< Numbers 2 >
1 And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,
And YHWH speaks to Moses and to 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 sons of Israel encamp, each by his standard, with ensigns of the house of their fathers; they encamp around, from in sight of 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.
And those encamping eastward toward the sun-rising [are] of the standard of the camp of Judah, by their hosts; and the prince of the sons of Judah [is] Nahshon, son of Amminadab;
4 The number of his army was seventy-four thousand, six hundred.
and his host, and their numbered ones, [are] seventy-four 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 encamping by him [are] of the tribe of Issachar; and the prince of the sons of Issachar [is] Nethaneel son of Zuar;
6 The number of his army was fifty-four thousand, four hundred.
and his host, and its numbered ones, [are] fifty-four thousand and four hundred.
7 After him, the tribe of Zebulun, with Eliab, the son of Helon, as their chief.
The tribe of Zebulun [is with them]; and the prince of the sons of Zebulun [is] Eliab son of Helon;
8 The number of his army was fifty-seven thousand, four hundred.
and his host, and its numbered ones, [are] fifty-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 those numbered of the camp of Judah [are] one hundred thousand and eighty thousand and six thousand and four hundred, by their hosts; they journey 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.
The standard of the camp of Reuben [is] southward, by their hosts; and the prince of the sons of Reuben [is] Elizur son of Shedeur;
11 The number of his army was forty-six thousand, five hundred.
and his host, and its numbered ones, [are] forty-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 encamping by him [are of] the tribe of Simeon; and the prince of the sons of Simeon [is] Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai;
13 The number of his army was fifty-nine thousand, three hundred.
and his host, and their numbered ones, [are] fifty-nine thousand and three hundred.
14 Then the tribe of Gad, with Eliasaph, son of Reuel, as their chief.
And the tribe of Gad [is with him]; and the prince of the sons of Gad [is] Eliasaph son of Reuel;
15 The number of his army was forty-five thousand, six hundred and fifty.
and his host, and their numbered ones, [are] forty-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 those numbered of the camp of Reuben [are] one hundred thousand and fifty-one thousand and four hundred and fifty, by their hosts; and they journey 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.
And the Tent of Meeting has journeyed [with] the camp of the Levites in the middle of the camps; as they encamp so they journey, each at his station 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.
The standard of the camp of Ephraim, by their hosts, [is] westward; and the prince of the sons of Ephraim [is] Elishama son of Ammihud;
19 The number of his army was forty thousand, five hundred.
and his host, and their numbered ones, [are] forty thousand and five hundred.
20 And by him the tribe of Manasseh with Gamaliel, the son of Pedahzur, as their chief.
And by him [is] the tribe of Manasseh; and the prince of the sons of Manasseh [is] Gamaliel son of Pedahzur;
21 The number of his army was thirty-two thousand, two hundred.
and his host, and their numbered ones, [are] thirty-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 [is with them]; and the prince of the sons of Benjamin [is] Abidan son of Gideoni;
23 The number of his army was thirty-five thousand, four hundred.
and his host, and their numbered ones, [are] thirty-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 those numbered of the camp of Ephraim [are] one hundred thousand and eight thousand and one hundred, by their hosts; and they journey third.
25 On the north side will be the flag of the children of Dan, with Ahiezer, the son of Ammishaddai, as their chief.
The standard of the camp of Dan [is] northward, by their hosts; and the prince of the sons of Dan [is] Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai;
26 The number of his army was sixty-two thousand, seven hundred.
and his host, and their numbered ones, [are] sixty-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 encamping by him [are of] the tribe of Asher; and the prince of the sons of Asher [is] Pagiel son of Ocran;
28 The number of his army was forty-one thousand, five hundred;
and his host, and their numbered ones, [are] forty-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 [is with them]; and the prince of the sons of Naphtali [is] Ahira son of Enan;
30 The number of his army was fifty-three thousand, four hundred.
and his host, and their numbered ones, [are] fifty-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 those numbered of the camp of Dan [are] one hundred thousand and fifty-seven thousand and six hundred; they journey at the rear 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] those numbered of the sons of Israel by the house of their fathers; all those numbered of the camps by their hosts [are] 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.
And the Levites have not numbered themselves in the midst of the sons of Israel, as YHWH has 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.
And the sons of Israel do according to all that YHWH has commanded Moses; so they have encamped by their standards, and so they have journeyed, each by his families, by the house of his fathers.