Numbers 2

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

Yahweh spoke again to Moses and Aaron. He said,

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.

“Each one of the Israelites must camp around his standard, with the banners of their fathers' houses. They will camp around the tent of meeting on every side.

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.

Those will be camping on the east of the tent of meeting, where the sun rises, they are the camp of Judah and they are camping under their standard. Nahshon son of Amminadab is the leader of the people of Judah.

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

The number of the people of Judah is 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 must camp next to Judah. Nethanel son of Zuar must lead the army of Issachar.

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

The number in his division is 54,400 men.

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

The tribe of Zebulun must camp next to Issachar. Eliab son of Helon must lead the army of Zebulun.

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

The number in his division is 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.

All the number of the camp of Judah is 186,400. They will 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 will be the camp of Reuben under their standard. The leader of the camp of Reuben is Elizur son of Shedeur.

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

The number in his division is 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:

Simeon is camping next to Reuben. The leader of the people of Simeon is Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai.

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

The number in his division is 59,300.

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

The tribe of Gad is next. The leader of the people of Gad is Eliasaph son of Deuel.

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

The number in his division is 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 number of all the men assigned to the camp of Reuben, according to their divisions, is 151,450. They will 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.

Next, the tent of meeting must go out from the camp with the Levites in the middle of all the camps. They must go out from the camp in the same order as they come into the camp. Every man must be in his place, by his banner.

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:

The divisions of the camp of Ephraim under their standard. The leader of the people of Ephraim is Elishama son of Ammihud.

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

The number in his division is 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:

Next to them is the tribe of Manasseh. The leader of Manasseh is Gamaliel son of Pedahzur.

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

The number in his division is 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 Benjamin is Abidan son of Gideoni.

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

The number in his division is 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.

All those numbered in the camp of Ephraim is 108,100. They will 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 will be the divisions of the camp of Dan. The leader of the people of Dan is Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai.

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

The number in his division is 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 people of the tribe of Asher camp next to Dan. The leader of Asher is Pagiel son of Okran.

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

The number in his division is 41,500.

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

The tribe of Naphtali is next. The leader of Naphthali is Ahira son of Enan.

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

The mnumber in his division is 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.

All those numbered in the camp with Dan is 157,600. They will go out from the camp last, under their banner.”

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. All those counted in their camps, by their divisions, are 603,550.

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

But Moses and Aaron did not count the Levites among the people of Israel. This was as Yahweh 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.

The people of Israel did everything that Yahweh commanded Moses. They camped by their banners. They went out from the camp by their clans, in the order of their ancestor's families.