Numbers 2:18 References
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"On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of aEphraim by their armies, and the leader of the sons of Ephraim shall be bElishama the son of Ammihud,
a Genesis 48:14-20, Jeremiah 31:9, Jeremiah 31:18-20
Genesis 48
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But Israel stretched out his right hand and laid it on the head of Ephraim, who was the younger, and his left hand on Manasseh's head, crossing his hands, although aManasseh was the firstborn.
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He blessed Joseph, and said, "aThe God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, bThe God who has been my shepherd all my life to this day,
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aThe angel who has redeemed me from all evil, bBless the lads; And may my name live on in them, And the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; And cmay they grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth."
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When Joseph saw that his father alaid his right hand on Ephraim's head, it displeased him; and he grasped his father's hand to remove it from Ephraim's head to Manasseh's head.
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Joseph said to his father, "Not so, my father, for this one is the firstborn. Place your right hand on his head."
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But his father refused and said, "I know, my son, I know; he also will become a people and he also will be great. However, his younger brother shall be greater than he, and ahis descendants shall become a multitude of nations."
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aHe blessed them that day, saying, "By you Israel will pronounce blessing, saying, 'May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh!'"
Jeremiah 31
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"aWith weeping they will come, And by supplication I will lead them; I will make them walk by bstreams of waters, On a straight path in which they will cnot stumble; For I am a dfather to Israel, And Ephraim is eMy firstborn."
Jeremiah 31
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"I have surely heard Ephraim agrieving, 'You have bchastised me, and I was chastised, Like an untrained ccalf; dBring me back that I may be restored, For You are the Lord my God.