Numbers 2 - Introduction
_The arrangement of the camp, and the order of march_ The following diagram represents the arrangement which appears to be described in the Hebrew text:... [ Continue Reading ]
_The arrangement of the camp, and the order of march_ The following diagram represents the arrangement which appears to be described in the Hebrew text:... [ Continue Reading ]
Each tribe has a (?) _standard_; and each family has an ensign, or more strictly a _sign_, which may imply any kind of mark, such as a pole or spear or other object. Doughty (_Arabia Deserta_, i. 221) describes a Bedawin chief as striking his lance into the ground as a sign round which his people en... [ Continue Reading ]
_Judah_ The most important tribe in each group of three is mentioned first, and the numbers of all the three together are reckoned under its name (Numbers 2:9_; Numbers 2:16; Numbers 2:24; Numbers 2:31_).... [ Continue Reading ]
Issachar is said to -pitch next unto" Judah, and similarly in the other three cases. The important tribe thus appears to be placed in the centre, between the other two.... [ Continue Reading ]
_in the midst of the camps_ This appears to mean in the centre of the line of march. The tribes on the east and south sides start first and second. Then follows the Tabernacle with all its parts and accessories, the Levites who carry it forming a hollow square. After them follow the tribes on the we... [ Continue Reading ]