Read Numbers 2:1-34 at Bible Gateway.
The teaching tools of scripture
Gen 1:1-2:3 and the teaching tools of scripture part one and part two
Gen 1:1-6:8 and finding the topic themes of scripture
Hebrew paragraph divisions
2:1-9 {s} The east camp 1st: Judah, Issachar, Zebulun: 186,400.
2:10-16 {s} The south camp 2nd: Reuben, Simeon, Gad: 151,450.
2:17 {s} The tabernacle of meeting with the Levites in the middle
2:18-24 {s} The west camp 3rd: Ephraim, Manasseh, Benjamin: 108,100.
2:25-31 {p} The north camp last: Dan, Asher, Naphtali: 157,600.
2:32-34 {p} The number of the children of Israel + Levites not numbered
Strong themes of the parashah
2:1-31 {sx4+p} The encampment of the tribes of Israel around the tabernacle of the Testimony
Num 2:1-34 Chiastic structure
I am not wise enough to find the structure bounded solely by Ish al diglo. It does however make a structure combined with last week’s triennial portion, Bamidbar, in Num 1:1-54.
Download the fully expanded Num 1:1-2:34 triennial Bamidbar + Ish al diglo chiasm pdf (Coming …).
Theme of the parashah
The encampment of the tribes of Israel around the tabernacle in their numbers
Finding Messiah in triennial Ish al diglo
God gave specific instructions for how Israel was to camp in chapter 2, with the tabernacle of the testimony in the center. The camp of Judah, the largest encampment, camped eastward; the camp of Reuben camped southward; the camp of Ephraim camped westward; the camp of Dan camped northward. If we were to take an aerial picture of the encampment, we would find the cross! And who is in the center of the cross (on the cross)? God!
Additional readings for this parashah
(none) | Psa 92 | Luk 15:1-7
Studies in triennial Ish al diglo
Nmbers 1:1-4:20, Annual Bamidbar chiastic structure
Numbers 1:1-4:20, Bamidbar paragraph divisions and chiastic structures
Numbers 1 and 2, The encampment of Israel around the Tabernacle
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