Numbers 2

1 And YHWH speaks to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron:

2 “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.”

“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 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;

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 host, and their numbered ones, [are] seventy-four thousand and six hundred.

and his division numbers 74,600.

5 And those encamping by him [are] of the tribe of Issachar; and the prince of the sons of Issachar [is] Nethaneel son of Zuar;

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

6 and his host, and its numbered ones, [are] fifty-four thousand and four hundred.

and his division numbers 54,400.

7 The tribe of Zebulun [is with them]; and the prince of the sons of Zebulun [is] Eliab son of Helon;

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

8 and his host, and its numbered ones, [are] fifty-seven thousand and four hundred.

and his division numbers 57,400.

9 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.

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

10 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;

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 its numbered ones, [are] forty-six thousand and five hundred.

and his division numbers 46,500.

12 And those encamping by him [are of] the tribe of Simeon; and the prince of the sons of Simeon [is] Shelumiel 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 host, and their numbered ones, [are] fifty-nine thousand and three hundred.

and his division numbers 59,300.

14 And the tribe of Gad [is with him]; and the prince of the sons of Gad [is] Eliasaph son of Reuel;

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

15 and his host, and their numbered ones, [are] forty-five thousand and six hundred and fifty.

and his division numbers 45,650.

16 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.

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

17 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.

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 standard of the camp of Ephraim, by their hosts, [is] westward; and the prince of the sons of Ephraim [is] Elishama 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 host, and their numbered ones, [are] forty thousand and five hundred.

and his division numbers 40,500.

20 And by him [is] the tribe of Manasseh; and the prince of the sons of Manasseh [is] Gamaliel 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 host, and their numbered ones, [are] thirty-two thousand and two hundred.

and his division numbers 32,200.

22 And the tribe of Benjamin [is with them]; and the prince of the sons of Benjamin [is] Abidan son of Gideoni;

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

23 and his host, and their numbered ones, [are] thirty-five thousand and four hundred.

and his division numbers 35,400.

24 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.

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 [is] northward, by their hosts; and the prince of the sons of Dan [is] Ahiezer 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 host, and their numbered ones, [are] sixty-two thousand and seven hundred.

and his division numbers 62,700.

27 And those encamping by him [are of] the tribe of Asher; and the prince of the sons of Asher [is] Pagiel 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 host, and their numbered ones, [are] forty-one thousand and five hundred.

and his division numbers 41,500.

29 And the tribe of Naphtali [is with them]; and the prince of the sons of Naphtali [is] Ahira son of Enan;

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

30 and his host, and their numbered ones, [are] fifty-three thousand and four hundred.

and his division numbers 53,400.

31 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.

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 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.

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

33 And the Levites have not numbered themselves in the midst of the sons of Israel, as YHWH has commanded Moses.

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

34 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.

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.