Numbers 2:1 — Meaning and Application

Numbers 2:2

"Every man of the children of Israel shall pitch by his own standard, with the ensign of their father's house: far off about the tabernacle of the congregation shall they pitch. {far...: Heb. over against}"

Numbers 2:3

"And on the east side toward the rising of the sun shall they of the standard of the camp of Judah pitch throughout their armies: and Nahshon the son of Amminadab {shall be} captain of the children of Judah."

Numbers 2:4

"And his host, and those that were numbered of them, {were} threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred."

Numbers 2:5

"And those that do pitch next unto him {shall be} the tribe of Issachar: and Nethaneel the son of Zuar {shall be} captain of the children of Issachar."

Numbers 2:6

"And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, {were} fifty and four thousand and four hundred."