Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 2:7
[Then] the tribe of Zebulun: and Eliab the son of Helon [shall be] captain of the children of Zebulun.
7. Then the tribe of Zebulunonthe other side. While Judah’s tribe was the most numerous, those ofIssachar and Zebulun were also very numerous; so that the associationof those three tribes formed a strong and imposing van.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
[Then] the tribe of Zebulun,…. He pitched next; though the order of their encampment was not, as it may seem, first Judah, after him Issachar, and below him Zebulun; for Judah lay between these two, the one before him, and the other behind him; and it was Issachar that was behind, and Zebulun before, as Aben Ezra observes; they were pitched on each side of the standard of Judah, one on one side, and the other on the other side:
and Eliab, the son of Helon, [shall be], captain of the children of Zebulun; see Nu 1:9; each tribe had its own captain; nor does it appear that there was a general over those captains, that had the command of the camp, consisting of three tribes, but Moses was the generalissimo of all the camps.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Then. This word, according to some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch, should not be in italics. Compare verses: Num 2:14, Num 2:22, Num 2:29,
Zebulun, brother of Judah (same mother, Leah). Gen 35:23. Sign on standard = Virgo.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Num 1:9, Num 1:30, Num 1:31, Num 7:24, Num 7:29, Num 10:16
Reciprocal: Num 26:27 – General