MEN ARMED FOR WAR

C. On the East towards the Sun’s rising, Judah, Issachar and Zebulon: numbering 186,400 under the standard of the Lion.BP3 129.2

D. On the South, Reuben, Simeon, and Gad, with 151,450 under the standard of Cherub.BP3 129.3

E. On the West side, Ephraim, Manasseh and Benjamin, with 108,100, under the standard of the Man.BP3 129.4

F. On the North, Dan, Asher and Naphtali, with 157,600 under the standard of the Flying Eagle.BP3 129.5

All the armed men number 603,550. Numbers 2:32.BP3 129.6

Levi and Joseph are not with the men of war.BP3 129.7

The tribe of Levi are separated for the Priesthood and burden bearers of all the holy and most holy things.BP3 129.8

The three sons of Levi with their tribes are stationed as near the Ark of the Testimony as possible, that no wrath come upon the congregation of Israel while they keep the charge of the Covenant (ten Commandments.) Numbers 1:53.BP3 129.9

G. Merari on the North with 3,200 burden bearers.BP3 129.10

H. Gershom on the West with 2,630 burden bearers.BP3 129.11

I. Kohath on the South with 2,750 burden bearers. All of these 8,580 keep in charge the Court, Tabernacle, and all its furniture, and bear it which ever way the cloud moves.BP3 129.12

The cloud by day and fire by night, rests on the Tabernacle.BP3 129.13

The 603,550 armed men, 8,580 burden bearers of the tribe of Levi, with their families, probably numbering two and a half millions.BP3 129.14

Manasseh and Ephraim are substituted for Joseph and Levi, to complete the twelve tribes. Genesis 48:6.BP3 129.15