17<\/strong>. in the midst of the camps<\/em> ] This appears to mean in the centre of the line of march. The tribes on the east and south sides start first and second. Then follows the Tabernacle with all its parts and accessories, the Levites who carry it forming a hollow square. After them follow the tribes on the west and north sides. The Levitical families retain the respective positions which they occupy when encamped. In the present order of the text, these positions are not described till Num 3:23<\/span>; Num 3:29<\/span>; Num 3:35<\/span>; Num 3:38<\/span>. A different priestly tradition as to the order of match is given in Num 10:17-21<\/span>.<\/p>\n Num 2:17<\/span><\/p>\n The camp of the Levites in the midst.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n The Tabernacle in the midst of the host<\/strong><\/p>\n 1. <\/strong>God doth hereby admonish them, that they should always have Him before their eyes, lest they should forget His worship or offend Him with their sins (comp. Lev 26:11-12<\/span>).<\/p>\n 2. <\/strong>He had respect indifferently unto all the tribes. If any others had pitched their tents farther than from the Tabernacle, they would have quarrelled and complained that they had been contemned and despised.<\/p>\n 3. <\/strong>The Levites were hereby put in mind of their duty, and therefore are lodged about it.<\/p>\n 1. <\/strong>It assureth us that God will ever be in the midst of us, and settle His rest and residence among us (comp. Lev 26:11-12<\/span>; Eze 27:27<\/span>).<\/p>\n (1)<\/strong> God is joined unto us in the person of His own only Son Emmanuel–i.e.,<\/em> God with us. We are made members of His body (see Mat 28:20<\/span>).<\/p>\n (2)<\/strong> We have with Him the preaching of the gospel, whereby God is, as it were, brought down to reside and remain among us.<\/p>\n (3)<\/strong> We have the promise of His presence and the seals thereof in His sacraments, whereby we are at one with Him, and He with us (see Gal 3:27<\/span>; Joh 6:54-56<\/span>; 1Co 10:16-17<\/span>).<\/p>\n (4)<\/strong> When we come together in the Church to call upon His name He is near unto us, and most familiar with us (see Mat 18:20<\/span>).<\/p>\n (5)<\/strong> He dwelleth among us whensoever He preserveth us from evil and delivereth us from our enemies.<\/p>\n 2. <\/strong>It serveth to teach us to what end God hath instituted civil states and commonwealths in this world–to wit, to be stays and props to the Church, that the people of God may assemble together in peace and quietness.<\/p>\n 3. <\/strong>It serveth to conclude the full and final happiness of the faithful, which is begun in this life, but shall be consummated in the end of this world. (W. Attersoll.<\/em>)<\/p>\n In the midst of the camp, <\/B>which is not to be understood strictly or exactly, but largely; for in their march they were divided, and part of that tribe marched next after Judah, Num 10:17<\/span>, and the other part exactly in the midst of the camp. <\/P> <\/p>\n Then the tabernacle of the congregation shall set forward with the camp of the Levites<\/strong>,…. Which reached four miles, according to the Targum of Jonathan, as did Judah’s. Levi’s stone, as the Jews say i, was the carbuncle, and his flag was coloured, a third part white, and a third part black, and a third part red, and on it were formed Urim and Thummim:<\/p>\n in the midst of the camp<\/strong>; or “camps” k; between the camps of Judah and Reuben, before mentioned, and those of Ephraim and Dan, which are after spoken of: the order in which they moved was this, as Aben Ezra observes; the Gershonites and Merarites marched between the standard of Judah and the standard of Reuben; and the Kohathites marched, and with them Aaron and his sons, between the standard of Reuben and the standard of Ephraim:<\/p>\n as they encamp, so shall they set forward<\/strong>; this is to be understood, according to Aben Ezra, not of the camp of Levi, since the standard of Judah was to the east, and the Gershonites, which were to the west of the sanctuary, and the Merarites in the north, set forward together; but of the camps of Israel, which set forward, not as they were encamped about the tabernacle, for those that were encamped on the side of it, in marching went before and behind, but as they were encamped with respect to themselves; first marched the standard of Judah, then that of Reuben, which went before, and then those of Ephraim and Dan, which followed; and besides, as each camp was pitched, so it moved; as the camp of Judah, his host marched between those of Issachar and Zebulun, and the same order the rest observed:<\/p>\n every man in his place by their standards<\/strong>, as every individual person in the several tribes were ranked under their respective banners, so they marched.