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2:1 The Lord <03068> spoke <01696> to <0413> Moses <04872> and to <0413> Aaron <0175>: 2:2 “Every one <0376> of the Israelites <03478> <01121> must camp under his standard <01714> with the emblems <0226> of his family <01> <01004>; they must camp <02583> at some distance <05048> around <05439> the tent <0168> of meeting <02583> <04150>. 2:3 “Now those who will be camping <02583> on the east <06924>, toward the sunrise <04217>, are the divisions <06635> of the camp <04264> of Judah <03063> under their standard <01714>. The leader <05387> of the people <01121> of Judah <03063> is Nahshon <05177> son <01121> of Amminadab <05992>. 2:4 Those numbered <06485> in his division <06635> are 74,600 <03967> <08337> <0505> <07657> <0702>. 2:5 Those who will be camping <02583> next to <05921> them are the tribe <04294> of Issachar <03485>. The leader <05387> of the people <01121> of Issachar <03485> is Nethanel <05417> son <01121> of Zuar <06686>. 2:6 Those numbered <06485> in his division <06635> are 54,400 <03967> <0702> <0505> <02572> <0702>. 2:7 Next will be the tribe <04294> of Zebulun <02074>. The leader <05387> of the people of Zebulun <02074> is Eliab <0446> son <01121> <01121> of Helon <02497>. 2:8 Those numbered <06485> in his division <06635> are 57,400 <03967> <0702> <0505> <02572> <07651>. 2:9 All <03605> those numbered <06485> of the camp <04264> of Judah <03063>, according to their divisions <06635>, are 186,400 <03967> <0702> <0505> <08337> <0505> <08084> <0505> <03967>. They will travel <05265> at the front <07223>. 2:10 “On the south <08486> will be the divisions <06635> of the camp <04264> of Reuben <07205> under their standard <01714>. The leader <05387> of the people <01121> of Reuben <07205> is Elizur <0468> son <01121> of Shedeur <07707>. 2:11 Those numbered <06485> in his division <06635> are 46,500 <03967> <02568> <0505> <0705> <08337>. 2:12 Those who will be camping <02583> next to <05921> them are the tribe <04294> of Simeon <08095>. The leader <05387> of the people <01121> of Simeon <08095> is Shelumiel <08017> son <01121> of Zurishaddai <06701>. 2:13 Those numbered <06485> in his division <06635> are 59,300 <03967> <07969> <0505> <02572> <08672>. 2:14 Next will be the tribe <04294> of Gad <01410>. The leader <05387> of the people <01121> of Gad <01410> is Eliasaph <0460> son <01121> of Deuel <07467>. 2:15 Those numbered <06485> in his division <06635> are 45,650 <02572> <03967> <08337> <0505> <0705> <02568>. 2:16 All <03605> those numbered <06485> of the camp <04264> of Reuben <07205>, according to their divisions <06635>, are 151,450 <02572> <03967> <0702> <0505> <02572> <0259> <0505> <03967>. They will travel <05265> second <08145>. 2:17 “Then the tent <0168> of meeting <04150> with the camp <04264> of the Levites <03881> will travel <05265> in the middle <08432> of the camps <04264>. They will travel <05265> in the same <03651> order as they camped <02583>, each <0376> in <05921> his own place <03027> under his standard <01714>. 2:18 “On the west <03220> will be the divisions <06635> of the camp <04264> of Ephraim <0669> under their standard <01714>. The leader <05387> of the people <01121> of Ephraim <0669> is Elishama <0476> son <01121> of Amihud <05989>. 2:19 Those numbered <06485> in his division <06635> are 40,500 <03967> <02568> <0505> <0705>. 2:20 Next to them will be the tribe <04294> of Manasseh <04519>. The leader <05387> of the people <01121> of Manasseh <04519> is Gamaliel <01583> son <01121> of Pedahzur <06301>. 2:21 Those numbered <06485> in his division <06635> are 32,200 <03967> <0505> <07970> <08147>.

