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Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

Numbers 2

Numbers 2:1

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. Reuben on the south side, with Simeon and Gad; then the tabernacle was to follow, the Levites camping round it, NUMBERS 2:10. Ephraim on... [ Continue Reading ]

Numbers 2:2

BY HIS OWN STANDARD, or _ensign_, by that to which he is allotted by the following order. It is manifest that there were four great standards or ensigns, which here follow, distinguished by their colours or figures, or otherwise; also that there were other particular ensigns belonging to each of the... [ Continue Reading ]

Numbers 2:9

This was the most numerous camp, because they marched first, as being placed on the east and going towards the east, and because they guarded the sanctuary.... [ Continue Reading ]

Numbers 2:14

Called _Deuel_, NUMBERS 1:14, the Hebrew letters _daleth_ and _resh_ being very like, and oft changed, as appears by comparing GENESIS 10:3, with 1 CHRONICLES 1:6 GENESIS 36:26,38, with 1 CHRONICLES 1:41,50.... [ Continue Reading ]

Numbers 2:17

IN THE MIDST OF THE CAMP, which is not to be understood strictly or exactly, but largely; for in their march they were divided, and part of that tribe marched next after Judah, NUMBERS 10:17, and the other part exactly in the midst of the camp.... [ Continue Reading ]

Numbers 2:31

The strongest camp next after Judah, and therefore he comes in the rear, as Judah marched in the front, that the tabernacle might be best guarded where there was most danger.... [ Continue Reading ]

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