Números 2:1-7

1 Organización del campamento de Israel
Entonces el Señor
les dio las siguientes instrucciones a Moisés y a Aarón:

2 «Cuando los israelitas armen el campamento, a cada tribu se le asignará su propio lugar. Las tribus acamparán bajo su propio estandarte a los cuatro costados y a cierta distancia del tabernáculo.

3 »Las divisiones de Judá, Isacar y Zabulón acamparán hacia la salida del sol, al costado oriental del tabernáculo, cada una bajo su estandarte. Estos son los nombres de las tribus, sus jefes y el número de tropas registradas:
Tribu
Jefe
Número
Judá
Naasón, hijo de Aminadab
74.600

4

5 Isacar
Natanael, hijo de Zuar
54.400

6

7 Zabulón
Eliab, hijo de Helón
57.400

Números 2:1-7 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.