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| 1 And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, and unto Aaron, saying, |
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| 2 'Each by his standard, with ensigns of the house of their fathers, do the sons of Israel encamp; over-against round about the tent of meeting they encamp.' |
By his own standard – The human skull corresponds to the layout of Israel's Tabernacle and camp. R4028:6, R4029:1
The order of the tents corresponds to the transformation of the converted mind. R4029:3
About the tabernacle – Religion was the center of all ambition and activity. R4028:3
All order in the church and harmony among brethren must recognize this common center. R4028:5
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| 3 And those encamping eastward towards the sun-rising, [are of] the standard of the camp of Judah, by their hosts; and the prince of the sons of Judah [is] Nahshon, son of Amminadab; |
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| 4 and his host, and their numbered ones, [are] four and seventy thousand and six hundred. |
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| 5 And those encamping by him [are of] the tribe of Issachar; and the prince of the sons of Issachar [is] Nethaneel son of Zuar; |
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| 6 and his host, and its numbered ones, [are] four and fifty thousand and four hundred. |
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| 7 The tribe of Zebulun; and the prince of the sons of Zebulun [is] Eliab son of Helon; |
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| 8 and his host, and its numbered ones, [are] seven and fifty thousand and four hundred; |
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| 9 all those numbered of the camp of Judah [are] a hundred thousand, and eighty thousand, and six thousand, and four hundred, by their hosts; they journey first. |
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| 10 The standard of the camp of Reuben [is] southward, by their hosts; and the prince of the sons of Reuben [is] Elizur son of Shedeur; |
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| 11 and his host, and its numbered ones, [are] six and forty thousand and five hundred. |
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| 12 And those encamping by him [are of] the tribe of Simeon; and the prince of the sons of Simeon [is] Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai; |
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| 13 and his host, and their numbered ones, [are] nine and fifty thousand and three hundred. |
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| 14 And the tribe of Gad; and the prince of the sons of Gad [is] Eliasaph son of Reuel; |
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| 15 and his host, and their numbered ones, [are] five and forty thousand and six hundred and fifty. |
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| 16 All those numbered of the camp of Reuben [are] a hundred thousand, and one and fifty thousand, and four hundred and fifty, by their hosts; and they journey second. |
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| 17 And the tent of meeting the camp of the Levites hath journeyed in the midst of the camps; as they encamp so they journey, each at his station by their standards. |
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| 18 The standard of the camp of Ephraim, by their hosts, [is] westward; and the prince of the sons of Ephraim [is] Elishama son of Ammihud; |
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| 19 and his host, and their numbered ones, [are] forty thousand and five hundred. |
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| 20 And by him [is] the tribe of Manasseh; and the prince of the sons of Manasseh [is] Gamaliel son of Pedahzur; |
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| 21 and his host, and their numbered ones, [are] two and thirty thousand, and two hundred. |
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| 22 And the tribe of Benjamin; and the prince of the sons of Benjamin [is] Abidan son of Gideoni; |
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| 23 and his host, and their numbered ones, [are] five and thirty thousand and four hundred. |
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| 24 All those numbered of the camp of Ephraim [are] a hundred thousand, and eight thousand, and a hundred, by their hosts; and they journey third. |
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| 25 The standard of the camp of Dan [is] northward, by their hosts; and the prince of the sons of Dan [is] Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai; |
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| 26 and his host, and their numbered ones, [are] two and sixty thousand and seven hundred. |
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| 27 And those encamping by him [are of] the tribe of Asher; and the prince of the sons of Asher [is] Pagiel son of Ocran; |
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| 28 and his host, and their numbered ones, [are] one and forty thousand and five hundred. |
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| 29 And the tribe of Naphtali; and the prince of the sons of Naphtali [is] Ahira son of Enan; |
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| 30 and his host, and their numbered ones, [are] three and fifty thousand and four hundred. |
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| 31 All those numbered of the camp of Dan [are] a hundred thousand, and seven and fifty thousand, and six hundred; at the rear they journey, by their standards. |
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| 32 These [are] those numbered of the sons of Israel by the house of their fathers; all those numbered of the camps by their hosts [are] six hundred thousand, and three thousand, and five hundred and fifty. |
603,550 men – Implying a total number of about 2,000,000. R3982:3, R4037:2
Prof. Petrie suggests a total number of about 30,000. R5277:3*
Prof. Petrie's reckoning refuted by B.H. Barton. R5355:5*
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| 33 And the Levites have not numbered themselves in the midst of the sons of Israel, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses. |
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| 34 And the sons of Israel do according to all that Jehovah hath commanded Moses; so they have encamped by their standards, and so they have journeyed; each by his families, by the house of his fathers. |
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