Num 2 | NASB1995 | STEP | Now the Lord spoke to Moses and to Aaron , saying ,

Numbers 2

Arrangement of the Camps

1 Now the Lord spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, 2 ^a“The sons of Israel shall camp, each by his own standard, with the ^{▼▼ Lit signs}banners of their fathers’ households; they shall camp around the tent of meeting ^{▼▼ Or facing it}at a distance. 3 “Now those who camp on the east side toward the sunrise shall be of the standard of the camp of Judah, by their armies, and the leader of the sons of Judah: ^dNahshon the son of Amminadab, 4 and his army, even their ^{▼▼ Lit mustered, and so throughout the ch}numbered men, 74,600. 5 “Those who camp next to him shall be the tribe of Issachar, and the leader of the sons of Issachar: ^fNethanel the son of Zuar, 6 and his army, even their numbered men, 54,400. 7 “Then comes the tribe of Zebulun, and the leader of the sons of Zebulun: ^gEliab the son of Helon, 8 and his army, even his numbered men, 57,400. 9 “The total of the numbered men of the camp of Judah: => 186,400, by their armies. ^hThey shall set out first.

10 “On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben by their armies, and the leader of the sons of Reuben: ⁱElizur the son of Shedeur, 11 and his army, even their numbered men, 46,500. 12 “Those who camp next to him shall be the tribe of Simeon, and the leader of the sons of Simeon: ^jShelumiel the son of Zurishaddai, 13 and his army, even their numbered men, 59,300. 14 “Then comes the tribe of Gad, and the leader of the sons of Gad: ^kEliasaph the son of ^{▼▼ Many mss read Reuel}Deuel, 15 and his army, even their numbered men, 45,650. 16 “The total of the numbered men of the camp of Reuben: => 151,450 by their armies. And ^mthey shall set out second.

17 ⁿ“Then the tent of meeting shall set out with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camps; just as they camp, so they shall set out, every man in his place by their standards.

18 “On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of ^oEphraim by their armies, and the leader of the sons of Ephraim shall be ^pElishama the son of Ammihud, 19 and his army, even their numbered men, 40,500. 20 “Next to him shall be the tribe of Manasseh, and the leader of the sons of Manasseh: ^qGamaliel the son of Pedahzur, 21 and his army, even their numbered men, 32,200. 22 “Then comes the tribe of ^rBenjamin, and the leader of the sons of Benjamin: ^sAbidan the son of Gideoni, 23 and his army, even their numbered men, 35,400. 24 “The total of the numbered men of the camp of Ephraim: 108,100, by their armies. And ^tthey shall set out third.

25 “On the north side shall be the standard of the camp of Dan by their armies, and the leader of the sons of Dan: ^uAhiezer the son of Ammishaddai, 26 and his army, even their numbered men, 62,700. 27 “Those who camp next to him shall be the tribe of Asher, and the leader of the sons of Asher: ^vPagiel the son of Ochran, 28 and his army, even their numbered men, 41,500. 29 “Then comes the tribe of ^wNaphtali, and the leader of the sons of Naphtali: ^xAhira the son of Enan, 30 and his army, even their numbered men, 53,400. 31 “The total of the numbered men of the camp of Dan was => 157,600. ^yThey shall set out last by their standards.”

32 These are the numbered men of the sons of Israel by their fathers’ households; the total of the numbered men of the camps by their armies, ^z => 603,550. 33 ^aaThe Levites, however, were not numbered among the sons of Israel, just as the Lord had commanded Moses. 34 Thus the sons of Israel did; according to all that the Lord commanded Moses, so they camped by their standards, and so they set out, every one by his family according to his father’s household.