderH5387
• sonsבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• Zuarצוּעָרtsû‛âr · ZuarH6686

Cross-references for Numbers 2:5

• Numbers 1:8for Issachar, Nethaneel the son of Zuar;
• Numbers 7:18On the second day offered Nethaneel the son of Zuar, prince of Issachar;
• Numbers 10:15and over the host of the tribe of the children of Issachar was Nethaneel the son of Zuar;
• Numbers 26:23The sons of Issachar, after their families: of Tola, the family of the Tolaites; of Puah, the family of the Punites;

Commentaries on Numbers 2:5

• 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. 3-9The tribes of Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun camped in the most important spot on the east side of the Tent of Meeting. They led when Israel traveled. This largest tribal group had 186,400 people. It could protect the holy tent and its assistants very well.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. those that pitch next unto him--that is, on the one side.Read the comment

Topics related to Numbers 2:5

• Aloes
• Issachar
• Nethaneel
• Zuar

In the dictionaries

• Issachar
• Bethshemesh
• Camp
• Dispute
• Encamp
• Judah, Tribe of
• Nethaneel
• Sinai
• Agrapha
• Apocrypha

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