Numbers 2:1-11

1 And the Lorde spake vnto Moses and Aaron sayenge:

2 The childern of Israel shall pitch: euery man by his owne standert with the armes of their fathers houses a waye from the presence of the tabernacle of witnesse.

3 On the east syde towarde the rysynge of ye sonne shall they of the standert of the hoste of Iuda pitch with their armes: And Nahesson the sonne of Aminabab shalbe captaine ouer the sonnes of Iuda.

4 And his hoste and the numbre of them .lxxiiij. thousande and .vi hundred.

5 And nexte vnto him shall the trybe of Isachar pitche and Nathaneel the sonne of Zuar captayne ouer ye childre of Isachar:

6 his hoste and the numbre of them .liiij. thousande and .iiij. hundred.

7 And than the trybe of Zabulon: with Eliab the sonne of Helon captayne ouer the childern of Zabulon

8 and his hoste in the numbre of them: lvij. thousande and .iiij. hundred.

9 So that all they that perteyne vnto the host of Iuda are an hundred thousande .lxxxvi. thousande ad .iiij. hundred in their companies: and these shall goo in the forefront wen they iurney.

10 And on the southsyde the standert of the hoste of Ruben shall lye with their companyes and the captayne ouer the sonnes of Ruben Elizur the sonne of Sedeur

11 ad his hoste and the numbre of them .xlvi. thousande and .v. hundred.

Numbers 2:1-11 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.