Numbers 2:17 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

“Then the tabernacle of the congregation shall set forward with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camp: as they encamp, so shall they set forward, every man in his place by their standards.”

Numbers 2:17

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And his host, and those that were numbered of them, {were} forty and five thousand and six hundred and fifty.

All that were numbered in the camp of Reuben {were} an hundred thousand and fifty and one thousand and four hundred and fifty, throughout their armies. And they shall set forth in the second rank.

Then the tabernacle of the congregation shall set forward with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camp: as they encamp, so shall they set forward, every man in his place by their standards.

On the west side {shall be} the standard of the camp of Ephraim according to their armies: and the captain of the sons of Ephraim {shall be} Elishama the son of Ammihud.

And his host, and those that were numbered of them, {were} forty thousand and five hundred.

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Numbers 2:1

"And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,"

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."

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