Numbers 2:1

THE MESSAGE

God spoke to Moses and Aaron. He said, "The People of Israel are to set up camp circling the Tent of Meeting and facing it. Each company is to camp under its distinctive tribal flag."

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
The LORD spoke to Moshe and to Aharon, saying,

King James Version
And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

Lexham English Bible
Yahweh spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,

New Century Version
The Lord said to Moses and Aaron:

New English Translation
The Lord spoke to Moses and to Aaron:

Amplified Bible
The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,

New American Standard Bible
Now the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

Geneva Bible (1587)
And the Lorde spake vnto Moses, and to Aaron, saying,

Legacy Standard Bible
Now Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

Contemporary English Version
The Lord told Moses and Aaron

Darby Translation
And Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

Easy-to-Read Version
The Lord said to Moses and Aaron:

English Standard Version
The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,

George Lamsa Translation
AND the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

Christian Standard Bible®
The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron:

Literal Translation
And Jehovah spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And ye LORDE spake vnto Moses and Aaron, & sayde:

American Standard Version
And Jehovah spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

Bible in Basic English
And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses and Aaron, saying:

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the LORD spoke unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying:

King James Version (1611)
And the Lord spake vnto Moses, and vnto Aaron, saying,

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,

English Revised Version
And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

Berean Standard Bible
Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron:

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the Lord spak to Moises and to Aaron, and seide,

Young's Literal Translation
And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, and unto Aaron, saying,

Update Bible Version
And Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

Webster's Bible Translation
And the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

World English Bible
Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

New King James Version
And the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:

New Living Translation
Then the Lord gave these instructions to Moses and Aaron:

New Life Bible
The Lord said to Moses and Aaron,

New Revised Standard
The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then spake Yahweh onto Moses and onto Aaron saying:

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:

Revised Standard Version
The LORD said to Moses and Aaron,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Now the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

Contextual Overview

¹ God spoke to Moses and Aaron. He said, "The People of Israel are to set up camp circling the Tent of Meeting and facing it. Each company is to camp under its distinctive tribal flag."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Numbers 2:17 - tabernacle Numbers 7:2 - the princes Numbers 7:17 - this was the offering Deuteronomy 23:12 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 1:1
First this: God created the Heavens and Earth—all you see, all you don't see. Earth was a soup of nothingness, a bottomless emptiness, an inky blackness. God's Spirit brooded like a bird above the watery abyss.

Genesis 2:5
At the time God made Earth and Heaven, before any grasses or shrubs had sprouted from the ground— God hadn't yet sent rain on Earth, nor was there anyone around to work the ground (the whole Earth was watered by underground springs)— God formed Man out of dirt from the ground and blew into his nostrils the breath of life. The Man came alive—a living soul!

Genesis 2:8
Then God planted a garden in Eden, in the east. He put the Man he had just made in it. God made all kinds of trees grow from the ground, trees beautiful to look at and good to eat. The Tree-of-Life was in the middle of the garden, also the Tree-of-Knowledge-of-Good-and-Evil.

2 Chronicles 2:12
He wrote on, "Blessed be the God of Israel, who made heaven and earth, and who gave King David a son so wise, so knowledgeable and shrewd, to build a temple for God and a palace for himself. I've sent you Huram-Abi—he's already on his way—he knows the construction business inside and out. His mother is from Dan and his father from Tyre. He knows how to work in gold, silver, bronze, iron, stone, and wood, in purple, violet, linen, and crimson textiles; he is also an expert engraver and competent to work out designs with your artists and architects, and those of my master David, your father.

Nehemiah 9:6
Then on the twenty-fourth day of this month, the People of Israel gathered for a fast, wearing burlap and faces smudged with dirt as signs of repentance. The Israelites broke off all relations with foreigners, stood up, and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their parents. While they stood there in their places, they read from the Book of The Revelation of God , their God, for a quarter of the day. For another quarter of the day they confessed and worshiped their God . A group of Levites—Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Kenani—stood on the platform and cried out to God , their God, in a loud voice. The Levites Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah said, "On your feet! Bless God , your God, for ever and ever!" Blessed be your glorious name, exalted above all blessing and praise! You're the one, God , you alone; You made the heavens, the heavens of heavens, and all angels; The earth and everything on it, the seas and everything in them; You keep them all alive; heaven's angels worship you!

