Numbers 2:34

Such was the ideal form of the encampment in the wilderness: a form reproduced in the square court with which the temple was eventually surrounded, and in the vision of the heavenly city as seen by Ezekiel Ezekiel 48:20, and by John (Revelation 21:16; compare Revelation 20:9). Thus the camp of God’s earthly people was divinely ordered so as to set forth the completeness of His Church; and to illustrate by its whole arrangement, which was determined by the tabernacle in the center, both the dependance of all on God, and the access which all enjoyed to God....

EXPOSITION THE ENCAMPING OF THE TRIBES (Numbers 2:1). NUMBERS 2:1 THE LORD SPAKE UNTO MOSES AND UNTO AARON. Probably when they had finished the census, and brought the results into the tabernacle. NUMBERS 2:2 SHALL PITCH BY HIS OWN STANDARD. We are not told how they had pitched hitherto; the tribal and family order now enforced was the natural order, but in the absence of precise directions would sometimes be departed from. WITH THE ENSIGN. Rather, "ensigns" (_othoth _in the plural). Each tribe, it would s

AND THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL DID ACCORDING TO ALL THAT THE LORD COMMANDED MOSES,.... Formed themselves into camps, so many tribes to a camp, and over each tribe or host appointed a captain, and erected a standard to each camp, by which they pitched as directed, which is next particularly observed: SO THEY PITCHED BY THEIR STANDARDS; every tribe, and every person in the tribe, as they were ranked, pitched by the standard to which they belonged: AND SO THEY SET FORWARD, AFTER THEIR FAMILIES ACCORDING TO THE HOUSE OF THEIR FATHERS; the camps, and the tribes in them the families in those tribes, and the houses or lesser families under them, when they marched, proceeded in this regular order, as they did on the twentieth of this month; see Numbers 10:11....

2. THE CAMP PUT IN ORDER CHAPTER 2 _ 1. The command (Numbers 2:1)_ 2. The east-side: Judah, Issachar and Zebulun (Numbers 2:3) 3. The south-side: Reuben, Simeon and Gad (Numbers 2:10) 4. The position of the Levites (Numbers 2:17) 5. The west-side: Ephraim, Manasseh and Benjamin (Numbers 2:18) 6. The north-side: Dan, Asher and Naphtali (Numbers 2:25) The camp is now divinely arranged and put in order. Nothing was left

THE POSITION OF THE TRIBES IN THE CAMP AND ON THE MARCH. The encampment, when stationary, was arranged as a quadrilateral, containing within it the Tabernacle, surrounded by the consecrated tribe of Levi, and having each of its four sides constituted by the camps of three tribes. On the E. (or front) were Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun (descended from Leah, Genesis 29:35; Genesis 30:18); on the S. were Reuben. Simeon (also descended from Leah, Genesis 29:32 f.), and Gad (descended from Zilpah, Genesis 30:10 f.); on the W. were Ephraim, Manasseh, and Benjamin (descendants of Rachel,...

SO THEY PITCHED— The order here enjoined was so regular, that the camp of Israel, seen at a distance, must necessarily have appeared very beautiful; and accordingly we find Balaam speaking of it as such. _How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob! and thy tabernacles, O Israel!_ &c. Numbers 24:5; Numbers 24:25. REFLECTIONS.—When God himself settles the precedence; there is no room left for dispute among themselves. Those whom God honours, we may not envy. Judah leads the van, with Issachar and Zebulun, each under captains of their own tribes. Subordination in rank and station is God's appointment, and must be observed. Judah was the tribe whence Shiloh was expected, and therefore justly preferred to lead the way to Canaan; as Christ his offspring was to be the captain of eternal salvation to h

IV. ARRANGEMENTS OF TRIBES FOR CAMPING, MARCHING (NUMBERS 2) TEXT Numbers 2:1. And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 2. Every man of the children of Israel shall pitch by his own standard, with the ensign of their father's house: far off about the tabernacle of the congregation shall they pitch. 3, And on the east side toward the rising of the sun shall they of the standard of Judah pitch throughout their armies: and Nahshon the son of Amminadab shall be captain of the children of Judah. 4. And his host, and those that were numbered of them were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred. 5. And those that do pitch next unto him shall be the tribe of Issachar: and Nethaneel the son of Zuar shall be captain of the children of Issachar. 6. And his host, and those that were numbered thereof,

THE DISPOSITION OF THE TRIBES IN THE CAMP AND ON THE MARCH The camp is in the form of a hollow square, each side of which is occupied by three tribes. On the E., the position of honour (cp. Numbers 3:38), is Judah, with whom are associated Issachar and Zebulun; on the S. is Reuben, with Simeon and Gad; on the W. is Ephraim, with Manasseh and Benjamin; on the N. is Dan, with Asher and Naphtali. In this arrangement regard seems to have been paid to family relationship. The priests and Levites form an inner square surrounding the tabernacle, which occupies the centre of the camp....

THE OLD TESTAMENT BOOK OF NUMBERS IN THE DESERT NUMBERS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 2 THE POSITION OF THE *TRIBES IN THE CAMP – NUMBERS 2:1-34 V1 The *LORD gave instructions to Moses and Aaron V2 about how to set up the *Israelites’ camp. The *LORD said: ‘Each man must camp under his *tribe’s flag, and by his own family’s flag, too. *God’s Tent will be in the middle of the *tribes’ camps. But the *tribes must not camp close to it. THE THREE *TRIBES IN JUDAH’S GROUP V3 Judah’s *tr

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