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Numbers 2

Arrangement of the Camps

1 Now the Lord spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, 2 “ ^aThe sons of Israel shall camp, each by his own ^{▼▼Or division, and so throughout the ch}flag, with the 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 flag 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, 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, their numbered men: 54,400. 7 Then follows the tribe of Zebulun; and the leader of the sons of Zebulun: ^gEliab the son of Helon, 8 and his army, 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 flag 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, their numbered men: 46,500. 12 And 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, their numbered men: 59,300. 14 Then follows the tribe of Gad; and the leader of the sons of Gad: ^kEliasaph the son of ^{▼▼Many mss (cf. 1:14); some ancient versions Reuel}Deuel, 15 and his army, 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 “ ⁿThen 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, 19 and his army, 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, their numbered men, 32,200. 22 Then follows the tribe of ^rBenjamin; and the leader of the sons of Benjamin: ^sAbidan the son of Gideoni, 23 and his army, 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 flag 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, 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, their numbered men: 41,500. 29 Then follows the tribe of ^wNaphtali; and the leader of the sons of Naphtali: ^xAhira the son of Enan, 30 and his army, 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 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. 34 So 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.