On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben according to their armies: and the captain of the children of Reuben shall be Elizur the son of Shedeur.
Study Helps
Interpretation
This verse speaks in the wider setting of pilgrimage and rebellion as Numbers unfolds its message.
Read with
This thought runs through Numbers 2:10-14.
Glossary
- Reuben Person
- Behold a son!, the eldest son of Jacob and Leah ( Gen. 29:32 ). His sinful conduct, referred to in Gen. 35:22 , brought down upon him his dying father’s malediction (48:4).