Numbers 2:1-8

1 locutusque est Dominus ad Mosen et Aaron dicens

2 singuli per turmas signa atque vexilla et domos cognationum suarum castrametabuntur filiorum Israhel per gyrum tabernaculi foederis

3 ad orientem Iudas figet tentoria per turmas exercitus sui eritque princeps filiorum eius Naasson filius Aminadab

4 et omnis de stirpe eius summa pugnantium septuaginta quattuor milia sescentorum

5 iuxta eum castrametati sunt de tribu Isachar quorum princeps fuit Nathanahel filius Suar

6 et omnis numerus pugnatorum eius quinquaginta quattuor milia quadringenti

7 in tribu Zabulon princeps fuit Heliab filius Helon

8 omnis de stirpe eius exercitus pugnatorum quinquaginta septem milia quadringenti

Numbers 2:1-8 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO NUMBERS 2

This chapter contains the order of the encampment and march of the tribes of Israel in their proper places about the tabernacle; the general direction for the same is in Nu 1:1,2; the particulars follow; on the cast of the tabernacle the camp of Judah was to pitch, and under his standard the tribes of Issachar and Zebulun, Nu 1:3-9; on the south side of it the camp of Reuben, and under his standard the tribes of Simeon and Gad, Nu 1:10-16; then the tabernacle, with the camp of the Levites round it, were next, to stand or set forward, Nu 1:17; and on the west side the camp of Ephraim, and under his standard the tribes of Manasseh and Benjamin, Nu 1:18-24; and on the north side the camp of Dan, and under his standard the tribes of Asher and Naphtali, Nu 1:25-31; the sum total of the numbers of which camps are given, exclusive of the camp of Levi, Nu 1:32,33; and the chapter is concluded with observing, that all was done according to the commandment of God, Nu 1:34.