Numbers 2 (JND) - Bible Truth Library

Between these four great camps and the tabernacle, were pitched four smaller camps of the priests and Levites, who were in immediate attendance upon it; the camp of Moses, and of Aaron and his sons, being on the east side of the tabernacle, where the entrance was. Judah was placed on the east, and under him he had Issachar and Zebulun; on the south was Reuben, and under him Simeon and Gad; on the west was Ephraim, and under him Manasseh and Benjamin; and Dan was on the north, and under him Asher and Naphtali.

Every tribe had its particular standard, probably with the name of the tribe embroidered with large letters. It seems highly improbable that the figures of animals should have been painted on them, as the Jewish writers assert; for even in after ages, when Vitellius wished to march through Judea, their great men besought him to march another way, as the law of the land did not permit images (such as were on the Roman standard) to be brought into it.

Josephus Ant. 1. xviii. c. 7.shall pitch.

Num. 2:3,10• ³And for those encamping eastward toward the sun-rising there shall be the standard of the camp of Judah according to their hosts; and the prince of the sons of Judah shall be Nahshon the son of Amminadab;
¹⁰The standard of the camp of Reuben shall be southward according to their hosts; and the prince of the sons of Reuben shall be Elizur the son of Shedeur; (Num. 2:3,10)

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Num. 1:52• ⁵²And the children of Israel shall encamp every man in his camp, and every man by his own standard, according to their hosts; (Num. 1:52)

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Num. 10:14,18,22,25• ¹⁴The standard of the camp of the children of Judah set forward first according to their hosts, and over his host was Nahshon the son of Amminadab;
¹⁸And the standard of the camp of Reuben set forward according to their hosts, and over his host was Elizur the son of Shedeur;
²²And the standard of the camp of the children of Ephraim set forward according to their hosts, and over his host was Elishama the son of Ammihud;
²⁵And the standard of the camp of the children of Dan set forward, the rear-guard of all the camps according to their hosts, and over his host was Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai; (Num. 10:14,18,22,25)

the ensign.

Isa. 11:10‑12• ¹⁰And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, standing as a banner of the peoples: the nations shall seek it; and his resting-place shall be glory.
¹¹And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to acquire the remnant of his people which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
¹²And he shall lift up a banner to the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth. (Isa. 11:10‑12)

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Isa. 18:3• ³All ye inhabitants of the world, and dwellers on the earth, when a banner is lifted up on the mountains, see ye, and when a trumpet is blown, hear ye! (Isa. 18:3)

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Zech. 9:16• ¹⁶And Jehovah their God shall save them in that day as the flock of his people; for they shall be as the stones of a crown, lifted up upon his land. (Zech. 9:16)

far off.

Heb. over against.

about the.

Num. 1:50,53• ⁵⁰But thou, appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of testimony, and over all the vessels thereof, and over all things that belong to it: they shall bear the tabernacle, and all its vessels; and they shall serve it, and round about the tabernacle shall they encamp;
⁵³but the Levites shall encamp round about the tabernacle of testimony, that there come not wrath upon the assembly of the children of Israel; and the Levites shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of testimony. (Num. 1:50,53)

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Psa. 76:11• ¹¹Vow and pay unto Jehovah your God: let all that are round about him bring presents unto him that is to be feared. (Psa. 76:11)

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Isa. 12:6• ⁶Cry out and shout, thou inhabitress of Zion; for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee. (Isa. 12:6)

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Ezek. 43:7• ⁷And he said unto me, Son of man, this is the place of my throne, and the place of the soles of my feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel for ever; and the house of Israel shall no more defile my holy name, they nor their kings, with their fornication, and with the carcases of their kings in their high places, (Ezek. 43:7)

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1 Cor. 14:33,40• ³³For God is not a God of disorder but of peace, as in all the assemblies of the saints.
⁴⁰But let all things be done comelily and with order. (1 Cor. 14:33,40)

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Phil. 1:27• ²⁷Only conduct yourselves worthily of the glad tidings of the Christ, in order that whether coming and seeing you, or absent, I may hear of what concerns you, that ye stand firm in one spirit, with one soul, labouring together in the same conflict with the faith of the glad tidings; (Phil. 1:27)

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Col. 2:19• ¹⁹and not holding fast the head, from whom all the body, ministered to and united together by the joints and bands, increases with the increase of God. (Col. 2:19)

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Rev. 4:2‑5• ²Immediately I became in the Spirit; and behold, a throne stood in the heaven, and upon the throne one sitting,
³and he that was sitting like in appearance to a stone of jasper and a sardius, and a rainbow round the throne like in appearance to an emerald.
⁴And round the throne twenty-four thrones, and on the thrones twenty-four elders sitting, clothed with white garments; and on their heads golden crowns.
⁵And out of the throne go forth lightnings, and voices, and thunders; and seven lamps of fire, burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God; (Rev. 4:2‑5)

J. N. Darby Translation

The children of Israel shall encamp every one by his standard, with the ensign of their father’s house; round about the tent of meeting, afar off, opposite to it shall they encamp.