Numbers 2:23-33

23 His forces that were numbered, were thirty-five thousand and four hundred.

24 All that were numbered of the camp of Ephraim, were one hundred and eight thousand and one hundred: they with their forces shall set out third.

25 The order of the camp of Dan northward with their forces; and the prince of the sons of Dan, Achiezer the son of Amisadai.

26 His forces that were numbered, were sixty-two thousand and seven hundred.

27 And they that encamp next to him the tribe of Aser; and the prince of the sons of Aser, Phagiel the son of Echran.

28 His forces that were numbered, were forty-one thousand and five hundred.

29 And they that encamp next of the tribe of Nephthali; and the prince of the children of Nephthali, Achire son Aenan.

30 His forces that were numbered were fifty-three thousand and four hundred.

31 All that were numbered of the camp of Dan, a hundred and fifty-seven thousand and six hundred: they shall set out last according to their order.

32 This the numbering of the children of Israel according to the houses of their families: all the numbering of the camps with their forces, six hundred and three thousand, five hundred and fifty.

33 But the Levites were not numbered with them, as the Lord commanded Moses.

Numbers 2:23-33 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.