• Num 2:1-2 -- The Arrangement of the Tribes
• Num 2:3-9 -- The Tribes on the East
• Num 2:10-16 -- The Tribes on the South
• Num 2:17 -- The Tribe in the Center
• Num 2:18-24 -- The Tribes on the West

• Captain

  [isbe] CAPTAIN - kap'-tin: In the King James Version there are no fewer than 13 Hebrew words, and 4 different Greek words, which are rendered by this one English word. In the Revised Version (British and American) some of these are...
  [nave] CAPTAIN Commander-in-chief of an army, Deut. 20:9; Judg. 4:2; 1 Sam. 14:50; 1 Kin. 2:35; 16:16; 1 Chr. 27:34. Of the tribes, Num. 2. Of thousands, Num. 31:48; 1 Sam. 17:18; 1 Chr. 28:1. Of hundreds, 2 Kin. 11:15. See: Ce...
  

• Tabernacle

  [smith] The tabernacle was the tent of Jehovah, called by the same name as the tents of the people in the midst of which it stood. It was also called the sanctuary and the tabernacle of the congregation. The first ordinance given to ...
  [nave] TABERNACLE One existed before Moses received the pattern authorized on Mount Sinai, Ex. 33:7-11. The one instituted by Moses was called Sanctuary, Ex. 25:8; Tabernacle, Ex. 27:21; 33:7; 2 Chr. 5:5; of Testimony, Ex. 38:21; ...
  

• Encamp

  [ebd] An encampment was the resting-place for a longer or shorter period of an army or company of travellers (Ex. 13:20; 14:19; Josh. 10:5; 11:5). The manner in which the Israelites encamped during their march through the wilderne...
  

• Armies

  [nave] ARMIES Who of the Israelites were subject to service in, Num. 1:2, 3; 26:2; 2 Chr. 25:5; who were exempt from service in, Num. 1:47-50; 2:33; Deut. 20:5-9; Judg. 7:3. Enumeration of Israel's military forces, Num. 1:2, 3; 26...
  

• Camp

  [nave] CAMP, of the Israelites about the tabernacle, Num. 2; 3. See: Itinerary.
  

• Soldiers

  [nave] SOLDIERS Military enrollment of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai, Num. 1; 2; in the plains of Moab, Num. 26. Levies of, in the ratio of one man to ten subject to duty, Judg. 20:10. Dressed in scarlet, Nah. 2:3. Cowards e...
  

• Israel

  [nave] ISRAEL 1. A name given to Jacob, Gen. 32:24-32; 2 Kin. 17:34; Hos. 12:3, 4. 2. A name of the Christ in prophecy, Isa. 49:3. 3. A name given to the descendants of Jacob, a nation. Called also Israelites, and Hebrews, Gen. 4...
  

• ASTRONOMY, II

  [isbe] ASTRONOMY, II - II. The Constellations. The principal achievement of the science of astronomy in the centuries during which the books of the Old Testament were written was the arrangement and naming of the constellations, an...
  

• Camon

  [ebd] full of stalks, a place (Judg. 10:5) where Jair was buried. It has usually been supposed to have been a city of Gilead, on the east of Jordan. It is probably, however, the modern Tell-el-Kaimun, on the southern slopes of Car...
  

• MOSES

  [isbe] MOSES - mo'-zez, mo'-ziz (mosheh; Egyptian mes, "drawn out," "born"; Septuagint Mouse(s)). The great Hebrew national hero, leader, author, law-giver and prophet. I. LIFE 1. Son of Levi 2. Foundling Prince 3. Friend of the Pe...
  

• Judah, Tribe of

  [ebd] Judah and his three surviving sons went down with Jacob into Egypt (Gen. 46:12; Ex. 1:2). At the time of the Exodus, when we meet with the family of Judah again, they have increased to the number of 74,000 males (Num. 1:26, ...
  

