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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And his host,.... That is, the host of Ephraim; and those that were numbered of them, [were] forty thousand and five hundred. 40,500 men. Not his camp, but his host, or the army, which consisted only of his own tribe see Numbers 1:33.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And by him [shall be] the tribe of Manasseh,.... Who though the elder brother to Ephraim, yet Ephraim was preferred to him, and had a standard given him, and his elder brother was directed to pitch by it; and this being agreeably to the prophecy of Jacob, could not well be objected to; and Benjamin, the younger brother of Joseph, being placed...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And his host,.... That is, the host of Manasseh; and those that were numbered of them, [were] thirty and two thousand and two hundred. 32,200 men; see Numbers 1:35.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Then the tribe of Benjamin,.... He was to pitch under the same standard of Ephraim, and the other side of it from that of Manasseh; the one being before, and the other behind, and the standard in the middle; [See comments on Numbers 2:7]; and the captains of the sons of Benjamin [shall be] Abidan the son of Gideoni; of whom see Numbers 1:11.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And his host, c. That is, the host of Benjamin and those that were numbered of them, [were] thirty and five thousand and four hundred. 35,400 men. The least number of all the tribes, excepting the tribe of Manasseh, Numbers 2:21; see Numbers 1:37.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
All that were numbered of the camp of Ephraim [were] an hundred thousand and eight thousand and an hundred, throughout their armies,.... 108,100 men. Which was the smallest of all the camps, and near eighty thousand fewer than the camp of Judah, Numbers 2:9: and they shall go forward in the third rank; and which was the first following the...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
The standard of the camp of Dan [shall be] on the north side by their armies,.... To the left of the tabernacle as encamped, and so was the left wing of the grand army; it consisted of the tribes of Dan, Asher, and Naphtali, in which were several divisions and companies, whose camp also the Targum of Jonathan says reached four miles. According to...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And his host,.... That is, the host of Dan; and those that were numbered of them, [were] threescore and two thousand and seven hundred. 62,700 men, which agrees with the account of this tribe in Numbers 1:39.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And those that encamp by him [shall be] the tribe of Asher,.... Dan had a standard given him, though the son of an handmaid, being the firstborn of the sons of the handmaids, and his tribe being a warlike tribe, and very numerous; and Asher and Naphtali are placed by him, being the sons of handmaids also, and could not but contentedly pitch by...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And his host,.... That is, the host of Asher; and those that were numbered of them, [were] forty and one thousand and five hundred. 41,500 men; as they were numbered Numbers 1:41.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Then the tribe of Naphtali,.... That was to pitch by the same standard of Dan, on the other side of it: and the captain of the children of Naphtali [shall be] Ahira the son of Enan; who is mentioned Numbers 1:15.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And his host,.... That is, the host of Naphtali; and those that were numbered of them; not that some part of the tribe of Naphtali was numbered, which made up the host Ahira was captain of, but the whole of it, who were all numbered that were of twenty years of age and upwards; and the same is to be observed in all the above places, where this...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
All they that were numbered in the camp of Dan [were] an hundred thousand and fifty and seven thousand and six hundred,.... 157,600 men. Consisting of his own tribe, and those of Asher and Naphtali, which make the largest camp next to Judah: they shall go hindmost with their standards; for though, while encamped, they lay to the north, or the left...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
These [are] those that were numbered of the children of Israel by the house of their fathers,.... As the number was taken by Moses and Aaron, assisted by twelve princes of the tribe, who were now constituted captains over them, as so many hosts or armies: all those that were numbered of the camp throughout their hosts: of the four camps, of Judah,...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel,.... At this time, not among the Israelites, but by themselves, they being a camp of themselves: as the Lord commanded Moses; Numbers 1:48.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the children of Israel did according to all that the Lord commanded Moses,.... 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...