What does Numbers 2:20 mean?

Numbers 2:20 highlights themes such as faith and obedience when read in context.

How should I apply Numbers 2:20 today?

Read the surrounding passage, compare related cross references, and turn the verse into a short prayer and concrete action.

Numbers 2:20 Meaning

And by him shall be the tribe of Manasseh: and the captain of the children of Manasseh shall be Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.

Context Explained

18On 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.

19And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty thousand and five hundred.

20And by him shall be the tribe of Manasseh: and the captain of the children of Manasseh shall be Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.

21And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and two thousand and two hundred.

22Then the tribe of Benjamin: and the captain of the sons of Benjamin shall be Abidan the son of Gideoni.

Key Themes

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Source: Numbers 2:20