• BANNER

  [ebd] (1.) The flag or banner of the larger kind, serving for three tribes marching together. These standards, of which there were four, were worked with embroidery and beautifully ornamented (Num. 1:52; 2:2, 3, 10, 18, 25; Cant. ...
  [isbe] BANNER - ban'-er (ENSIGN, STANDARDS): The English word "banner" is from banderia, Low Latin, meaning a banner (compare bandum, Latin, which meant first a "band," an organized military troop, and then a "flag"). It has come t...
  

• Issachar

  [ebd] hired (Gen. 30:18). "God hath given me," said Leah, "my hire (Heb. sekhari)...and she called his name Issachar." He was Jacob's ninth son, and was born in Padan-aram (comp. 28:2). He had four sons at the going down into Egyp...
  [isbe] ISSACHAR - is'-a-kar (yissa(se)khar; Septuagint, Swete Issachar; Tischendorf, Issachar, so also in the New Testament, Tregelles, and Westcott and Hort, The New Testament in Greek): (1) The 9th son of Jacob, the 5th borne to ...
  [nave] ISSACHAR 1. Son of Jacob, Gen. 30:18; Ex. 1:3; 1 Chr. 2:1. Jacob's prophetic benedictions upon, Gen. 49:14, 15. In the time of David, 1 Chr. 7:2, 5. See Tribe of below. Tribe of Military forces of, taken at Sinai, Num. ...
  

• Zurishaddai

  [ebd] rock of the Almighty, the father of Shelumiel, who was chief of the tribe of Simeon when Israel was encamped at Sinai (Num. 1:6; 2:12).
  [isbe] ZURISHADDAI - zu-ri-shad'-a-i, zu-ri-shad'-i (tsurishadday, "my rock is Shadday"): Father of Shelumiel the head of the tribe of Simeon (Nu 1:6; 2:12; 7:36,41; 10:19). See GOD, NAMES OF, II, 8; ZURIEL.
  [smith] (my rock is the Almighty), father of Shelumiel, the chief of the tribe of Simeon at the time of the exodus. (Numbers 1:6; 2:12; 7:36,41; 10:19)
  [nave] ZURISHADDAI, father of Shelumiel, Num. 1:6; 2:12; 7:36, 41; 10:19.
  

• Ephraim, The tribe of

  [ebd] took precedence over that of Manasseh by virtue of Jacob's blessing (Gen. 41:52; 48:1). The descendants of Joseph formed two of the tribes of Israel, whereas each of the other sons of Jacob was the founder of only one tribe....
  

• Gad

  [ebd] fortune; luck. (1.) Jacob's seventh son, by Zilpah, Leah's handmaid, and the brother of Asher (Gen. 30:11-13; 46:16, 18). In the Authorized Version of 30:11 the words, "A troop cometh: and she called," etc., should rather be...
  [nave] GAD 1. Jacob's seventh son, Gen. 30:11; 35:26; Ex. 1:4. Children of, Gen. 46:16; Num. 26:15-18; 1 Chr. 5:11. Prophecy concerning, Gen. 49:19. 2. A tribe of Israel. Blessed by Moses, Deut. 33:20. Enumeration of, at Sinai,...
  

• Zebulun

  [isbe] ZEBULUN - zeb'-u-lun (zebhulun, also written zebuwlun and zebuluwn; the first form occurs only in Jdg 1:30; the other two are frequent, and are used interchangeably; Zaboulon): In Gen 30:20 Leah exclaims, "God hath endowed m...
  [nave] ZEBULUN 1. Son of Jacob and Leah, Gen. 30:20; 35:23; 46:14; 49:13; Ex. 1:3; 1 Chr. 2:1. Descendants of, Gen. 46:14; Num. 26:26, 27. Called also Zabulon. 2. Tribe of. Place of, in march and camp, Num. 2:3, 7; 10:14, 16. Te...
  

