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וטעם וחנו בני ישראל. כשיחנו בני ישראל: [AND THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL SHALL PITCH.] Its meaning is, “when” the children of Israel shall pitch.79The verse reads, And the children of Israel shall pitch…every man with his own standard. However, the command to set up standards had not yet been given. Hence I.E.’s interpretation
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איש על מחנהו. הטעם כל שבט: EVERY MAN WITH HIS OWN CAMP. The meaning of every man is each tribe.80According to I.E. the meaning of ish in our verse is each and every man.
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וטעם איש על דגלו. שלא יתערב שבט דגל עם שבט דגל: [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.