Numbers 10:14

14 The standard
The “standard” (דֶּגֶל, degel) was apparently some kind of a symbol put up on a pole to signify the tribal hosts. R. de Vaux thought it simply referred to a pole or a mast, but that would not distinguish tribes (Ancient Israel, 226–27).
of the camp of the Judahites set out first according to their companies, and over his company was Nahshon son of Amminadab.

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