17 ¶ Then the Tabernacle of the Congregation shall go with the host of the Levites, in the [a]midst of the camp as they have pitched, so shall they go forward, every man in his order, according to their standards.

18 [b]The standard of the camp of Ephraim shall be toward the West according to their armies: and the captain over the sons of Ephraim shall be Elishama the son of Ammihud:

19 And his host and the number of them were forty thousand and five hundred.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 2:17 Because it might be in equal distance from each one, and all indifferently have recourse thereunto.
  2. Numbers 2:18 Because Ephraim and Manasseh supplied the place of Joseph their father, they are taken to be Rachel’s children, so they and Benjamin make the third standard.

17 Then the tent of meeting and the camp of the Levites(A) will set out in the middle of the camps. They will set out in the same order as they encamp, each in their own place under their standard.

18 On the west(B) will be the divisions of the camp of Ephraim(C) under their standard. The leader of the people of Ephraim is Elishama son of Ammihud.(D) 19 His division numbers 40,500.

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