Numbers 2:1
THE LORD [Hebrew. _Jehovah._ SPAKE. See note on Numbers 1:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD [Hebrew. _Jehovah._ SPAKE. See note on Numbers 1:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
MAN. Hebrew. _'ish_. See App-14. CHILDREN. sons. See note on Numbers 1:2. PITCH. encamp. STANDARD. Hebrew. _degel._ ENSIGN. Each standard is said to have had as its "sign" one of the twelve constellations (see note on Genesis 1:16, and App-12. Hebrew. _'oth)_ depicted on it. One standard, with i... [ Continue Reading ]
EAST. The order proceeds according to the course of the sun: east, south, west, north. camp. Each camp composed of three tribes. Compare verses: Numbers 2:3; Numbers 2:10; Numbers 2:17; Numbers 3:18; Numbers 3:25; Numbers 3:32. JUDAH. The sign,. lion (Genesis 49:9; Ezekiel 1:10;... [ Continue Reading ]
ISSACHAR, brother of Judah (same mother, Leah). Genesis 35:23. Sign on standard. Cancer.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN. This word, according to some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch, should not be in italics. Compare verses: Numbers 2:14; Numbers 2:22; Numbers 2:29, ZEBULUN, brother of Judah (same mother, Leah). Genesis 35:23. Sign on standard. Virgo.... [ Continue Reading ]
SOUTH. See note on "east", Numbers 2:3. REUBEN. The centre of the south side, with standard in the colors of stones of first row of Exodus 28:17. and sign,. man (Genesis 30:14). Aquarius in Zodiac.... [ Continue Reading ]
SIMEON, the brother of Reuben (same mother, Leah). Genesis 35:23. Sign. Pisces.... [ Continue Reading ]
GAD, brother of Reuben (same mother, Leah). Genesis 35:23. Sign. Aries. REUEL. Some codices, with one early printed edition, Targum of Onkelos, The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel and Vulgate, have "Deuel", as in Ch. Numbers 1:14; Numbers 7:41; Numbers 10:20. the (Resh, R) being mistaken for (Daleth,... [ Continue Reading ]
TABERNACLE OF THE CONGREGATION. See note on Numbers 2:2. This was in centre. So is the tent of the chief of the tribe to this day. The manner of its being carried is shown in Ch. Numbers 10:17, &c. LEVITES. The order of the Levites' camping is shown in Numbers 3, their marching in Numbers 10. Their... [ Continue Reading ]
WEST. See note on Numbers 2:3. Hebrew. sea, that being west. EPHRAIM. The centre on the west side. The colors of the stones in fourth row of Exodus 28:20. The sign, an ox (Deuteronomy 33:17; Ezekiel 1:10; Revelation 4:7). In the Zodiac, Ephraim and Manasseh are the two horns of Taurus, the bull. Ep... [ Continue Reading ]
MANASSEH, brother of Ephraim by same mother (Genesis 41:51; Genesis 41:52). Sign, see Numbers 2:18.... [ Continue Reading ]
BENJAMIN, sons of Rachel, all on west side. Sign, Gemini.... [ Continue Reading ]
DAN. The centre on the north side. Colors of standard same as those of the third row of stones in Exodus 28:19. Sign, the eagle (substituted for the serpent of Genesis 49:17). Compare Ezekiel 1:10; Revelation 4:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
ASHER, the son of the other handmaid Zilpah, put with Dan and Naphtali, the sons of Bilhah. His sign was Sagittarius, the Archer.... [ Continue Reading ]
NAPHTALI. His sign was Capricornus, the goat. Compare Genesis 49:21.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE CAMPS. See note on Numbers 2:3, and App-45. They may be thus set forth:... [ Continue Reading ]