Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Numbers 2:1
CHAPTER II
Moses commanded to teach the Israelites how they are to pitch
their tents, and erect the ensigns of their fathers' houses,
1, 2.
Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun, on the EAST, amounting to
186,400 men, 3-9.
Reuben, Simeon, and Gad, on the SOUTH, with 151,450
men, 10-16.
The Levites to be in the midst of the camp, 17.
Ephraim, Manasseh, and Benjamin, on the WEST, with
108,100 men, 18-24.
Dan, Asher, and Naphtali, on the NORTH, with 157,600
men, 25-31.
The sum total of the whole, 603,550 men, 32.
But the Levites are not included, 33.
The people do as the Lord commands them, 34.
NOTES ON CHAP. II