And the children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man by his own camp, and every man by his own standard, throughout their armies.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Army. Hebrew, "they shall have their respective camp, and follow their own standard, with their army. "They were drawn up in four large bodies, chap. ii. 2 (Calmet)
The first contained 151,450, the second 186,400, the third 108,100, and the fourth 157,600, under Reuben, Juda, Ephraim, and Dan.
