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What does Numbers 2:3 mean?

"Those who encamp on the east side toward the sunrise shall be of the standard of the camp of Judah, according to their divisions: and the prince of the children of Judah shall be Nahshon the son of Amminadab."

— Numbers 2:3 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

1

Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

2

“The children of Israel shall encamp every man by his own standard, with the banners of their fathers’ houses: at a distance from the Tent of Meeting shall they encamp around it.”

3

Those who encamp on the east side toward the sunrise shall be of the standard of the camp of Judah, according to their divisions: and the prince of the children of Judah shall be Nahshon the son of Amminadab.

4

His division, and those who were counted of them, were seventy-four thousand six hundred.

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Those who encamp next to him shall be the tribe of Issachar: and the prince of the children of Issachar shall be Nethanel the son of Zuar.

6

His division, and those who were counted of it, were fifty-four thousand four hundred.

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