Numbers 2:11-21

11 et cunctus exercitus pugnatorum eius qui numerati sunt quadraginta sex milia quingenti

12 iuxta eum castrametati sunt de tribu Symeon quorum princeps fuit Salamihel filius Surisaddai

13 et cunctus exercitus pugnatorum eius qui numerati sunt quinquaginta novem milia trecenti

14 in tribu Gad princeps fuit Heliasaph filius Duhel

15 et cunctus exercitus pugnatorum eius qui numerati sunt quadraginta quinque milia sescenti quinquaginta

16 omnes qui recensiti sunt in castris Ruben centum quinquaginta milia et mille quadringenti quinquaginta per turmas suas in secundo loco proficiscentur

17 levabitur autem tabernaculum testimonii per officia Levitarum et turmas eorum quomodo erigetur ita et deponetur singuli per loca et ordines suos proficiscentur

18 ad occidentalem plagam erunt castra filiorum Ephraim quorum princeps fuit Helisama filius Ammiud

19 cunctus exercitus pugnatorum eius qui numerati sunt quadraginta milia quingenti

20 et cum eis tribus filiorum Manasse quorum princeps fuit Gamalihel filius Phadassur

21 cunctus exercitus pugnatorum eius qui numerati sunt triginta duo milia ducenti

Numbers 2:11-21 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.