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Numbers 2:10-14

King James Version (KJV)

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10. On the south side [shall be] the standard of the camp of Reuben according to their armies: and the captain of the children of Reuben [shall be] Elizur the son of Shedeur. 11. And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, [were] forty and six thousand and five hundred. 12. And those which pitch by him [shall be] the tribe of Simeon: and the captain of the children of Simeon [shall be] Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. 13. And his host, and those that were numbered of them, [were] fifty and nine thousand and three hundred. 14. Then the tribe of Gad: and the captain of the sons of Gad [shall be] Eliasaph the son of Reuel.

Numbers 2:10-14 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Numbers 2:10

Theological / Devotional

Reuben. This tribe camped “on the south side,” literally, “southwards.” The four quarters of the compass were named from the viewpoint of a person facing east. Reuben was the eldest of Jacob’s 12 sons (Gen. 35:23), but forfeited the honor and prerogatives of the first-born because of instability of character.

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