THEOSISWlastow G.K.
Reuben led the southern division of the camp, displaying a significant banner. Traditionally, the standard representing this southern front was red. Adorning Reuben's prominent crimson flag was the image of an eagle.
Numbers 2:10Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
In the camp of the sons of Ruben, on the south side, the prince shall be Elisur the son of Sedeur:
דֶּ֣גֶל מַחֲנֵ֧ה רְאוּבֵ֛ן תֵּימָ֖נָה לְצִבְאֹתָ֑ם וְנָשִׂיא֙ לִבְנֵ֣י רְאוּבֵ֔ן אֱלִיצ֖וּר בֶּן־שְׁדֵיאֽוּר׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Num 1:5Whose names are these: Of Ruben, Elisur the son of Sedeur.
- Num 10:18And the sons of Ruben also marched, by their troops and ranks, whose prince was Helisur the son of Sedeur.
- Num 7:30The fourth day the prince of the sons of Ruben, Elisur the son of Sedeur,
- Gen 49:3Ruben, my firstborn, thou art my strength, and the beginning of my sorrow; excelling in gifts, greater in command.
- Gen 49:4Thou art poured out as water, grow thou not; because thou wentest up to thy father's bed, and didst defile his couch.
- 1 Chr 5:1Now the sons of Ruben the firstborn of Israel, (for he was his firstborn: but forasmuch as he defiled his father's bed, his first birthright was given to the sons of Joseph the son of Israel, and he was not accounted for the firstborn.
- Num 7:35And for victims of peace offerings two oxen, five rams, five buck goats, five lambs of a year old. This was the offering of Elisur the son of Sedeur.