Numbers 2:18

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“On the west side, the divisions of Ephraim are to camp under their standard:”

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BSBPD

“On the west side, the divisions of Ephraim are to camp under their standard:”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of Ephraim according to their hosts: and the prince of the children of Ephraim shall be Elishama the son of Ammihud.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“The standard of the camp of Ephraim, by their hosts, <FI>is<Fi> westward; and the prince of the sons of Ephraim <FI>is<Fi> Elishama son of Ammihud;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Numbers 2:18 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 48:5And now your two sons born to you in Egypt before I came to you here shall be reckoned as mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine, just as Reuben and Simeon are mine.
  2. Genesis 48:14But Israel stretched out his right hand and put it on the head of Ephraim, the younger; and crossing his hands, he put his left on Manasseh’s head, although Manasseh was the firstborn.
  3. Numbers 1:10from the sons of Joseph: from Ephraim, Elishama son of Ammihud, and from Manasseh, Gamaliel son of Pedahzur;
  4. Numbers 1:32From the sons of Joseph:
  5. Numbers 7:48On the seventh day Elishama son of Ammihud, the leader of the Ephraimites, drew near.
  6. Numbers 7:53and a peace offering of two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Elishama son of Ammihud.
  7. Numbers 10:22Next, the divisions of the camp of Ephraim set out under their standard, with Elishama son of Ammihud in command.
  8. Deuteronomy 33:17His majesty is like a firstborn bull, and his horns are like those of a wild ox. With them he will gore the nations, even to the ends of the earth. Such are the myriads of Ephraim, and such are the thousands of Manasseh.”
  9. 1 Chronicles 7:26Ladan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son,
  10. Psalms 80:1Hear us, O Shepherd of Israel, who leads Joseph like a flock; You who sit enthroned between the cherubim, shine forth
  11. Jeremiah 31:18I have surely heard Ephraim’s moaning: ‘You disciplined me severely, like an untrained calf. Restore me, that I may return, for You are the LORD my God.

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