Psalms 33:6
The skies were made by God 's command; he breathed the word and the stars popped out. He scooped Sea into his jug, put Ocean in his keg.

Isaiah 42:5
God 's Message, the God who created the cosmos, stretched out the skies, laid out the earth and all that grows from it, Who breathes life into earth's people, makes them alive with his own life: "I am God . I have called you to live right and well. I have taken responsibility for you, kept you safe. I have set you among my people to bind them to me, and provided you as a lighthouse to the nations, To make a start at bringing people into the open, into light: opening blind eyes, releasing prisoners from dungeons, emptying the dark prisons. I am God . That's my name. I don't franchise my glory, don't endorse the no-god idols. Take note: The earlier predictions of judgment have been fulfilled. I'm announcing the new salvation work. Before it bursts on the scene, I'm telling you all about it."

Isaiah 45:18
God , Creator of the heavens— he is, remember, G od. Maker of earth— he put it on its foundations, built it from scratch. He didn't go to all that trouble to just leave it empty, nothing in it. He made it to be lived in. This God says: "I am God , the one and only. I don't just talk to myself or mumble under my breath. I never told Jacob, ‘Seek me in emptiness, in dark nothingness.' I am God . I work out in the open, saying what's right, setting things right. So gather around, come on in, all you refugees and castoffs. They don't seem to know much, do they— those who carry around their no-god blocks of wood, praying for help to a dead stick? So tell me what you think. Look at the evidence. Put your heads together. Make your case. Who told you, and a long time ago, what's going on here? Who made sense of things for you? Wasn't I the one? God ? It had to be me. I'm the only God there is— The only God who does things right and knows how to help. So turn to me and be helped—saved!— everyone, whoever and wherever you are. I am God , the only God there is, the one and only. I promise in my own name: Every word out of my mouth does what it says. I never take back what I say. Everyone is going to end up kneeling before me. Everyone is going to end up saying of me, ‘Yes! Salvation and strength are in God !'" All who have raged against him will be brought before him, disgraced by their unbelief. And all who are connected with Israel will have a robust, praising, good life in God !

Isaiah 65:17
"Pay close attention now: I'm creating new heavens and a new earth. All the earlier troubles, chaos, and pain are things of the past, to be forgotten. Look ahead with joy. Anticipate what I'm creating: I'll create Jerusalem as sheer joy, create my people as pure delight. I'll take joy in Jerusalem, take delight in my people: No more sounds of weeping in the city, no cries of anguish; No more babies dying in the cradle, or old people who don't enjoy a full lifetime; One-hundredth birthdays will be considered normal— anything less will seem like a cheat. They'll build houses and move in. They'll plant fields and eat what they grow. No more building a house that some outsider takes over, No more planting fields that some enemy confiscates, For my people will be as long-lived as trees, my chosen ones will have satisfaction in their work. They won't work and have nothing come of it, they won't have children snatched out from under them. For they themselves are plantings blessed by God , with their children and grandchildren likewise God -blessed. Before they call out, I'll answer. Before they've finished speaking, I'll have heard. Wolf and lamb will graze the same meadow, lion and ox eat straw from the same trough, but snakes—they'll get a diet of dirt! Neither animal nor human will hurt or kill anywhere on my Holy Mountain," says God .

Jeremiah 10:16
But the Portion-of-Jacob is the real thing. He put the whole universe together And pays special attention to Israel. His name? God -of-the-Angel-Armies!

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the Lord spake unto Moses, and unto Aaron,.... Very probably after the number of the children of Israel was taken, of which in the preceding chapter, and when the congregation of Israel with the tabernacle were about to set forward on their journey; and therefore directions are here given for their orderly and regular proceeding in it, in what form and manner they should both encamp and march;

saying: as follows.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER II

Moses commanded to teach the Israelites how they are to pitch

their tents, and erect the ensigns of their fathers' houses,

1, 2.

Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun, on the EAST, amounting to

186,400 men, 3-9.

Reuben, Simeon, and Gad, on the SOUTH, with 151,450

men, 10-16.

The Levites to be in the midst of the camp, 17.

Ephraim, Manasseh, and Benjamin, on the WEST, with

108,100 men, 18-24.

Dan, Asher, and Naphtali, on the NORTH, with 157,600

men, 25-31.

The sum total of the whole, 603,550 men, 32.

But the Levites are not included, 33.

The people do as the Lord commands them, 34.

NOTES ON CHAP. II