Now, to the point. What Numbers 2 lays out is a picture of the camp, surrounding the Tabernacle, the heart of the camp where the Spirit of God appears as a cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night. The Levites to each direction, serving the 4 camps.

The rectangular tent of the Tabernacle facing East would see the camp of Judah. Larger than the others. West, a bit smaller. North and South, almost equal.

There are two schools of thought on this, presented above. One school teaches that each camp surrounded the Tabernacle in a square, the tribes each side by side.

The other sees the camp laid out in a nearly perfect cross. With the camps laid out by one tribe, next to them another, and then another.

A cross with the heart being the holy place of God. Where the blood was shed for sacrifice, a picture of Christ. Facing East, looking towards Judah. Jesus being the morning star.

𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝕿𝖗𝖚𝖙𝖍 𝕾𝖊𝖊𝖐𝖊𝖗𝖘 | 𝔅𝔦𝔟𝔩𝔦𝔠𝔞𝔩 𝔽𝔼 | 𝕱𝖑𝖆𝖙 𝕰𝖆𝖗𝖙𝖍 𝕾𝖔𝖈𝖎𝖊𝖙𝖞