Numbers 2:34

“And the children of Israel did according to all that the Lord commanded Moses, etc.] Formed themselves into camps, so many tribes to a camp, and over each tribe or host appointed a captain, and erected a standard to each camp, by which they pitched as directed, which is next particularly observed: so they pitched by their standards; every tribe, and every person in the tribe, as they were ranked, pitched by the standard to which they belonged: and so they set forward, after their families according to the house of their fathers; the camps, and the tribes in them the families in those tribes, and the houses or lesser families under them, when they marched, proceeded in this regular order, as…”

“Such was the ideal form of the encampment in the wilderness: a form reproduced in the square court with which the temple was eventually surrounded, and in the vision of the heavenly city as seen by Ezekiel Ezekiel 48:20, and by John (Revelation 21:16; compare Revelation 20:9). Thus the camp of God’s earthly people was divinely ordered so as to set forth the completeness of His Church; and to illustrate by its whole arrangement, which was determined by the tabernacle in the center, both the dependance of all on God, and the access which all enjoyed to God. return to 'Top of Page' Footnotes: Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliographical Information Barnes, Albert.…”

“2:34 The Hebrews initially obeyed God by camping and marching in the manner Moses had specified, but this obedient spirit did not last for long.”

“according: Num 1:54; Exo 39:42; Psa 119:6; Luk 1:6 so they: Num 2:2, Num 10:28, Num 23:9, Num 23:10, Num 23:21, Num 24:2, Num 24:5, Num 24:6 Next: Numbers Chapter 3”