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Numbers 2:12

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The tribe of Simeon will camp next to it. The leader of the Simeonites is Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai,

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And those that encamp next unto him shall be the tribe of Simeon: and the prince of the children of Simeon shall be Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.

KJV

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.

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This verse in Numbers 2

Commentary

3 notes on this verse

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

The tabernacle or sacred tent of their Divine King, with the camp of the Levites around it (see on Nu 3:38), formed the center, as does the chief's in the encampment of all nomad people. In marching, this order was adhered to, with some necessary variations. Judah led the way, followed, it is most probable, by Issachar and Zebulun [Nu 10:14-16].

This site's exposition

shall be the tribe of Simeon

on Numbers 2:12-13

Simeon musters 59,300 here, second in size to Judah alone. At the second census in Numbers 26:14 the same tribe stands at 22,200, a fall of 37,100 and the heaviest loss of any tribe in the book. Numbers gives no reason for it in that place, and readers who look for one point to Zimri the son of Salu, a prince of a chief house among the Simeonites, killed at Peor in Numbers 25:14. Simeon is also the one tribe Moses leaves unnamed when he blesses Israel in Deuteronomy 33.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

And those which pitch by him shall be the tribe of Simeon,.... Under his standard, and on one side of it; Reuben and Simeon being brothers by the mother as well as the father's side, might well be thought to agree together; and Reuben being the eldest brother, and the eldest of all Jacob's sons, Simeon would not grudge to pitch under him: and the captain of the children of Simeon shall be Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai; of whom see Num 1:6.

The words behind it

11 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וְהַחוֹנִ֥םand those [who] encamp

    vehachonimH2583 →143 times

  • עָלָ֖יוon him

    ʾalavH5921 →5755 times

  • מַטֵּ֣ה[will be] [the] tribe of

    matehH4294 →252 times

  • שִׁמְע֑וֹןSimeon

    shimonH8095 →44 times

  • וְנָשִׂיא֙and [the] leader

    venasi'H5387 →134 times

  • לִבְנֵ֣יof [the] descendants of

    livneiH1121 →4930 times

  • שִׁמְע֔וֹןSimeon

    shimonH8095 →44 times

  • שְׁלֻמִיאֵ֖ל[was] Shelumiel

    shelumielH8017 →5 times

  • בֶּן־[the] son of

    ben-H1121 →4930 times

  • צוּרִֽי־Zuri-

    tzuri-H6701 →7 times

  • שַׁדָּֽי׃-shaddai

    shadaiH6701 →7 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

4 in all, six open

The walk

2 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Numbers 7:36

    On the fifth day Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai, the leader of the Simeonites, drew near.

    it leads to

    • Numbers 1:6

      from Simeon, Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai;

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

  • Through

    Numbers 1:6

    from Simeon, Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai;

    it leads to

    • Numbers 7:36

      On the fifth day Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai, the leader of the Simeonites, drew near.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

About Numbers

The Bronze Serpent, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
The Bronze Serpent, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
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This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch.

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