Numbers 2:15

And his host,.... That is, the host of Gad, as distinct from those of Reuben and Simeon, which together formed the camp:

and those that were numbered of them, were forty and five thousand and six…

The following plan shows the general arrangement of the camp, which would vary in different places according to local exigencies. The area of the camp might be about three square miles: Num 2:14 Reuel…

We have here the particular distribution of the twelve tribes into four squadrons, three tribes in a squadron, one of which was to lead the other two. Observe, 1. God himself appointed them their…