<\/p>\n i Bemidbar Rabba, sect. 2. fol. 178. 2. k “in medio castrorum”, Pagninus, Montanus, Tigurine version; so Ainsworth; “in medio reliquorum castrorum”, Junius & Tremellius.<\/p>\n Verse 17:<\/strong><\/p>\n The arrangement was such that, whether Israel was camped or on the march, the Tabernacle was always at the center of the camp. This illustrates the central role the presence of God is to fill in the life of His people, even in the church, Re 5:4-10.<\/p>\n 17<\/strong>. <\/strong> The camp of the Levites <\/strong> is fully described in Num 3:14-39<\/span>. The tabernacle itself, transported by the Gershonites and Merarites, had not its position in the column behind Reuben, but immediately in the rear of Judah, so as to be set up early for the reception of the sacred vessels and furniture, carried by the Kohathites in this central position in the rear of Reuben, for their better protection. See Num 10:17<\/span>.<\/p>\n ‘Then the tent of meeting shall set forward, with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camps. As they encamp, so shall they set forward, every man in his place, by their standards (or ‘in their ranks’).’ <\/p>\n Once the two powerful groups had gone forward the Levites would go forward after them, carrying the Tent of Meeting and its furniture. The Ark, however, would have gone forward with the leading group (10:33-36), once the cloud had indicated that it was time to move (Num 9:15-23<\/span>). The Ark was the symbol of the God of battle, God active on their behalf, the guarantee against dangers ahead. The Tent of Meeting was Yahweh’s earthly Dwellingplace while at rest, but would be folded up while on the march. Concentration would then be on the Ark in its blue (heavenly) covering. <\/p>\n Num 2:17<\/span><\/em><\/strong>. <\/strong>The tabernacle of the congregation, <\/em><\/strong>&c.<\/strong> See chap. Num 10:17<\/span>; Num 10:21<\/span>. <\/p>\n tabernacle of the congregation. See note on Num 2:2. This was in centre. So is the tent of the chief of the tribe to this day. The manner of its being carried is shown in Ch. Num 10:17, &c. <\/p>\n Levites. The order of the Levites’ camping is shown in Num 3, their marching in Num 10. Their sign was Libra, or more anciently the “altar”. <\/p>\n as = according as. <\/p>\n tabernacle: Num 2:1, Num 1:50-53, Num 3:38, Num 10:17, Num 10:21, 1Co 14:40, Col 2:5 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Num 3:6 – General Num 3:23 – General Num 4:5 – And when<\/p>\n Num 2:17. In the midst This is not to be understood strictly, but largely; for in their march they were divided, and part of that tribe marched next after Judah, (Num 10:17,) and the other part exactly in the midst of the camp.<\/p>\n 2:17 Then the tabernacle of the congregation shall set forward with the camp of the Levites in the {e} midst of the camp: as they encamp, so shall they set forward, every man in his place by their standards.<\/p>\n (e) Because it might be an equal distance from each one, and all indifferently have recourse to it.<\/p>\n Then the tabernacle of the congregation shall set forward with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camp: as they encamp, so shall they set forward, every man in his place by their standards. 17. in the midst of the camps ] This appears to mean in the centre of the line … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 2:17”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3684"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3684\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
I<\/strong>. <\/em><\/strong>The reasons for placing the tabernacle after this manner.<\/p>\n
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