Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 2:31
All they that were numbered in the camp of Dan [were] a hundred thousand and fifty and seven thousand and six hundred. They shall go hindmost with their standards.
The strongest camp next after Judah, and therefore he comes in the rear, as Judah marched in the front, that the tabernacle might be best guarded where there was most danger.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
All they that were numbered in the camp of Dan [were] an hundred thousand and fifty and seven thousand and six hundred,…. 157,600 men. Consisting of his own tribe, and those of Asher and Naphtali, which make the largest camp next to Judah:
they shall go hindmost with their standards; for though, while encamped, they lay to the north, or the left side of the tabernacle, yet, when marching, they brought up the rear, and were the rear guard to the tabernacle; so that it had in its van and rear the two largest camps, which were wisely ordered for its safety: “standards” is put for “standard”, the plural for the singular; for there was but one standard to a camp, unless this takes in their ensigns, of which they had many.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
‘All who were numbered of the camp of Dan were a hundred thousand and fifty and seven thousand and six hundred. They shall set forth hindmost by their standards.’
So, on the march they were at the rear of the advance, in order to protect the rear. The powerful tribe of Dan together with Asher and Naphtali consisted of 156 ’lph (families/military leaders) and 16 ‘hundreds’ (or military units).
Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
an hundred: Num 2:9, Num 2:16, Num 2:24
They: Num 10:25
Reciprocal: Num 23:10 – the fourth
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Num 2:31. The camp of Dan The strongest camp next after Judah, and therefore he comes in the rear, as Judah marched in the front, that the tabernacle might be best guarded where there was most danger. The Jews say this camp made a square of twelve miles in compass about the tabernacle, three miles on each side.