Numbers 2

1 And the Lord spake vnto Moses, and to Aaron, saying,

Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron:

2 Euery man of the children of Israel shall campe by his standerd, and vnder the ensigne of their fathers house: farre off about the Tabernacle of the Congregation shall they pitch.

“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.

3 On the East side towarde the rising of the sunne, shall they of the standerd of the hoste of Iudah pitch according to their armies: and Nahshon the sonne of Amminadab shalbe captaine of the sonnes of Iudah.

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,

4 And his hoste and the nomber of the were seuentie and foure thousande and sixe hundreth.

and his division numbers 74,600.

5 Next vnto him shall they of the tribe of Issachar pitch, and Nethaneel the sonne of Zuar shalbe the captaine of the sonnes of Issachar:

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

6 And his hoste, and the nomber thereof were foure and fiftie thousand, and foure hundreth.

and his division numbers 54,400.

7 Then the tribe of Zebulun, and Eliab the sonne of Helon, captaine ouer the sonnes of Zebulun:

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

8 And his hoste, and the nomber thereof seuen and fiftie thousand and foure hundreth:

and his division numbers 57,400.

9 The whole nomber of the hoste of Iudah are an hundreth fourescore and sixe thousande, and foure hundreth according to their armies: they shall first set foorth.

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

10 On the South side shalbe ye standerd of the host of Reuben according to their armies, and the captaine ouer the sonnes of Reuben shalbe Elizur the sonne of Shedeur.

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

11 And his host, and the nomber thereof sixe and fourty thousand and fiue hundreth.

and his division numbers 46,500.

12 And by him shall the tribe of Simeon pitch, and the captaiue ouer the sonnes of Simeon shall be Shelumiel the sonne of Zurishaddai:

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

13 And his hoste, and the nomber of them, nine and fiftie thousand and three hundreth.

and his division numbers 59,300.

14 And the tribe of Gad, and the captaine ouer the sonnes of Gad shall be Eliasaph the sonne of Deuel:

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

15 And his host and the nomber of the were fiue and fourtye thousande, sixe hundreth and fiftie.

and his division numbers 45,650.

16 All the nomber of the campe of Reuben were an hundreth and one and fiftie thousande, and foure hundreth and fiftie according to their armies, and they shall set foorth in the seconde place.

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

17 Then the Tabernacle of the Congregation shall goe with the host of the Leuites, in the mids of the campe as they haue pitched, so shall they goe forwarde, euery man in his order according to their standerds.

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.

18 The standerd of the campe of Ephraim shalbe toward the west according to their armies: and ye captaine ouer the sonnes of Ephraim shall be Elishama the sonne of Ammihud:

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

19 And his host and the nomber of the were fortie thousand and fiue hundreth.

and his division numbers 40,500.

20 And by him shalbe the tribe of Manasseh, and the captaine ouer the sonnes of Manasseh shalbe Gamliel the sonne of Pedahzur:

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

21 And his hoste and the nomber of them were two and thirtie thousand and two hundreth.

and his division numbers 32,200.

22 And the tribe of Beniamin, and ye captaine ouer the sonnes of Beniamin shalbe Abidan the sonne of Gideoni:

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

23 And his host, and the nomber of the were fiue and thirtie thousand and foure hundreth.

and his division numbers 35,400.

24 All the nomber of the campe of Ephraim were an hundreth and eight thousande and one hundreth according to their armies, and they shall go in the third place.

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

25 The standerd of the host of Dan shalbe toward the North according to their armies: and the captaine ouer the children of Dan shall be Ahiezer the sonne of Ammishaddai:

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

26 And his host and the number of them were two and threescore thousand and seue hundreth.

and his division numbers 62,700.

27 And by him shall the tribe of Asher pitch, and the captaine ouer the sonnes of Asher shalbe Pagiel the sonne of Ocran.

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

28 And his host and the nomber of them were one and fourtie thousand and fiue hundreth.

and his division numbers 41,500.

29 Then the tribe of Naphtali, and the captaine ouer the children of Naphtali shall be Ahira the sonne of Enan:

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

30 And his host and the nomber of them were three and fiftie thousand and foure hundreth.

and his division numbers 53,400.

31 All the nomber of the host of Dan was an hundreth and seuen and fiftie thousand and sixe hundreth: they shall goe hinmost with their standerdes.

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

32 These are the summes of the childre of Israel by ye houses of their fathers, all the nomber of ye host, according to their armies, six hundreth and three thousand, fiue hundreth and fiftie.

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

33 But the Leuites were not nombred among the children of Israel, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

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

34 And the children of Israel did according to all that the Lord had commanded Moses: so they pitched according to their standards, and so they iourneyed euery one with his families, according to the houses of their fathers.

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.