Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 2:9
All that were numbered in the camp of Judah [were] a hundred thousand and fourscore thousand and six thousand and four hundred, throughout their armies. These shall first set forth.
This was the most numerous camp, because they marched first, as being placed on the east and going towards the east, and because they guarded the sanctuary.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
All that were numbered in the camp of Judah [were] an hundred thousand and fourscore thousand and six thousand and four hundred,
throughout their armies,…. 186,400 men. The sum total of the three tribes, which formed that camp: this was the largest camp of them all, being near 30,000 more than Dan’s, Nu 2:31, which was the next in number unto it, and therefore placed foremost, and as the vanguard to the tabernacle:
these shall first set forth; in a march, when about to journey; when they saw the cloud remove, the priests blew with the trumpets, and then the camp of Judah moved first, as Jarchi observes, and when they went out to fight, Judah went up first, Jud 1:1.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
9. These shall first set forth Literally, pull up (stakes) first: the first to break up camp and march was to be Judah’s grand division. Mr. Bush, following Rosenmuller, inclines to the opinion that these are the words of Moses, and cites grammatical authority for the use of the future for repeated or customary action “These uniformly set forth first.” But the future is more frequently used as a mild imperative. Moreover, if it was worthy of God to say any thing about the order, it was of the first importance that he should establish the question of precedence in the march, a point on which victory or defeat might turn.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
These shall: Num 10:14
Reciprocal: Num 2:16 – an hundred Num 2:24 – an hundred Num 2:31 – an hundred Num 2:32 – General Num 3:34 – General Num 23:10 – the fourth
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
2:9 All that were numbered in the {c} camp of Judah [were] an hundred thousand and fourscore thousand and six thousand and four hundred, throughout their armies. These shall first set forth.
(c) Of those who were contained under that name.