Camp

Easton, 1897

During their journeys across the wilderness, the twelve tribes formed encampments at the different places where they halted (Exodus 16:13; Numbers 2:3). The position of the different tribes and the form of the encampment during the wanderings, according to Numbers 1:53; Numbers 2:2-31; Numbers 3:29, Numbers 3:35, Numbers 3:38; Numbers 10:13-28.

The area of the camp would be in all about 3 square miles. After the Hebrews entered Palestine, the camps then spoken of were exclusively warlike (Joshua 11:5, Joshua 11:7; Judges 5:19, Judges 5:21; Judges 7:1; 1 Samuel 29:1; 1 Samuel 30:9, etc.).