Numbers 2:2-34

2 ^a“The people of Israel shall camp each by his own standard, with the banners of their fathers’ houses. They shall camp facing the tent of meeting on every side. 3Those to camp on the east side toward the sunrise shall be of the standard of the camp of Judah by their companies, the chief of the people of Judah being ^bNahshon the son of Amminadab, 4his company as listed being 74,600. 5Those to camp next to him shall be the tribe of Issachar, the chief of the people of Issachar being Nethanel the son of Zuar, 6his company as listed being 54,400. 7Then the tribe of Zebulun, the chief of the people of Zebulun being Eliab the son of Helon, 8his company as listed being 57,400. 9All those listed of the camp of Judah, by their companies, were 186,400. ^cThey 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 chief of the people of Reuben being Elizur the son of Shedeur, 11his company as listed being 46,500. 12And those to camp next to him shall be the tribe of Simeon, the chief of the people of Simeon being Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai, 13his company as listed being 59,300. 14Then the tribe of Gad, the chief of the people of Gad being Eliasaph the son of ^dReuel, 15his company as listed being 45,650. 16All those listed of the camp of Reuben, by their companies, were 151,450. ^eThey shall set out second.

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

18“On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of Ephraim by their companies, the chief of the people of Ephraim being Elishama the son of Ammihud, 19his company as listed being 40,500. 20And next to him shall be the tribe of Manasseh, the chief of the people of Manasseh being Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur, 21his company as listed being 32,200. 22Then the tribe of Benjamin, the chief of the people of Benjamin being Abidan the son of Gideoni, 23his company as listed being 35,400. 24All those listed of the camp of Ephraim, by their companies, were 108,100. ^gThey 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 chief of the people of Dan being Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai, 26his company as listed being 62,700. 27And those to camp next to him shall be the tribe of Asher, the chief of the people of Asher being Pagiel the son of Ochran, 28his company as listed being 41,500. 29Then the tribe of Naphtali, the chief of the people of Naphtali being Ahira the son of Enan, 30his company as listed being 53,400. 31All those listed of the camp of Dan were 157,600. ^hThey shall set out last, standard by standard.”

32These are the people of Israel as listed by their fathers’ houses. All those listed in the camps by their companies were ⁱ603,550. 33But ^jthe Levites were not listed among the people of Israel, as the Lord commanded Moses.

34Thus did the people of Israel. According to all that the Lord commanded Moses, ^kso they camped by their standards, and so they set out, each one in his clan, according to his fathers’ house.

Numbers 23:9-10

9For from the top of the crags ^lI see him,
from the hills I behold him;
behold, ^ma people dwelling alone,
and ⁿnot counting itself among the nations!
10 ^oWho can count the dust of Jacob
or number the fourth part ▼

▼Or dust clouds

of Israel?
Let me die ^qthe death of the upright,
and let my end be like his!”

Numbers 24:5

5How lovely are your tents, O Jacob,
your encampments, O Israel!

Song of Solomon 6:4

Solomon and His Bride Delight in Each Other

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4 You are beautiful as ^rTirzah, ^smy love,
^tlovely as ^uJerusalem,
^vawesome as an army with banners.

Song of Solomon 6:10

10 ^w“Who is this who looks down like the dawn,
beautiful as the moon, bright as the sun,
^xawesome as an army with banners?”