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Order in Motion: Nethanʾel son of Tsuʿar and the March of Issachar

וְעַ֨ל־צְבָ֔א מַטֵּ֖ה בְּנֵ֣י יִשָּׂשכָ֑ר נְתַנְאֵ֖ל בֶּן־צוּעָֽר׃ (Numbers 10:15) Καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς δυνάμεως φυλῆς υἱῶν Ισσαχαρ Ναθαναηλ υἱὸς Σωγαρ (Numbers 10:15 LXX) The Context: The Camp Sets Out Numbers 10 describes one of the most significant transitions in the Torah — the departure of Yisraʾel from Mount Sinai. After nearly a year at the mountain, the cloud lifts, and the tribes begin their divinely ordered march through the wilderness. Verse 15 lists Nethanʾel son of Tsuʿar, leader of the tribe of Yissakhar, as the one “over the host” (or “army”) of his tribe.… Learn Hebrew
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