Numbers 2:1-34 -The Israelites are to camp round the tent of meeting

2:1-9

We now get details on how the tribes were to arrange themselves around the tent of meeting. Essentially three tribes on each side.

So on the east there was Judah, Issachar and Zebulun. Nahshon appears in the genealogies of Ruth (Ruth 4:20), and of Jesus (Matt 1:4 and Luke 3:32). These tribes would be the first to set out.

2:10-34

On the south side we have the tribes of Reuben, Simeon and Gad. These tribes would be the second to set out.

On the west were Ephraim, Manasseh and Benjamin. They set out third.

Finally on the north were Dan, Asher and Naphtali, and they set out fourth.

Everything was done according to the plan.