Numbers 2:3
The Tribes on the East
3 “Now those who will be camping ▼▼tn The sentence begins with a vav (ו) on a word that is not a finite verb, indicating a new section begins here. The verbal form is a participle with the article used substantivally, with the meaning “and/now those camping.” Many English versions employ a finite verb; cf. KJV “on the east side…shall they of the standard of the camp of Judah pitch.”
on the east, toward the sunrise, ▼▼tc The two synonyms might seem to be tautological, but this is fairly common and therefore acceptable in Hebrew prose (cf. Exod 26:18; 38:13; etc.).
are the divisions ▼▼tn The sentence actually has “[those camping…are] the standard of the camp of Judah according to their divisions.”
of the camp of Judah under their standard. The leader of the people of Judah is ▼▼tn Or “will be.”
Nahshon son of Amminadab.
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