Numbers 2

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

Yahweh spoke again to Moses and Aaron. He said,

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.”

“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 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;

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

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

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

The number in his division is 54,400 men.

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

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

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

The number in his division is 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.

All the number of the camp of Judah is 186,400. They will 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 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 its numbered ones, [are] forty-six thousand and five hundred.

The number in his division is 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;

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

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

The number in his division is 59,300.

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

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

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

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

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

The number in his division is 40,500.

20 And by him [is] the tribe of Manasseh; and the prince of the sons of Manasseh [is] Gamaliel son of Pedahzur;

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

21 and his host, and their numbered ones, [are] thirty-two thousand and two hundred.

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

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

The number in his division is 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.

All those numbered in the camp of Ephraim is 108,100. They will 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 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 their numbered ones, [are] sixty-two thousand and seven hundred.

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

28 and his host, and their numbered ones, [are] forty-one thousand and five hundred.

The number in his division is 41,500.

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

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

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

The mnumber in his division is 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.

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

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

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.