Numbers - 1:52



52 The children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man by his own camp, and every man by his own standard, according to their divisions.

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And the children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man by his own camp, and every man by his own standard, throughout their hosts.
And the children of Israel shall camp every man by his troops and bands and army.
And the children of Israel shall encamp every man in his camp, and every man by his own standard, according to their hosts;
And the sons of Israel have encamped, each by his camp, and each by his standard, by their hosts;
The children of Israel are to put up their tents, every man in his tent-circle round his flag.
Now the sons of Israel shall make camp, each one by his companies and bands, as well as his army.
Et castrametabuntur filil Israel quisque in castris suis, et quisque juxta vexillum suum, et per exercitus suos.

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And the children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man by his own camp,.... There were four, unless every tribe was a camp, and so then there were twelve camps, besides the camp of the Levites: the Targum of Jonathan is,"by the house of his troop,''the regiment to which he belonged, every tribe or camp having various troops or regiments in it:
and every man by his own standard throughout their hosts; there were four standards, and three tribes to each standard, which were placed east, west, north, and south of the tabernacle, as is at large described in the following chapter.

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