Numbers 2:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred. ”

Numbers 2:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The following plan shows the general arrangement of the camp, which would vary in different places according to local exigencies. The area of the camp might be about three square miles: Numbers...
Numbers 2:4 - 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 2:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred.
Numbers 2:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

His host, and those that were numbered of them, were, &c.— Our translation is awkward here, as well as in the subsequent verses, where the same thing is spoken of. Houbigant renders it, with h...
Numbers 2:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred. No JFB commentary on this verse.
Numbers 2:4 - 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 2:4 - 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 2:4 - 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 2:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Doth not the warlike state of Israel, in this appointment, represent the warlike condition of all true soldiers of Jesus! Hence the church is represented as terrible as an army with banners. Song 1-8...
Numbers 2:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And his host, and those that were numbered of them ,.... As they had been before; and, supposing these words to be the words of God, there is no necessity of rendering them in the future, as some ha...
Numbers 2:4 - 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 2:4 - 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 2:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
Numbers 2:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Numbers 2:4 - 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 2:4 - 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 2:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

The camp of Judah. The encampment of Judah I. The tribe. “Judah” signifies praise. “Now will I praise the Lord,” said his mother Leah at his birth ( Genesis 29:35 ). Thus is the spiritual Judah...
Numbers 2:4 - 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 2:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Order of the Tribes in the Camp and on the March.
Numbers 2:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Numbers 1:27 ; Numbers 26:22

Numbers 2:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Numbers 2:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 2:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Numbers 2:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Numbers 2:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Numbers 2:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 2:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Numbers 2:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Numbers 2:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Numbers 2:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Numbers 2:4 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 2:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Numbers 2:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Numbers 2:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 2:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Numbers 2:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Numbers 2:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

Numbers 2:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Numbers 2:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Numbers 2:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge