Numbers 2:1
_AND THE LORD SPAKE UNTO MOSES AND UNTO AARON, SAYING,_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE LORD SPAKE UNTO MOSES AND UNTO AARON, SAYING,_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_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._ Every man ... shall pitch by his own standard. Standards were visible signs of a certain recognized form for directing t... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 CHILDREN OF JUDAH._ On the east side ... Judah was placed at the head of a camp composed of three tribes rallyin... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HIS HOST, AND THOSE THAT WERE NUMBERED OF THEM, WERE THREESCORE AND FOURTEEN THOUSAND AND SIX HUNDRED._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_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._ Those that do pitch next unto him - i:e., on the one side.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HIS HOST, AND THOSE THAT WERE NUMBERED THEREOF, WERE FIFTY AND FOUR THOUSAND AND FOUR HUNDRED._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN THE TRIBE OF ZEBULUN: AND ELIAB THE SON OF HELON SHALL BE CAPTAIN OF THE CHILDREN OF ZEBULUN._ Then the tribe of Zebulun - on the other side. While Judah's tribe was the most numerous, those of Isaachar and Zebulun were also very numerous; so that the association of those three tribes formed... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HIS HOST, AND THOSE THAT WERE NUMBERED THEREOF, WERE FIFTY AND SEVEN THOUSAND AND FOUR HUNDRED._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_ON THE SOUTH SIDE SHALL BE THE STANDARD OF THE CAMP OF REUBEN ACCORDING TO THEIR ARMIES: AND THE CAPTAIN OF THE CHILDREN OF REUBEN SHALL BE ELIZUR THE SON OF SHEDEUR._ On the south side ... the standard of the camp of Reuben. The description given of the position of Reuben and his attendant tribes... [ Continue Reading ]