King James Version
Numbers 2:20 in the King James Version says “And by him shall be the tribe of Manasseh: and the captain of the children of Manasseh shall be Gamaliel the son of Peda...” — study this verse from Numbers chapter 2 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And by him shall be the tribe of Manasseh: and the captain of the children of Manasseh shall be Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.”
Numbers 2:20 · KJV
On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of Ephraim according to their armies: and the captain of the sons of Ephraim shall be Elishama the son of Ammihud.
And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty thousand and five hundred.
And by him shall be the tribe of Manasseh: and the captain of the children of Manasseh shall be Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and two thousand and two hundred.
Then the tribe of Benjamin: and the captain of the sons of Benjamin shall be Abidan the son of Gideoni.
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above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“And by him shall be the tribe”
H4294a branch (as extending); figuratively, a tribe; also a rod, whether for chastising (figuratively, correction), ruling (a sceptre), throwing (a lance),
“of Manasseh”
H4519menashsheh, a grandson of jacob, also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
“and the captain”
H5387properly, an exalted one, i.e., a king or sheik; also a rising mist
“of the children”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
“of Manasseh”
H4519menashsheh, a grandson of jacob, also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
“of the children”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
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