Encamp
An encampment was the resting-place for a longer or shorter period of an army or company of travellers (Ex. 13:20; 14:19; Josh. 10:5; 11:5).
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EXODUS—The manner in which the Israelites encamped during their march through the wilderness is described in Num. 2 and 3. The order of the encampment (see CAMP) was preserved in the march (Num. 2:17), the signal for which was the blast of two silver trumpets.
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SANITATION—Detailed regulations affecting the camp for sanitary purposes are given (Lev. 4:11, 12; 6:11; 8:17; 10:4, 5; 13:46; 14:3; Num. 12:14, 15; 31:19; Deut. 23:10, 12).
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Criminals were executed without the camp (Lev. 4:12; compare John 19:17, 20), and there also the young bullock for a sin-offering was burnt (Lev. 24:14; compare Hebrews 13:12).
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WAR TIME CAMPS—In the subsequent history of Israel, frequent mention is made of their encampments in the time of war (Judg. 7:18; 1 Sam. 13:2-3, 16, 23; 17:3; 29:1; 30:9, 24).
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TEMPLE—The temple was sometimes called “the camp of the Lord” (2 Chr. 31:2, Revised Version; compare Ps. 78:28).
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THE MULTITUDES WHO FLOCKED TO DAVID are styled “a great host (i.e., camp; Hebrew: mahaneh), like the host of God” (1 Chr. 12:22).
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