Numbers 2:5
in Numbers 2The tribe of Issachar will camp next to it. The leader of the Issacharites is Nethanel son of Zuar,
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And those that encamp next unto him shall be the tribe of Issachar: and the prince of the children of Issachar shall be Nethanel the son of Zuar.
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.
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This verse in Numbers 2
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
shall be the tribe of Issachar
on Numbers 2:5-8
Issachar and Zebulun fill out the east camp, and the three tribes under Judah's standard are the sons of one mother. Leah bore Judah fourth, Issachar ninth and Zebulun tenth, and the arrangement keeps brothers of the same house together, which Gill gives as the reason they take their places under a younger brother without complaint. The figures here, 54,400 and 57,400, repeat Numbers 1:29 and 1:31 exactly, since chapter 2 places the men chapter 1 had already numbered and takes no fresh count.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And those that do pitch next unto him shall be the tribe of Issachar,.... Who with Zebulun, after mentioned, as placed with him under the same standard, were the brethren of Judah, by the same mother Leah, and so fitly put together, as most likely to continue in harmony and love; and being the youngest sons of Leah, and brethren of Judah, would, without any reluctance or murmuring, pitch under their elder brother's standard: and Nethaneel, the son of Zuar, shall be captain of the children of Issachar; see Num 1:8.
Modern Voices1 voice
A commentator
Chuck PierceUnderstanding Issachar: Interpreting the Times and Seasons! (article) (2010)
proposed
Issachar was the ninth son of Jacob and the fifth son of Leah. The tribe of Issachar was positioned strategically with Judah and Zebulun.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
The meaning thereof, as well as of all that were numbered of the camp of Judah, 132 Further, Verse.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 5 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
10 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְהַחֹנִ֥ים | vehachonim | and those [who] encamp | H2583 → | 143 times |
| עָלָ֖יו | ʾalav | on him | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| מַטֵּ֣ה | mateh | [will be] [the] tribe of | H4294 → | 252 times |
| יִשָּׂשכָ֑ר | yisoshkhar | Issachar | H3485 → | 43 times |
| וְנָשִׂיא֙ | venasi' | and [the] leader | H5387 → | 134 times |
| לִבְנֵ֣י | livnei | of [the] descendants of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יִשָּׂשכָ֔ר | yisoshkhar | Issachar | H3485 → | 43 times |
| נְתַנְאֵ֖ל | netanel | [was] Nethanel | H5417 → | 14 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| צוּעָֽר׃ | tzuar | Zuar | H6686 → | 5 times |
וְהַחֹנִ֥יםand those [who] encamp
vehachonimH2583 →143 times
עָלָ֖יוon him
ʾalavH5921 →5755 times
מַטֵּ֣ה[will be] [the] tribe of
matehH4294 →252 times
יִשָּׂשכָ֑רIssachar
yisoshkharH3485 →43 times
וְנָשִׂיא֙and [the] leader
venasi'H5387 →134 times
לִבְנֵ֣יof [the] descendants of
livneiH1121 →4930 times
יִשָּׂשכָ֔רIssachar
yisoshkharH3485 →43 times
נְתַנְאֵ֖ל[was] Nethanel
netanelH5417 →14 times
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
צוּעָֽר׃Zuar
tzuarH6686 →5 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
7 stopsEach 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 7:18On the second day Nethanel son of Zuar, the leader of Issachar, drew near.
it leads to
- Numbers 1:8
from Issachar, Nethanel son of Zuar;
- Numbers 1:8
Through
Numbers 7:23and a peace offering of two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Nethanel son of Zuar.
it leads to
- Leviticus 7:11–13
Now this is the law of the peace offering that one may present to the LORD:
- 1 Kings 8:63
And Solomon offered as peace offerings to the LORD 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep. So the king and all the Israelites dedicated the house of the LORD.
- Colossians 1:1
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,
- Proverbs 7:14
“I have made my peace offerings; today I have paid my vows.
- Leviticus 7:11–13
Through
Numbers 1:8from Issachar, Nethanel son of Zuar;
it leads to
- Numbers 7:18
On the second day Nethanel son of Zuar, the leader of Issachar, drew near.
- Numbers 10:15
Nethanel son of Zuar was over the division of the tribe of Issachar,
- Numbers 7:18
About Numbers
This page draws on Chuck Pierce, Understanding Issachar: Interpreting the Times and Seasons! (article); 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.