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Ibn Ezra on Numbers 1:52/אבן עזרא על במדבר א׳:נ״ב
אוטעם וחנו בני ישראל. כשיחנו בני ישראל:
1[AND THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL SHALL PITCH.] Its meaning is, “when” the children of Israel shall pitch.79. However, the command to set up standards had not yet been given. Hence I.E.’s interpretation
באיש על מחנהו. הטעם כל שבט:
2EVERY MAN WITH HIS OWN CAMP. The meaning of every man is each tribe.80 in our verse is each and every man.
גוטעם איש על דגלו. שלא יתערב שבט דגל עם שבט דגל:
3[AND EVERY MAN WITH HIS OWN STANDARD.] Its meaning is that the tribe of one standard shall not be mixed with the tribe of another standard.