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What does Numbers 2:12 mean?
"“Those who encamp next to him shall be the tribe of Simeon. The prince of the children of Simeon shall be Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai."
— Numbers 2:12 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
All who were counted of the camp of Judah were one hundred eighty-six thousand four hundred, according to their divisions. They shall set out first.
“On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben according to their divisions. The prince of the children of Reuben shall be Elizur the son of Shedeur.
His division, and those who were counted of it, were forty-six thousand five hundred.
“Those who encamp next to him shall be the tribe of Simeon. The prince of the children of Simeon shall be Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
His division, and those who were counted of them, were fifty-nine thousand three hundred.
“The tribe of Gad: and the prince of the children of Gad shall be Eliasaph the son of Reuel.
His division, and those who were counted of them, were forty-five thousand six hundred fifty.
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