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Numbers 2:9–10

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2:9All those numbered of the camp of Judah, according to their divisions, are 186,400. They will travel14 at the front.

The Tribes on the South

2:10“On the south will be the divisions of the camp of Reuben under their standard.15 The leader of the people of Reuben is Elizur son of Shedeur.

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Footnotes

  1. 14 The verb is נָסָע (nasa’): “to journey, travel, set out,” and here, “to move camp.” Judah will go first, or, literally, at the head of the nation, when they begin to travel.
  2. 15 Here and throughout the line is literally “[under] the standard of the camp of Reuben … according to their divisions.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

All those listed of the camp of Judah, by their companies, were 186,400. They shall set out first on the march.

“On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben by their companies, the chief of the people of Reuben being Elizur the son of Shedeur,

NIVNew International Version (2011)

All the men assigned to the camp of Judah, according to their divisions, number 186,400. They will set out first.

On the south will be the divisions of the camp of Reuben under their standard. The leader of the people of Reuben is Elizur son of Shedeur.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The total number in their military divisions who belong to Judah’s encampment is 186,400; they will move out first.

Reuben’s military divisions will camp on the south side under their banner. The leader of the Reubenites is Elizur son of Shedeur.

NLTNew Living Translation

So the total of all the troops on Judah’s side of the camp is 186,400. These three tribes are to lead the way whenever the Israelites travel to a new campsite.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

All those counted from the camp of Judah are one hundred and eighty-six thousand four hundred. They will set out first according to their divisions.

“The standard of the camp of Reuben will be to the south according to their divisions. The leader of the descendants will be Elizur son of Shedeur.

KJV 1900King James Version

All that were numbered in the camp of Judah were an hundred thousand and fourscore thousand and six thousand and four hundred, throughout their armies. These shall first set forth.

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.