Numbers 2

¹The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, ²“The people of Israel shall encamp each by his own standard, with the ensigns of their fathers’ houses; they shall encamp facing the tent of meeting on every side. ³Those to encamp on the east side toward the sunrise shall be of the standard of the camp of Judah by their companies, the leader of the people of Judah being Nahshon the son of Amminʹadab, ⁴his host as numbered being seventy-four thousand six hundred. ⁵Those to encamp next to him shall be the tribe of Isʹsachar, the leader of the people of Isʹsachar being Nethanʹel the son of Zuʹar, ⁶his host as numbered being fifty-four thousand four hundred. ⁷Then the tribe of Zebʹulun, the leader of the people of Zebʹulun being Eliʹab the son of Helon, ⁸his host as numbered being fifty-seven thousand four hundred. ⁹The whole number of the camp of Judah, by their companies, is a hundred and eighty-six thousand four hundred. They shall set out first on the march.

¹⁰“On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben by their companies, the leader of the people of Reuben being Eliʹzur the son of Shedʹeur, ¹¹his host as numbered being forty-six thousand five hundred. ¹²And those to encamp next to him shall be the tribe of Simeon, the leader of the people of Simeon being Sheluʹmi-el the son of Zurishadʹdai, ¹³his host as numbered being fifty-nine thousand three hundred. ¹⁴Then the tribe of Gad, the leader of the people of Gad being Eliʹasaph the son of Reuʹel, ¹⁵his host as numbered being forty-five thousand six hundred and fifty. ¹⁶The whole number of the camp of Reuben, by their companies, is a hundred and fifty-one thousand four hundred and fifty. They shall set out second.

¹⁷“Then the tent of meeting shall set out, with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camps; as they encamp, so shall they set out, each in position, standard by standard.

¹⁸“On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of Eʹphraim by their companies, the leader of the people of Eʹphraim being Elishʹama the son of Ammiʹhud, ¹⁹his host as numbered being forty thousand five hundred. ²⁰And next to him shall be the tribe of Manasʹseh, the leader of the people of Manasʹseh being Gamaʹliel the son of Pedahʹzur, ²¹his host as numbered being thirty-two thousand two hundred. ²²Then the tribe of Benjamin, the leader of the people of Benjamin being Abiʹdan the son of Gideoʹni, ²³his host as numbered being thirty-five thousand four hundred. ²⁴The whole number of the camp of Eʹphraim, by their companies, is a hundred and eight thousand one hundred. They shall set out third on the march.

²⁵“On the north side shall be the standard of the camp of Dan by their companies, the leader of the people of Dan being Ahi-eʹzer the son of Ammishadʹdai, ²⁶his host as numbered being sixty-two thousand seven hundred. ²⁷And those to encamp next to him shall be the tribe of Asher, the leader of the people of Asher being Paʹgiel the son of Ochran, ²⁸his host as numbered being forty-one thousand five hundred. ²⁹Then the tribe of Naphʹtali, the leader of the people of Naphʹtali being Ahiʹra the son of Enan, ³⁰his host as numbered being fifty-three thousand four hundred. ³¹The whole number of the camp of Dan is a hundred and fifty-seven thousand six hundred. They shall set out last, standard by standard.”

³²These are the people of Israel as numbered by their fathers’ houses; all in the camps who were numbered by their companies were six hundred and three thousand five hundred and fifty. ³³But the Levites were not numbered among the people of Israel, as the Lord commanded Moses.

³⁴Thus did the people of Israel. According to all that the Lord commanded Moses, so they encamped by their standards, and so they set out, every one in his family, according to his fathers’ house.