Layout of the Camp Would Have Been Like This

Those numbers represent families not individuals. Each family had a large, Bedouin style tent, so each tent covered well over one hundred square feet. A large family required a large tent.

The census for Moses and Aaron is not given in Scripture, but we know Moses’ and Aaron’s families consisted of Zipporah, Gershom, Jonathan, Eliezer, Miriam, Hur, Aaron, Elisabeth, Elazar, Phineas, and Itamar. Hur was Miriam’s husband, Elisabeth was Aaron’s wife, Jonathan was Gershom’s son, Phineas was Elazar’s son.

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