Numbers 2

1 Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron:

And the Lord spak to Moises and to Aaron, and seide,

2 “The Israelites are to camp around the Tent of Meeting at a distance from it, each man under his standard, with the banners of his family.

Alle men of the sones of Israel schulen sette tentis bi the cumpenyes, signes, and baneris, and housis of her kynredis, bi the cumpas of the tabernacle of boond of pees.

3 On the east side, toward the sunrise, the divisions of Judah are to camp under their standard: The leader of the descendants of Judah is Nahshon son of Amminadab,

At the est Judas schal sette tentis, bi the cumpenyes of his oost; and Naason, the sone of Amynadab, schal be prince of the sones of Juda;

4 and his division numbers 74,600.

and al the summe of fiyteris of his kynrede, foure and seuenty thousynde and sixe hundrid.

5 The tribe of Issachar will camp next to it. The leader of the Issacharites is Nethanel son of Zuar,

Men of the lynage of Ysachar settiden tentis bysydis hym, of whiche the prince was Nathanael, the sone of Suar;

6 and his division numbers 54,400.

and al the noumbre of hise fiyteris, foure and fifti thousynde and foure hundrid.

7 Next will be the tribe of Zebulun. The leader of the Zebulunites is Eliab son of Helon,

Eliab, the sone of Elon, was prince of the lynage of Zabulon;

8 and his division numbers 57,400.

al the oost of fiyteris of his kynrede, seuene and fifti thousynde and foure hundrid.

9 The total number of men in the divisions of the camp of Judah is 186,400; they shall set out first.

Alle that weren noumbrid in the castels of Judas, weren an hundrid thousynde `foure scoore thousynde and sixe and foure hundrid; and thei schulen go out the firste bi her cumpanyes.

10 On the south side, the divisions of Reuben are to camp under their standard: The leader of the Reubenites is Elizur son of Shedeur,

In the castels of the sones of Ruben, at the south coost, Elisur, the sone of Sedeur, schal be prince; and al the oost of hise fiyteris,

11 and his division numbers 46,500.

that weren noumbrid, sixe and fourti thousynde and fyue hundrid.

12 The tribe of Simeon will camp next to it. The leader of the Simeonites is Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai,

Men of the lynage of Symeon settiden tentis bisidis hym, of whiche the prince was Salamyhel, the sone of Surisaddai; and al the oost of hise fiyteris,

13 and his division numbers 59,300.

that weren noumbrid, nyne and fifty thousynde and thre hundrid.

14 Next will be the tribe of Gad. The leader of the Gadites is Eliasaph son of Deuel,

Eliasaph, sone of Duel, was prince in the lynage of Gad; and al the oost of his fiyteris,

15 and his division numbers 45,650.

that weren noumbrid, fyue and fourti thousynde sixe hundrid and fifti.

16 The total number of men in the divisions of the camp of Reuben is 151,450; they shall set out second.

Alle that weren noumbrid in the castels of Ruben, an hundrid thousynde fifty thousinde and a thousinde foure hundrid and fifty; thei schulen go forth in the secounde place bi her cumpenyes.

17 In the middle of the camps, the Tent of Meeting is to travel with the camp of the Levites. They are to set out in the order they encamped, each in his own place under his standard.

Sotheli the tabernacle of witnessyng schal be reisid bi the offices of dekenes, and bi the cumpenyes `of hem; as it schal be reisid, so and it schal be takun doun; alle schulen go forth bi her places and ordris.

18 On the west side, the divisions of Ephraim are to camp under their standard: The leader of the Ephraimites is Elishama son of Ammihud,

The castels of the sones of Effraym schulen be at the west coost, of whiche the prince was Elisama, the sone of Amyud;

19 and his division numbers 40,500.

and al the oost of his fiyteris, that weren noumbrid, fourti thousynde and fyue hundrid.

20 The tribe of Manasseh will be next to it. The leader of the Manassites is Gamaliel son of Pedahzur,

And with hem was the lynage of `the sones of Manasses, of whiche the prince was Gamaliel, the sone of Fadassur;

21 and his division numbers 32,200.

al the oost of hise fiyteris, that weren noumbrid, two and thretti thousande and two hundrid.

22 Next will be the tribe of Benjamin. The leader of the Benjamites is Abidan son of Gideoni,

In the lynage of the sones of Beniamyn the prince was Abidan, the sone of Gedeon;

23 and his division numbers 35,400.

and al the oost of hise fiyteris, that weren noumbrid, fyue and thretti thousynde and foure hundrid.

24 The total number of men in the divisions of the camp of Ephraim is 108,100; they shall set out third.

Alle that weren noumbrid in the castels of Effraym weren an hundrid thousynde and eiyte thousynde and oon hundrid; thei schulen go forth `the thridde bi her cumpenyes.

25 On the north side, the divisions of Dan are to camp under their standard: The leader of the Danites is Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai,

At the `part of the north the sones of Dan settiden tentis, of whiche the prince was Abiezer, the sone of Amysaddai;

26 and his division numbers 62,700.

al the oost of hise fiyteris, that weren noumbrid, two and sixti thousynde and seuene hundrid.

27 The tribe of Asher will camp next to it. The leader of the Asherites is Pagiel son of Ocran,

Men of the lynage of Aser settiden tentis bisidis hym, of whiche the prince was Fegiel, the sone of Ochran;

28 and his division numbers 41,500.

and al the oost of hise fiyteris, that weren noumbrid, fourti thousynde `and a thousynde and fyue hundrid.

29 Next will be the tribe of Naphtali. The leader of the Naphtalites is Ahira son of Enan,

Of the lynage of the sones of Neptalym the prince was Ahira, the sone of Henam; and al the oost of hise fiyteris,

30 and his division numbers 53,400.

thre and fifti thousynde and foure hundrid.

31 The total number of men in the camp of Dan is 157,600; they shall set out last, under their standards.”

Alle that weren noumbrid in the castels of Dan weren an hundrid thousynde seuene and fifti thousynde and sixe hundrid; thei schulen go forth the laste.

32 These are the Israelites, numbered according to their families. The total of those counted in the camps, by their divisions, was 603,550.

This is the noumbre of the sones of Israel, bi the housis of her kynredis, and bi cumpenyes of the oost departid, sixe hundrid thousynde thre thousynde fyue hundrid and fifti.

33 But the Levites were not counted among the other Israelites, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

Sotheli the dekenes weren not noumbrid among the sones of Israel; for God comaundide so to Moises.

34 So the Israelites did everything the LORD commanded Moses; they camped under their standards in this way and set out in the same way, each man with his clan and his family.

And the sones of Israel diden bi alle thingis whiche the Lord comaundide; thei settiden tentis bi her cumpenyes, and yeden forth bi the meynees, and housis of her fadris.