3 And those encamping eastward towards the sun-rising, `are of' the standard of the camp of Judah, by their hosts; and the prince of the sons of Judah `is' Nahshon, son of Amminadab;
4 and his host, and their numbered ones, `are' four and seventy thousand and six hundred.
5 And those encamping by him `are of' the tribe of Issachar; and the prince of the sons of Issachar `is' Nethaneel son of Zuar;
6 and his host, and its numbered ones, `are' four and fifty thousand and four hundred.
7 The tribe of Zebulun; and the prince of the sons of Zebulun `is' Eliab son of Helon;
8 and his host, and its numbered ones, `are' seven and fifty thousand and four hundred;
9 all those numbered of the camp of Judah `are' a hundred thousand, and eighty thousand, and six thousand, and four hundred, by their hosts; they journey first.
10 The standard of the camp of Reuben `is' southward, by their hosts; and the prince of the sons of Reuben `is' Elizur son of Shedeur;
11 and his host, and its numbered ones, `are' six and forty thousand and five hundred.
12 And those encamping by him `are of' the tribe of Simeon; and the prince of the sons of Simeon `is' Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai;
13 and his host, and their numbered ones, `are' nine and fifty thousand and three hundred.
14 And the tribe of Gad; and the prince of the sons of Gad `is' Eliasaph son of Reuel;
15 and his host, and their numbered ones, `are' five and forty thousand and six hundred and fifty.
16 All those numbered of the camp of Reuben `are' a hundred thousand, and one and fifty thousand, and four hundred and fifty, by their hosts; and they journey second.
17 And the tent of meeting -- the camp of the Levites -- hath journeyed in the midst of the camps; as they encamp so they journey, each at his station by their standards.
18 The standard of the camp of Ephraim, by their hosts, `is' westward; and the prince of the sons of Ephraim `is' Elishama son of Ammihud;
19 and his host, and their numbered ones, `are' forty thousand and five hundred.
20 And by him `is' the tribe of Manasseh; and the prince of the sons of Manasseh `is' Gamaliel son of Pedahzur;
21 and his host, and their numbered ones, `are' two and thirty thousand, and two hundred.
22 And the tribe of Benjamin; and the prince of the sons of Benjamin `is' Abidan son of Gideoni;
23 and his host, and their numbered ones, `are' five and thirty thousand and four hundred.
24 All those numbered of the camp of Ephraim `are' a hundred thousand, and eight thousand, and a hundred, by their hosts; and they journey third.
25 The standard of the camp of Dan `is' northward, by their hosts; and the prince of the sons of Dan `is' Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai;
26 and his host, and their numbered ones, `are' two and sixty thousand and seven hundred.
27 And those encamping by him `are of' the tribe of Asher; and the prince of the sons of Asher `is' Pagiel son of Ocran;
28 and his host, and their numbered ones, `are' one and forty thousand and five hundred.
29 And the tribe of Naphtali; and the prince of the sons of Naphtali `is' Ahira son of Enan;
30 and his host, and their numbered ones, `are' three and fifty thousand and four hundred.
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Commentary on Numbers 2 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 2
The thousands of Israel, having been mustered in the former chapter, in this are marshalled, and a regular disposition is made of their camp, by a divine appointment. Here is,
Num 2:1-2
Here is the general appointment given both for their orderly encampment where they rested and their orderly march when they moved. Some order, it is possible, they had observed hitherto; they came out of Egypt in rank and file (Ex. 13:18), but now they were put into a better model.
Num 2:3-34
We have here the particular distribution of the twelve tribes into four squadrons, three tribes in a squadron, one of which was to lead the other two. Observe,