Numbers 2
KJ3 Literal Translation — Chapter 2 of 36
Chapter Summary
The order of the tribes in their tents around the tabernacle. Instructions for the arrangement of camps and their movement.
Key Hebrew Words
People & Context
Leader to whom Jehovah gives the camp arrangement; Israel does all that Jehovah commanded him.
Spoken to with Moses as Jehovah sets the order of the tribes around the tabernacle.
Son of Amminadab, ruler of Judah, whose camp on the east sets out first.
Son of Shedeur, ruler of Reuben, whose camp on the south sets out second.
Son of Ammihud, ruler of Ephraim, whose camp on the west sets out third.
Son of Ammishaddai, ruler of Dan, whose camp on the north sets out last.
Timeline
The camp of Judah, including Issachar and Zebulun, is ordered to set up on the east side. Their total army is 186,400, and they are to set forth first.
Numbers 2:1-9The camp of Reuben, including Simeon and Gad, is ordered to set up on the south side. Their total army is 151,450, and they are to pull out second.
Numbers 2:10-16The camp of the Levites, with the tabernacle of the congregation, is commanded to pull out in the middle of the camps. They are to keep the charge of the tabernacle of the testimony.
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