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Numbers 2 is a very interesting chapter. It consists of thirty-four verses and it contains the specific instructions YHWH gave to Moses concerning the arrangement of the tribes of Israel as they camped in the wilderness as well as the order they were to travel in when they were in transit. The tribes of Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun were to always set up on the eastward side of the Israelite camp, “toward the sunrise” (v. 3). Rueben, Simeon and Gad camped on the south side. Ephraim, Manasseh, and Benjamin camped on the west side. Dan, Asher, and Naphtali camped on the north side. This was their YHWH-assigned camp location throughout their forty-year wilderness journey.
