Numbers 2:4-14

4 et omnis de stirpe eius summa pugnantium septuaginta quattuor milia sescentorum

5 iuxta eum castrametati sunt de tribu Isachar quorum princeps fuit Nathanahel filius Suar

6 et omnis numerus pugnatorum eius quinquaginta quattuor milia quadringenti

7 in tribu Zabulon princeps fuit Heliab filius Helon

8 omnis de stirpe eius exercitus pugnatorum quinquaginta septem milia quadringenti

9 universi qui in castris Iudae adnumerati sunt fuerunt centum octoginta sex milia quadringenti et per turmas suas primi egredientur

10 in castris filiorum Ruben ad meridianam plagam erit princeps Elisur filius Sedeur

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

Numbers 2:4-14 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.