Num 2:2, 10:28, 23:9-10, 21, 24:2, 5-6 | TSK | STEP | Every man.The Israelites, it appears, encamped in four grand divisions, with the tabernacle in the centre; though at some distance from it. The form of the camp was quadrangular, containing, according to Scheuchzer, a little more than twelve square miles. Under each of the four divisions, three tribes were placed, under one general standard. Between these four great camps and the tabernacle, were pitched four smaller camps of the priests and Levites, who were in immediate attendance upon it; the camp of Moses, and of Aaron and his sons, being on the east side of the tabernacle, where the entrance was. Judah was placed on the east, and under him he had Issachar and Zebulun; on the south was Reuben, and under him Simeon and Gad; on the west was Ephraim, and under him Manasseh and Benjamin; and Dan was on the north, and under him Asher and Naphtali. Every tribe had its particular standard, probably with the name of the tribe embroidered with large letters. It seems highly improbable that the figures of animals should have been painted on them, as the Jewish writers assert; for even in after ages, when Vitellius wished to march through Judea, their great men besought him to march another way, as the law of the land did not permit images (such as were on the Roman standard) to be brought into it. Josephus Ant. 1. xviii. c. 7. shall pitch. the ensign. far off. Heb. over against. about the.

Numbers 2:2

Every man.The Israelites, it appears, encamped in four grand divisions, with the tabernacle in the centre; though at some distance from it. The form of the camp was quadrangular, containing, according to Scheuchzer, a little more than twelve square miles. Under each of the four divisions, three tribes were placed, under one general standard. Between these four great camps and the tabernacle, were pitched four smaller camps of the priests and Levites, who were in immediate attendance upon it; the camp of Moses, and of Aaron and his sons, being on the east side of the tabernacle, where the entrance was. Judah was placed on the east, and under him he had Issachar and Zebulun; on the south was Reuben, and under him Simeon and Gad; on the west was Ephraim, and under him Manasseh and Benjamin; and Dan was on the north, and under him Asher and Naphtali. Every tribe had its particular standard, probably with the name of the tribe embroidered with large letters. It seems highly improbable that the figures of animals should have been painted on them, as the Jewish writers assert; for even in after ages, when Vitellius wished to march through Judea, their great men besought him to march another way, as the law of the land did not permit images (such as were on the Roman standard) to be brought into it. Josephus Ant. 1. xviii. c. 7.

shall pitch.

3,10; 1:52; 10:14,18,22,25

the ensign.

Isa 11:10-12; 18:3; Zec 9:16

far off. Heb. over against.

Jos 3:4

about the.

1:50,53; Ps 76:11; Isa 12:6; Eze 43:7; 1Co 14:33,40; Php 1:27

Col 2:19; Re 4:2-5

Numbers 10:28

Thus were. Heb. These. according.

35,36; 2:34; 24:4,5; So 6:10; 1Co 14:33,40; Col 2:5

Numbers 23:9-10

the people.They shall ever be a distinct nation. This prophecy has been literally fulfilled, through a period of 3,300 years, to the present day.

dwell alone.

Ex 19:5,6; 33:16; De 33:28; Es 3:8; 2Co 6:17; Tit 2:14; 1Pe 2:9

shall not.

De 32:8; Ezr 9:2; Jer 46:28; Am 9:9; Ro 15:8-10; Eph 2:12-14

can count.

Ge 13:16; 22:17; 28:14

the dust. i.e.,The posterity of Jacob, which was to be so numerous as to resemble the dust.

the fourth.

2:9,16,24,31

me. Heb. my soul, or, my life. the death.

Ps 37:37; 116:15; Pr 14:32; Isa 57:1,2; Lu 2:29,30; 1Co 3:21,22

1Co 15:53-57; 2Co 5:1; Php 1:21-23; 2Ti 4:6-8; 2Pe 1:13-15

Re 14:13

Numbers 23:21

hath not.

Ps 103:12; Isa 1:18; 38:17; Jer 50:20; Ho 14:2-4; Mic 7:18-20

Ro 4:7,8; 6:14; 8:1; 2Co 5:19

the Lord.

Ex 13:21; 29:45,46; 33:14-16; 34:9; Jud 6:13; 2Ch 13:12; Ps 23:4

Ps 46:7,11; Isa 8:10; 12:6; 41:10; Eze 48:35; Mt 1:23; 2Co 6:16

the shout.

Ps 47:5-7; 89:15,18; 97:1; 118:15; Isa 33:22; Lu 19:37,38; 2Co 2:14

Numbers 24:2

abiding.

5; 2:2-34; 23:9,10; So 6:4,10

the spirit.

11:25-29; 1Sa 10:10; 19:20,23; 2Ch 15:1; Mt 7:22; 10:4,8; Lu 10:20

Joh 11:49-51

Numbers 24:5-6

as gardens.

Ge 2:8-10; 13:10; So 4:12-15; 6:11; Isa 58:11; Jer 31:12; Joe 3:18

as the trees.{Ahalim,} "lign-aloe trees." This tree, which grows in the East Indies, is described as being eight or ten feet in height, with a stem the thickness of a man's thigh. At the top grows a large tuft of jagged and thick leaves, thick and indented, broad at the bottom, but growing narrower towards the point, and about four feet in length. The blossoms are red, intermingled with yellow, and double like cloves; from which comes a red and white fruit, of the size of a pea, oblong and triangular, with three apartments filled with seed. The tree has a very beautiful appearance; and a forest of them is said to bear a resemblance to a numerous encampment.

Ps 1:3; Jer 17:18

which the.

Ps 104:16; Isa 41:19

as cedar.

Ps 92:12-14; Eze 31:3,4; 47:12