Numbers 1 –4:20
Each of the 12 tribes had a position in the camp and when they marched. Each tribe had a “degalim” a standard:
In the east were Judah – with a lion on blue,
Issachar with the sun and moon on black
Zebulun with a ship on white
In the south were Rueven with a mandrake on red
Shimon with the city of Sh’chem on green
And Gad with warriors on grey.
To the west Ephraim with a bullock on black
Benjamin with a wolf on multicolors (here the four colors representing the four worlds of Kabbalah)
And Mennaseh with a R’aim like a unicorn on black
And to the north Dan with a serpent on sapphire color
Asher with olives on an ochre colors
And Naftali with a hind on a violet.
