Numbers 2

¹And Jehovah spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

²The children of Israel shall encamp every man by his own standard, with the ensigns of their fathers’ houses: over against the tent of meeting shall they encamp round about.

³And those that encamp on the east side toward the sunrising shall be they of the standard of the camp of Judah, according to their hosts: and the prince of the children of Judah shall be Nahshon the son of Amminadab.

⁴And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred.

⁵And those that encamp next unto him shall be the tribe of Issachar: and the prince of the children of Issachar shall be Nethanel the son of Zuar.

⁶And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were fifty and four thousand and four hundred.

⁷And the tribe of Zebulun: and the prince of the children of Zebulun shall be Eliab the son of Helon.

⁸And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred.

⁹All that were numbered of the camp of Judah were a hundred thousand and fourscore thousand and six thousand and four hundred, according to their hosts. They shall set forth first.

¹⁰On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben according to their hosts: and the prince of the children of Reuben shall be Elizur the son of Shedeur.

¹¹And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were forty and six thousand and five hundred.

¹²And those that encamp next unto him shall be the tribe of Simeon: and the prince of the children of Simeon shall be Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.

¹³And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred.

¹⁴And the tribe of Gad: and the prince of the children of Gad shall be Eliasaph the son of Reuel.

¹⁵And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty and five thousand and six hundred and fifty.

¹⁶All that were numbered of the camp of Reuben were a hundred thousand and fifty and one thousand and four hundred and fifty, according to their hosts. And they shall set forth second.

¹⁷Then the tent of meeting shall set forward, with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camps: as they encamp, so shall they set forward, every man in his place, by their standards.

¹⁸On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of Ephraim according to their hosts: and the prince of the children of Ephraim shall be Elishama the son of Ammihud.

¹⁹And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty thousand and five hundred.

²⁰And next unto him shall be the tribe of Manasseh: and the prince of the children of Manasseh shall be Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.

²¹And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and two thousand and two hundred.

²²And the tribe of Benjamin: and the prince of the children of Benjamin shall be Abidan the son of Gideoni.

²³And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred.

²⁴All that were numbered of the camp of Ephraim were a hundred thousand and eight thousand and a hundred, according to their hosts. And they shall set forth third.

²⁵On the north side shall be the standard of the camp of Dan according to their hosts: and the prince of the children of Dan shall be Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.

²⁶And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were threescore and two thousand and seven hundred.

²⁷And those that encamp next unto him shall be the tribe of Asher: and the prince of the children of Asher shall be Pagiel the son of Ochran.

²⁸And his hosts, and those that were numbered of them, were forty and one thousand and five hundred.

²⁹And the tribe of Naphtali: and the prince of the children of Naphtali shall be Ahira the son of Enan.

³⁰And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred.

³¹All that were numbered of the camp of Dan were a hundred thousand and fifty and seven thousand and six hundred. They shall set forth hindmost by their standards.

³²These are they that were numbered of the children of Israel by their fathers’ houses: all that were numbered of the camps according to their hosts were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.

³³But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel; as Jehovah commanded Moses.

³⁴Thus did the children of Israel; according to all that Jehovah commanded Moses, so they encamped by their standards, and so they set forward, every one by their families, according to their fathers’ houses.

Numbers 2

¹Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron:

²“The Israelites are to camp around the Tent of Meeting at a distance from it, each man under his standard, with the banners of his family.

³On the east side, toward the sunrise, the divisions of Judah are to camp under their standard:

⁴The leader of the descendants of Judah is Nahshon son of Amminadab, and his division numbers 74,600.

⁵The tribe of Issachar will camp next to it. The leader of the Issacharites is Nethanel son of Zuar,

⁶and his division numbers 54,400.

⁷Next will be the tribe of Zebulun. The leader of the Zebulunites is Eliab son of Helon,

⁸and his division numbers 57,400.

⁹The total number of men in the divisions of the camp of Judah is 186,400; they shall set out first.

¹⁰On the south side, the divisions of Reuben are to camp under their standard:

¹¹The leader of the Reubenites is Elizur son of Shedeur, and his division numbers 46,500.

¹²The tribe of Simeon will camp next to it. The leader of the Simeonites is Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai,

¹³and his division numbers 59,300.

¹⁴Next will be the tribe of Gad. The leader of the Gadites is Eliasaph son of Deuel,

¹⁵and his division numbers 45,650.

¹⁶The total number of men in the divisions of the camp of Reuben is 151,450; they shall set out second.

¹⁷In the middle of the camps, the Tent of Meeting is to travel with the camp of the Levites. They are to set out in the order they encamped, each in his own place under his standard.

¹⁸On the west side, the divisions of Ephraim are to camp under their standard:

¹⁹The leader of the Ephraimites is Elishama son of Ammihud, and his division numbers 40,500.

²⁰The tribe of Manasseh will be next to it. The leader of the Manassites is Gamaliel son of Pedahzur,

²¹and his division numbers 32,200.

²²Next will be the tribe of Benjamin. The leader of the Benjamites is Abidan son of Gideoni,

²³and his division numbers 35,400.

²⁴The total number of men in the divisions of the camp of Ephraim is 108,100; they shall set out third.

²⁵On the north side, the divisions of Dan are to camp under their standard:

²⁶The leader of the Danites is Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai, and his division numbers 62,700.

²⁷The tribe of Asher will camp next to it. The leader of the Asherites is Pagiel son of Ocran,

²⁸and his division numbers 41,500.

²⁹Next will be the tribe of Naphtali. The leader of the Naphtalites is Ahira son of Enan,

³⁰and his division numbers 53,400.

³¹The total number of men in the camp of Dan is 157,600; they shall set out last, under their standards.”

³²These are the Israelites, numbered according to their families. The total of those counted in the camps, by their divisions, was 603,550.

³³But the Levites were not counted among the other Israelites, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

³⁴So the Israelites did everything the LORD commanded Moses; they camped under their standards in this way and set out in the same way, each man with his clan and his family.