Chapter three is the Levite version of chapter two, explaining how the Levites camped and moved. Levi himself had three sons – Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. These became the three sub-tribes of Levi. The Gershonites were responsible for the curtains of the tabernacle and camped on the west side of the tabernacle, between the tabernacle […]
Chapter two describes the camping and traveling situation for the nation while they were in the wilderness. In addition to having the tribes camp together, God had three tribes join under one larger “tribe,” each on one side of the tabernacle, which stood in the middle of the camp. On the east side of the
Introduction to Numbers In Hebrew the name of this book is בְּמִדְבַּר (bemidebar) which means “in the wilderness.” This is not only appropriate as it describes where “the LORD spoke to Moses” (Numbers 1:1), it is also the story of the Israelite people for the first forty years after the Exodus. The English title comes
