Numbers 2
1 And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,
And the LORD spoke unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying:
2 The children of Israel are to put up their tents in the order of their families, by the flags of their fathers' houses, facing the Tent of meeting on every side.
'The children of Israel shall pitch by their fathers' houses; every man with his own standard, according to the ensigns; a good way off shall they pitch round about the tent of meeting.
3 Those whose tents are on the east side, looking to the dawn, will be round the flag of the children of Judah, with Nahshon, the son of Amminadab, as their chief.
Now those that pitch on the east side toward the sunrising shall be they of the standard of the camp of Judah, according to their hosts; the prince of the children of Judah being Nahshon the son of Amminadab,
4 The number of his army was seventy-four thousand, six hundred.
and his host, and those that were numbered of them, threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred;
5 And nearest to him will be the tribe of Issachar, with Nethanel, the son of Zuar, as their chief.
and those that pitch next unto him shall be the tribe of Issachar; the prince of the children of Issachar being Nethanel the son of Zuar,
6 The number of his army was fifty-four thousand, four hundred.
and his host, even those that were numbered thereof, fifty and four thousand and four hundred;
7 After him, the tribe of Zebulun, with Eliab, the son of Helon, as their chief.
and the tribe of Zebulun; the prince of the children of Zebulun being Eliab the son of Helon,
8 The number of his army was fifty-seven thousand, four hundred.
and his host, and those that were numbered thereof, fifty and seven thousand and four hundred;
9 The number of all the armies of Judah was a hundred and eighty-six thousand, four hundred. They go forward first.
all that were numbered of the camp of Judah being a hundred thousand and fourscore thousand and six thousand and four hundred, according to their hosts; they shall set forth first.
10 On the south side is the flag of the children of Reuben, in the order of their armies, with Elizur, the son of Shedeur, as their chief.
On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben according to their hosts; the prince of the children of Reuben being Elizur the son of Shedeur,
11 The number of his army was forty-six thousand, five hundred.
and his host, and those that were numbered thereof, forty and six thousand and five hundred;
12 And nearest to him, the tribe of Simeon, with Shelumiel, the son of Zurishaddai, as their chief.
and those that pitch next unto him shall be the tribe of Simeon; the prince of the children of Simeon being Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai,
13 The number of his army was fifty-nine thousand, three hundred.
and his host, and those that were numbered of them, fifty and nine thousand and three hundred;
14 Then the tribe of Gad, with Eliasaph, son of Reuel, as their chief.
and the tribe of Gad; the prince of the children of Gad being Eliasaph the son of Reuel,
15 The number of his army was forty-five thousand, six hundred and fifty.
and his host, even those that were numbered of them, forty and five thousand and six hundred and fifty;
16 The number of all the armies of Reuben together came to a hundred and fifty-one thousand, four hundred and fifty. They go forward second.
all that were numbered of the camp of Reuben being a hundred thousand and fifty and one thousand and four hundred and fifty, according to their hosts; and they shall set forth second.
17 Then the Tent of meeting is to go forward, with the tents of the Levites, in the middle of the armies; in the same order as their tents are placed, they are to go forward, every man under his flag.
Then the tent of meeting, with the camp of the Levites, shall set forward in the midst of the camps; as they encamp, so shall they set forward, every man in his place, by their standards.
18 On the west side will be the flag of the children of Ephraim, with Elishama, the son of Ammihud, as their chief.
On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of Ephraim according to their hosts; the prince of the children of Ephraim being Elishama the son of Ammihud,
19 The number of his army was forty thousand, five hundred.
and his host, and those that were numbered of them, forty thousand and five hundred;
20 And by him the tribe of Manasseh with Gamaliel, the son of Pedahzur, as their chief.
and next unto him shall be the tribe of Manasseh; the prince of the children of Manasseh being Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur,
21 The number of his army was thirty-two thousand, two hundred.
and his host, and those that were numbered of them, thirty and two thousand and two hundred;
22 Then the tribe of Benjamin, with Abidan, the son of Gideoni, as their chief.
and the tribe of Benjamin; the prince of the children of Benjamin being Abidan the son of Gideoni,
23 The number of his army was thirty-five thousand, four hundred.
and his host, and those that were numbered of them, thirty and five thousand and four hundred;
24 The number of all the armies of Ephraim was a hundred and eight thousand, one hundred. They go forward third.
all that were numbered of the camp of Ephraim being a hundred thousand and eight thousand and a hundred, according to their hosts; and they shall set forth third.
25 On the north side will be the flag of the children of Dan, with Ahiezer, the son of Ammishaddai, as their chief.
On the north side shall be the standard of the camp of Dan according to their hosts; the prince of the children of Dan being Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai,
26 The number of his army was sixty-two thousand, seven hundred.
and his host, and those that were numbered of them, threescore and two thousand and seven hundred;
27 Nearest to him will be the tribe of Asher, with Pagiel, the son of Ochran, as their chief.
and those that pitch next unto him shall be the tribe of Asher; the prince of the children of Asher being Pagiel the son of Ochran,
28 The number of his army was forty-one thousand, five hundred;
and his host, and those that were numbered of them, forty and one thousand and five hundred;
29 Then the tribe of Naphtali, with Ahira, the son of Enan, as their chief.
and the tribe of Naphtali; the prince of the children of Naphtali being Ahira the son of Enan,
30 The number of his army was fifty-three thousand, four hundred.
and his host, and those that were numbered of them, fifty and three thousand and four hundred;
31 The number of all the armies in the tents of Dan was a hundred and fifty-seven thousand, six hundred. They will go forward last, by their flags.
all that were numbered of the camp of Dan being a hundred thousand and fifty and seven thousand and six hundred; they shall set forth hindmost by their standards.'
32 These are all who were numbered of the children of Israel, in the order of their fathers' families: all the armies in their tents together came to six hundred and three thousand, five hundred and fifty.
These are they that were numbered of the children of Israel by their fathers' houses; all that were numbered of the camps according to their hosts were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.
33 But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel, as the Lord said to Moses.
But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses.
34 So the children of Israel did as the Lord said to Moses, so they put up their tents by their flags, and they went forward in the same order, by their families, and by their fathers' houses.
Thus did the children of Israel: according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so they pitched by their standards, and so they set forward, each one according to its families, and according to its fathers' houses.