• Reuel

  [ebd] friend of God. (1.) A son of Esau and Bashemath (Gen. 36:4, 10; 1 Chr. 1:35). (2.) "The priest of Midian," Moses' father-in-law (Ex. 2:18)=Raguel (Num. 10:29). If he be identified with Jethro (q.v.), then this may be regarde...
  [isbe] REUEL - roo'-el (re`u'el, "God is his friend"; the Septuagint Rhagouel): (1) In the genealogical system Reuel is both a son of Esau by Basemath (Gen 36:4,10,13,17; 1 Ch 1:35,37) and the father of the father-in-law of Moses, ...
  [smith] (friend of God) One of the sons of Esau, by his wife Bashemath, sister of Ishmael. (Genesis 36:4,10,13,17; 1 Chronicles 1:36,37) (B.C. about 1790.) One of the names of Moses? father-in-law. (Exodus 2:18) (B.C. 1530.) Fath...
  [nave] REUEL 1. Son of Esau, Gen. 36:4, 10, 13, 17; 1 Chr. 1:35, 37. 2. Father-in-law of Moses, Ex. 2:18. Called also Jethro and Raguel. See: Jethro. 3. Father of Eliasaph, Num. 2:14. Called Deuel, Num. 1:14; 7:42, 47; 10:20. ...
  

• Eliab

  [ebd] to whom God is father. (1.) A Reubenite, son of Pallu (Num. 16:1, 12; 26:8, 9; Deut. 11:6). (2.) A son of Helon, and chief of the tribe of Zebulun at the time of the census in the wilderness (Num. 1:9; 2:7). (3.) The son of ...
  [isbe] ELIAB - e-li'-ab ('eli'abh, "God is father"): (1) Prince of the tribe of Zebulun in the Exodus (Nu 1:9; 2:7; 7:24,29; 10:16). (2) A Reubenite, father of Dathan and Abiram (Nu 16:11,12; 26:8 f; Dt 11:6). (3) Eldest son of Jes...
  [smith] (God is my father). Son of Helon and leader of the tribe of Zebulun at the time of the census in the wilderness of Sinai. (Numbers 1:9; 2:7; 7:24,29; 10:16) (B.C. 1490.) A Reubenite, father of Dathan and Abiram. (Numbers 16:...
  [nave] ELIAB 1. A Reubenite, progenitor of Dathan and Abiram, Num. 26:8, 9; 16:1, 12; Deut. 11:6. 2. Son of Helon, Num. 1:9; 2:7; 7:24, 29; 10:16. 3. Ancestor of Samuel, 1 Chr. 6:27. Called also Elihu, 1 Sam. 1:1; and Eliel, 1 C...
  

• Amminadab

  [ebd] kindred of the prince. (1.) The father of Nahshon, who was chief of the tribe of Judah (Num. 1:7; 2:3; 7:12, 17; 10:14). His daughter Elisheba was married to Aaron (Ex. 6:23). (2.) A son of Kohath, the second son of Levi (1 ...
  [isbe] AMMINADAB - a-min'-a-dab (`amminadhabh = "my people (or my kinsman) is generous or noble"): Three persons bearing this name are mentioned in the Old Testament. (1) In Ruth 4:19,20 and 1 Ch 2:10 Amminadab is referred to as on...
  [smith] (one of the prince?s people). Son of Ram or Aram, and father of Nahshon, or NAASSON (as it is written) (Matthew 1:4; Luke 3:32); (Numbers 1:7; 2:3; Ruth 4:19,20; 1 Chronicles 2:10) One of the ancestors of Jesus Christ. Th...
  [nave] AMMINADAB 1. Father in law of Aaron, Ex. 6:23. Father of Nahshon, Num. 1:7; 2:3. Lineage of, Ruth 4:18-20; 1 Chr. 2:10; Matt. 1:4; Luke 3:33. 2. A son of Kohath, 1 Chr. 6:22. 3. A son of Uzziel, 1 Chr. 15:10, 11.
  

• The Numbering of the Israelites

  

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