All that were numbered in the camp of Judah were a hundred and fourscore thousand and six thousand and four hundred, according to their armies. These shall first set forth.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
First. The gate of the tabernacle looked towards the east. (Haydock)
Juda marched therefore in the first ranks. Then followed Ruben, the Levites, with the camp of the Lord. (Calmet)
(Yet see chap x. 17.; Haydock)
Afterwards came Ephraim; and last of all, Gad, ver. 16, 17, 24, 31. But in the camp, Juda, Issachar and Zabulon, Moses and Aaron, dwelt on the eastern side of the tabernacle; Ruben, Simeon and Gad, with the Caathites, on the south; Ephraim, Manasses and Benjamin, with the sons of Gerson, to the west; and Dan, Aser and Nephtali, with the Merarites, on the north. (Calmet)
