Numbers 2:31

31 All those listed of the camp of Dan were 157,600. 1They shall set out last, standard by standard."

Numbers 2:31 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 2:31

All they that were numbered in the camp of Dan [were] an
hundred thousand and fifty and seven thousand and six hundred
157,600 men. Consisting of his own tribe, and those of Asher and Naphtali, which make the largest camp next to Judah:

they shall go hindmost with their standards;
for though, while encamped, they lay to the north, or the left side of the tabernacle, yet, when marching, they brought up the rear, and were the rear guard to the tabernacle; so that it had in its van and rear the two largest camps, which were wisely ordered for its safety: "standards" is put for "standard", the plural for the singular; for there was but one standard to a camp, unless this takes in their ensigns, of which they had many.

Numbers 2:31 In-Context

29 Then the tribe of Naphtali, the chief of the people of Naphtali being Ahira the son of Enan,
30 his company as listed being 53,400.
31 All those listed of the camp of Dan were 157,600. They shall set out last, standard by standard."
32 These are the people of Israel as listed by their fathers' houses. All those listed in the camps by their companies were 603,550.
33 But the Levites were not listed among the people of Israel, as the LORD commanded Moses.

Cross References 1

  • 1. Numbers 10:25-27
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