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אִ֣ישׁ עַל־דִּגְל֤וֹ בְאֹתֹת֙ לְבֵ֣ית אֲבֹתָ֔ם יַחֲנ֖וּ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל מִנֶּ֕גֶד סָבִ֥יב לְאֹֽהֶל־מוֹעֵ֖ד יַחֲנֽוּ׃
The Israelites shall camp each [household] with its standard, under the banners of their ancestral house; they shall camp around the Tent of Meeting at a distance.
Bamidbar Rabbah 2:7 — EXTRA.
איש על דגלו —\ldots סימנין היו להם.
English: “Each man by his banner” — \ldots they had distinctive signs.
Custom
Chazal describe the ordered pageantry of the desert camp under four banners.