What is happening here?
Numbers 2 arranges Israel’s camp around the tabernacle and establishes the order in which the tribes are to march. Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun camp on the east; Reuben, Simeon, and Gad on the south; Ephraim, Manasseh, and Benjamin on the west; and Dan, Asher, and Naphtali on the north. The Levites and tabernacle remain in the midst. Israel’s movement is organized around the presence of God.
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