Numbers 2:1

The Arrangement of the Camps

1 Yahweh spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,

Numbers 2:1 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 2:1

And the Lord spake unto Moses, and unto Aaron
Very probably after the number of the children of Israel was taken, of which in the preceding chapter, and when the congregation of Israel with the tabernacle were about to set forward on their journey; and therefore directions are here given for their orderly and regular proceeding in it, in what form and manner they should both encamp and march;

saying:
as follows.

Numbers 2:1 In-Context

1 Yahweh spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,

2 "The {Israelites} will encamp each with his standard, with a banner according to {their families}; they will encamp around the tent of assembly.

3 The ones who encamp on the eastern side, toward the sunrise, [will be] of the standard of the camp of Judah according to their divisions; and the leader of the descendants of Judah [will be] Nahshon son of Amminadab,

4 and his division and {the ones counted} [are] seventy-four thousand six hundred.

5 And the ones who encamp next to him [will be] the tribe of Issachar. And the leader of the descendants of Issachar [will be] Nethanel son of Zuar,