Numbers 2:33 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses. ”

Numbers 2:33 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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...
Numbers 2:33 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Numbers 2:33 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses.
Numbers 2:33 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Numbers 2:33 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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...
Numbers 2:33 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Numbers 2:33 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

If the Reader would know the reason of this detachment of the Levites, let him consult Joshua 18:7 .
Numbers 2:33 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel ,.... At this time, not among the Israelites, but by themselves, they being a camp of themselves: as the Lord commanded Moses ; Numb...
Numbers 2:33 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Numbers 2:33 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

3 And on the east side toward the rising of the sun shall they of the standard of the camp of Judah pitch throughout their armies: and Nahshon the son of Amminadab shall be captain of the c...
Numbers 2:33 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Because their warfare was of another kind.
Numbers 2:33 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel, as Yahweh commanded Moses.' But the Levites were not included in this mobilisation. They were exempt from general military service....
Numbers 2:33 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 2:33 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Numbers 2:33 - The Biblical Illustrator

They pitched by their standards. Contentment and obedience I. Contentment with the divine appointment. 1. We are incompetent to determine our own place and duty. (1) Our ignorance. (a)...
Numbers 2:33 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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...
Numbers 2:33 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Order of the Tribes in the Camp and on the March.
Numbers 2:33 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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Numbers 2:33 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Numbers 2:33 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 2:33 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Numbers 2:33 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 2:33 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Numbers 2:33 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Numbers 2:33 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Numbers 2:33 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Numbers 2:33 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 2:33 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Numbers 2:33 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Numbers 2:33 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 2:33 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Numbers 2:33 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Numbers 2:33 - The Biblical Illustrator

Numbers 2:33 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Numbers 2:33 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Numbers 2:33 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge