Numbers 2

1 And Yhwh spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron:

2 Every man of the children of Israel shall pitch by his own standard, with the ensign of their father’s house: far 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 And on the east side toward the rising of the sun shall they of the standard of the camp of Judah pitch throughout their armies: and Nahshon the son of Amminadab shall be captain of the children of Judah.

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 army, and those that were numbered of them, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred.

and his division numbers 74,600.

5 And those that do pitch next unto him shall be the tribe of Issachar: and Nethaneel the son of Zuar shall be captain of the children of Issachar.

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

6 And his army, and those that were numbered thereof, were fifty and four thousand and four hundred.

and his division numbers 54,400.

7 Then the tribe of Zebulun: and Eliab the son of Helon shall be captain of the children of Zebulun.

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

8 And his army, and those that were numbered thereof, were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred.

and his division numbers 57,400.

9 All that were numbered in the camp of Judah were an hundred thousand and fourscore thousand and six thousand and four hundred, throughout their armies. These shall first set forth.

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 shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben according to their armies: and the captain of the children of Reuben shall be Elizur the son 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 army, and those that were numbered thereof, were forty and six thousand and five hundred.

and his division numbers 46,500.

12 And those which pitch by him shall be the tribe of Simeon: and the captain of the children of Simeon shall be Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.

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

13 And his army, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred.

and his division numbers 59,300.

14 Then the tribe of Gad: and the captain of the sons of Gad shall be Eliasaph the son of Reuel.

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

15 And his army, and those that were numbered of them, were forty and five thousand and six hundred and fifty.

and his division numbers 45,650.

16 All that were numbered in the camp of Reuben were an hundred thousand and fifty and one thousand and four hundred and fifty, throughout their armies. And they shall set forth in the second rank.

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 set forward with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camp: as they encamp, so shall they set forward, every man in his place by their standards.

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 On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of Ephraim according to their armies: and the captain of the sons of Ephraim shall be Elishama the son 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 army, and those that were numbered of them, were forty thousand and five hundred.

and his division numbers 40,500.

20 And by him shall be the tribe of Manasseh: and the captain of the children of Manasseh shall be Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.

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

21 And his army, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and two thousand and two hundred.

and his division numbers 32,200.

22 Then the tribe of Benjamin: and the captain of the sons of Benjamin shall be Abidan the son of Gideoni.

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

23 And his army, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred.

and his division numbers 35,400.

24 All that were numbered of the camp of Ephraim were an hundred thousand and eight thousand and an hundred, throughout their armies. And they shall go forward in the third rank.

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

25 The standard of the camp of Dan shall be on the north side by their armies: and the captain of the children of Dan shall be Ahiezer the son 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 army, and those that were numbered of them, were threescore and two thousand and seven hundred.

and his division numbers 62,700.

27 And those that encamp by him shall be the tribe of Asher: and the captain of the children of Asher shall be Pagiel the son of Ocran.

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

28 And his army, and those that were numbered of them, were forty and one thousand and five hundred.

and his division numbers 41,500.

29 Then the tribe of Naphtali: and the captain of the children of Naphtali shall be Ahira the son of Enan.

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

30 And his army, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred.

and his division numbers 53,400.

31 All they that were numbered in the camp of Dan were an hundred thousand and fifty and seven thousand and six hundred. They shall go hindmost with their standards.

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

32 These are those which were numbered of the children of Israel by the house of their fathers: all those that were numbered of the camps throughout their armies were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.

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 Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel; as Yhwh 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 Yhwh commanded Moses: so they pitched by their standards, and so they set forward, every one after their families, according to the house 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.