‏ Numbers 2

Arrangement of the Camps

1 Now the Lord spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, 2aThe sons of Israel shall camp, each by his own
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flag, with the banners of their fathers’ households; they shall camp around the tent of meeting
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at a distance.
3Now those who camp on the east side toward the sunrise shall be of the flag of the camp of Judah, by their armies; and the leader of the sons of Judah: dNahshon the son of Amminadab, 4and his army, their
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numbered men: 74,600.
5Those who camp next to him shall be the tribe of Issachar; and the leader of the sons of Issachar: fNethanel the son of Zuar, 6and his army, their numbered men: 54,400. 7Then follows the tribe of Zebulun; and the leader of the sons of Zebulun: gEliab the son of Helon, 8and his army, his numbered men: 57,400. 9The 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 flag of the camp of Reuben by their armies; and the leader of the sons of Reuben: iElizur the son of Shedeur, 11and his army, their numbered men: 46,500. 12And 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, 13and his army, their numbered men: 59,300. 14Then follows the tribe of Gad; and the leader of the sons of Gad: kEliasaph the son of
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Deuel,
15and his army, their numbered men: 45,650. 16The total of the numbered men of the camp of Reuben: 151,450 by their armies. And mthey shall set out second.

17nThen 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 flags.

18 “On the west side shall be the flag of the camp of oEphraim by their armies; and the leader of the sons of Ephraim: pElishama the son of Ammihud, 19and his army, their numbered men: 40,500. 20Next to him shall be the tribe of Manasseh; and the leader of the sons of Manasseh: qGamaliel the son of Pedahzur, 21and his army, their numbered men, 32,200. 22Then follows the tribe of rBenjamin; and the leader of the sons of Benjamin: sAbidan the son of Gideoni, 23and his army, their numbered men, 35,400. 24The 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 flag of the camp of Dan by their armies; and the leader of the sons of Dan: uAhiezer the son of Ammishaddai, 26and his army, their numbered men: 62,700. 27Those who camp next to him shall be the tribe of Asher; and the leader of the sons of Asher: vPagiel the son of Ochran, 28and his army, their numbered men: 41,500. 29Then follows the tribe of wNaphtali; and the leader of the sons of Naphtali: xAhira the son of Enan, 30and his army, their numbered men: 53,400. 31The total of the numbered men of the camp of Dan was 157,600. yThey shall set out last by their flags.”

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, z603,550. 33 aaThe Levites, however, were not counted among the sons of Israel, just as the Lord had commanded Moses. 34So the sons of Israel did all this; according to all that the Lord commanded Moses, so they camped by their flags, and so they set out, everyone by his family according to his father’s household.
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