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Numbers 2:27

in Numbers 2

The tribe of Asher will camp next to it. The leader of the Asherites is Pagiel son of Ocran,

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV

ASV

And those that encamp next unto him shall be the tribe of Asher: and the prince of the children of Asher shall be Pagiel the son of Ochran.

KJV

And those that encamp by him shall be the tribe of Asher: and the captain of the children of Asher shall be Pagiel the son of Ocran.

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

And those that encamp by him shall be the tribe of Asher

on Numbers 2:27-30

Asher musters 41,500 and Naphtali 53,400, the same totals given at Numbers 1:41 and 1:43. The chapter gives every tribe the same four things, a side of the camp, a captain, a neighbour to pitch beside and a number, and gives none of them a word of praise or blame. Genesis 49 had weighed the brothers one by one, and Numbers 2 assigns them ground and counts their men.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

And those that encamp by him shall be the tribe of Asher,....

The words behind it

10 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.

  • וְהַחֹנִ֥יםand those [who] encamp

    vehachonimH2583143 times

  • עָלָ֖יוon him

    ʾalavH59215755 times

  • מַטֵּ֣ה[will be] [the] tribe of

    matehH4294252 times

  • אָשֵׁ֑רAsher

    ʾasherH83643 times

  • וְנָשִׂיא֙and [the] leader

    venasi'H5387134 times

  • לִבְנֵ֣יof [the] descendants of

    livneiH11214930 times

  • אָשֵׁ֔רAsher

    ʾasherH83643 times

  • פַּגְעִיאֵ֖ל[was] Pagiel

    pagielH62955 times

  • בֶּן־[the] son of

    ben-H11214930 times

  • עָכְרָֽן׃Ocran

    ʾakheranH59185 times

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

The walk

3 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 7:72

    On the eleventh day Pagiel son of Ocran, the leader of the Asherites, drew near.

    it leads to

  • Through

    Numbers 1:13

    from Asher, Pagiel son of Ocran;

    it leads to

    • Numbers 7:72

      On the eleventh day Pagiel son of Ocran, the leader of the Asherites, drew near.

    • Numbers 10:26

      Pagiel son of Ocran was over the division of the tribe of Asher,

About Numbers

The Bronze Serpent, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
The Bronze Serpent, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.

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.