And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were fifty and four thousand and four hundred.
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And his host,.... The host of Issachar:
and those that were numbered thereof, were fifty and four thousand and four hundred. 54,400 men. Which had been numbered, for it does not appear that there…
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…
Issachar is said to -pitch next unto" Judah, and similarly in the other three cases. The important tribe thus appears to be placed in the centre, between the other two.