Your foes roared in the place where you met with us; they set up their standards as signs.
Numbers 2:2 - New International Version (Anglicised) ‘The Israelites are to camp round the tent of meeting some distance from it, each of them under their standard and holding the banners of their family.’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The Israelites shall encamp, each by his own [tribal] standard or banner with the ensign of his father's house, opposite the Tent of Meeting and facing it on every side. American Standard Version (1901) The children of Israel shall encamp every man by his own standard, with the ensigns of their fathers’ houses: over against the tent of meeting shall they encamp round about. Common English Bible The Israelites will camp each under the banner with the symbol of their household. They will camp around the meeting tent some distance from it. Catholic Public Domain Version "Each one shall make camp, by their troops, as well as by their insignia and standards, and by the houses of their kinships, all around the tabernacle of the covenant." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version All the children of Israel shall camp by their troops, ensigns, and standards, and the houses of their kindreds, round about the tabernacle of the covenant. |
Your foes roared in the place where you met with us; they set up their standards as signs.
Make vows to the Lord your God and fulfil them; let all the neighbouring lands bring gifts to the One to be feared.
Shout aloud and sing for joy, people of Zion, for great is the Holy One of Israel among you.’
All you people of the world, you who live on the earth, when a banner is raised on the mountains, you will see it, and when a trumpet sounds, you will hear it.
He said: ‘Son of man, this is the place of my throne and the place for the soles of my feet. This is where I will live among the Israelites for ever. The people of Israel will never again defile my holy name – neither they nor their kings – by their prostitution and the funeral offerings for their kings at their death.
The Lord their God will save his people on that day as a shepherd saves his flock. They will sparkle in his land like jewels in a crown.
Instead, appoint the Levites to be in charge of the tabernacle of the covenant law – over all its furnishings and everything belonging to it. They are to carry the tabernacle and all its furnishings; they are to take care of it and camp round it.
The divisions of the camp of Judah went first, under their standard. Nahshon son of Amminadab was in command.
The divisions of the camp of Reuben went next, under their standard. Elizur son of Shedeur was in command.
The divisions of the camp of Ephraim went next, under their standard. Elishama son of Ammihud was in command.
Finally, as the rear guard for all the units, the divisions of the camp of Dan set out under their standard. Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai was in command.
On the south will be: the divisions of the camp of Reuben under their standard. The leader of the people of Reuben is Elizur son of Shedeur.
On the east, towards the sunrise: the divisions of the camp of Judah are to camp under their standard. The leader of the people of Judah is Nahshon son of Amminadab.
When Balaam looked out and saw Israel encamped tribe by tribe, the Spirit of God came on him
For God is not a God of disorder but of peace – as in all the congregations of the Lord’s people.
Whatever happens, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ. Then, whether I come and see you or only hear about you in my absence, I will know that you stand firm in the one Spirit, striving together as one for the faith of the gospel
They have lost connection with the head, from whom the whole body, supported and held together by its ligaments and sinews, grows as God causes it to grow.
Then you will know which way to go, since you have never been this way before. But keep a distance of about two thousand cubits between you and the ark; do not go near it.’