“ And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, ”
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 o...
the LORD [Hebrew. Jehovah. spake. See note on Numbers 1:1 .
1. And the Lord spake unto Moses, and unto Aaron This distribution into separate bands must have served to prevent contention; for, had not God thus assigned to each their proper position, s...
And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, No JFB commentary on this verse.
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. Numbe...
3. THE CAMP Numbers 2:1-34 The second chapter is devoted to the arrangement of the camp and the position of the various tribes on the march. The front is eastward, and Judah has the post of hon...
This host of God was not merely a mob or an aggregation of individuals. It must be a disciplined and ordered company, and here we find the instructions concerning the relative positions to be occupi...
CONTENTS As the former Chapter contained an account of the numbering of Israel; so in this, here is the divine appointment for the arranging the people into distinct and separate battalions, and tri...
And the Lord spake unto Moses, and unto Aaron ,.... Very probably after the number of the children of Israel was taken, of which in the preceding chapter, and when the congregation of Israel with th...
And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, Ver. 1. And the Lord spake. ] He being the Lord of these hosts of Israel, Exo 12:41 gives order for the marshalling of them in such good array...
THE ORDERING OF THE CAMP (vs.1-34) The Lord now gives instructions to Moses as to the positions of all the tribes when camped and the order of their marching. Judah is mentioned first, his name a...
The Stations of the Several Tribes. B. C. 1490. 1 And the L ORD spake unto Moses and un...
NUMBERS CHAPTER 2 Order for the marches and camping of the tribes, Numbers 2:1,2 . Judah on the east side, with Issachar and Zebulun, who led the van, Numbers 2:3-9 . Reuben on the south side...
Chapter 2 The Camp Of Israel. In this chapter Israel are depicted as needing to be organised around the God's ‘Dwellingplace', (mishkan, often translated ‘the tabernacle'), in square formation in...
THE MARSHALLING OF THE PEOPLE ( Numbers 2:1-2 ) In this chapter we have the order of the twelve tribes in the camp and on the march. And in these verses we have the general directions which the L...
Numbers 2:2 . Every man shall pitch by his own standard. Ensigns or colours are useful in war, for distinction and for honour, and serve as rallying points to the host. The rabbins say that the en...
Pitch by his own standard. The marshalling of Israel, and its lessons I. They all dwelt in tents; and when they marched carried all their tents along with them ( Psalms 107:4 ). This represents...
EXPOSITION THE ENCAMPING OF THE TRIBES ( Numbers 2:1-4 ). Numbers 2:1 The Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron. Probably when they had finished the census, and brought the resu...
And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
Numbers 2:1