STANDARD ... ENSIGN - The “standard” marked the division, or camp
(cf. Numbers 1:9, Numbers 1:16, Numbers 1:24, Numbers 1:31); the
“ensign” the family. There would thus be four “standards”
only, one for each “camp” of three tribes. The “standard” was
probably a solid figure or emblem mounted on a po... [ Continue Reading ]
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 2:14
REUEL - Doubtless an error of transcription for Deuel Numbers 1:14.... [ Continue Reading ]
Such was the ideal form of the encampment in the wilderness: a form
reproduced in the square court with which the temple was eventually
surrounded, and in the vision of the heavenly city as seen by Ezekiel
Ezekiel 48:20, and by John (Revelation 21:16; compare Revelation
20:9). Thus the camp of God’s... [ Continue Reading ]