The Meaning of Numbers 2:17 Explained

Numbers 2:17

KJV: Then the tabernacle of the congregation shall set forward with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camp: as they encamp, so shall they set forward, every man in his place by their standards.

YLT: And the tent of meeting -- the camp of the Levites -- hath journeyed in the midst of the camps; as they encamp so they journey, each at his station by their standards.

Darby: And the tent of meeting shall set forth, the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camps; as they encamp, so shall they set forth, every man in his place, according to their standards.

ASV: Then the tent of meeting shall set forward, with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camps: as they encamp, so shall they set forward, every man in his place, by their standards.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Then the tabernacle  of the congregation  shall set forward  with the camp  of the Levites  in the midst  of the camp:  as they encamp,  so shall they set forward,  every man  in his place  by their standards. 

What does Numbers 2:17 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Numbers 2

1  The order of the tribes in their tents

What do the individual words in Numbers 2:17 mean?

And shall move out the tabernacle of meeting with the camp of the Levites in the middle of the camps as they camp so they shall move out everyone in his place by their standards -
וְנָסַ֧ע אֹֽהֶל־ מוֹעֵ֛ד מַחֲנֵ֥ה הַלְוִיִּ֖ם בְּת֣וֹךְ הַֽמַּחֲנֹ֑ת כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר יַחֲנוּ֙ כֵּ֣ן יִסָּ֔עוּ אִ֥ישׁ עַל־ יָד֖וֹ לְדִגְלֵיהֶֽם ס

וְנָסַ֧ע  And  shall  move  out 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: נָסַע  
Sense: to pull out, pull up, set out, journey, remove, set forward, depart.
אֹֽהֶל־  the  tabernacle 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: אֹהֶל  
Sense: tent.
מוֹעֵ֛ד  of  meeting 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: מֹועֵד  
Sense: appointed place, appointed time, meeting.
מַחֲנֵ֥ה  with  the  camp 
Parse: Noun, common singular construct
Root: מַחֲנֶה  
Sense: encampment, camp.
הַלְוִיִּ֖ם  of  the  Levites 
Parse: Article, Proper Noun, masculine plural
Root: לֵוִי  
Sense: the descendants of Levi, the 3rd son of Jacob by Leah.
בְּת֣וֹךְ  in  the  middle 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: תָּוֶךְ  
Sense: midst, middle.
הַֽמַּחֲנֹ֑ת  of  the  camps 
Parse: Article, Noun, common plural
Root: מַחֲנֶה  
Sense: encampment, camp.
יַחֲנוּ֙  they  camp 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: חָנָה  
Sense: to decline, incline, encamp, bend down, lay siege against.
כֵּ֣ן  so 
Parse: Adverb
Root: כֵּן 
Sense: so, therefore, thus.
יִסָּ֔עוּ  they  shall  move  out 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: נָסַע  
Sense: to pull out, pull up, set out, journey, remove, set forward, depart.
אִ֥ישׁ  everyone 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
יָד֖וֹ  his  place 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: יָד  
Sense: hand.
לְדִגְלֵיהֶֽם  by  their  standards 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine plural
Root: דֶּגֶל  
Sense: banner, standard.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation