< Numbers 2 >
1 And he spoke Yahweh to Moses and to Aaron saying.
Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron:
2 Everyone at standard his with [the] signs of [the] house of ancestors their they will encamp [the] people of Israel from before around [the] tent of meeting they will encamp.
“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 [who] encamp east-ward east-ward [will be] [the] standard of [the] camp of Judah to military groups their and [the] leader of [the] descendants of Judah [was] Nahshon [the] 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 military group his and enrolled [men] their [were] four and seventy thousand and six hundred.
and his division numbers 74,600.
5 And those [who] encamp on him [will be] [the] tribe of Issachar and [the] leader of [the] descendants of Issachar [was] Nethanel [the] son of Zuar.
The tribe of Issachar will camp next to it. The leader of the Issacharites is Nethanel son of Zuar,
6 And military group his and enrolled [men] his [were] four and fifty thousand and four hundred.
and his division numbers 54,400.
7 [the] tribe of Zebulun and [the] leader of [the] descendants of Zebulun [was] Eliab [the] son of Helon.
Next will be the tribe of Zebulun. The leader of the Zebulunites is Eliab son of Helon,
8 And military group his and enrolled [men] his [were] seven and fifty thousand and four hundred.
and his division numbers 57,400.
9 All those enrolled of [the] camp of Judah [were] one hundred thousand and eighty thousand and six thousand and four hundred to military groups their first they will set out.
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 [will be] south-ward to military groups their and [the] leader of [the] descendants of Reuben [was] 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 military group his and enrolled [men] his [were] six and forty thousand and five hundred.
and his division numbers 46,500.
12 And those [who] encamp on him [will be] [the] tribe of Simeon and [the] leader of [the] descendants of Simeon [was] Shelumiel [the] son of Zuri-shaddai.
The tribe of Simeon will camp next to it. The leader of the Simeonites is Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai,
13 And military group his and enrolled [men] their [were] nine and fifty thousand and three hundred.
and his division numbers 59,300.
14 And [the] tribe of Gad and [the] leader of [the] descendants of Gad [was] Eliasaph [the] son of Reuel.
Next will be the tribe of Gad. The leader of the Gadites is Eliasaph son of Deuel,
15 And military group his and enrolled [men] their [were] five and forty thousand and six hundred and fifty.
and his division numbers 45,650.
16 All those enrolled of [the] camp of Reuben [were] one hundred thousand and one and fifty thousand and four hundred and fifty to military groups their and second they will set out.
The total number of men in the divisions of the camp of Reuben is 151,450; they shall set out second.
17 And it will set out [the] tent of meeting [the] camp of the Levites [will be] in [the] middle of the camps just as they will encamp so they will set out each on hand his to standards their.
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 to military groups their [will be] west-ward and [the] leader of [the] descendants of Ephraim [was] 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 military group his and enrolled [men] their [were] forty thousand and five hundred.
and his division numbers 40,500.
20 And [will be] on him [the] tribe of Manasseh and [the] leader of [the] descendants of Manasseh [was] 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 military group his and enrolled [men] their [were] two and thirty thousand and two hundred.
and his division numbers 32,200.
22 And [the] tribe of Benjamin and [the] leader of [the] descendants Benjamin [was] Abidan [the] son of Gideoni.
Next will be the tribe of Benjamin. The leader of the Benjamites is Abidan son of Gideoni,
23 And military group his and enrolled [men] their [were] five and thirty thousand and four hundred.
and his division numbers 35,400.
24 All those enrolled of [the] camp of Ephraim [were] one hundred thousand and eight thousand and one hundred to military groups their and third they will set out.
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 [will be] north-ward to military groups their and [the] leader of [the] descendants of Dan [was] 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 military group his and enrolled [men] their [were] two and sixty thousand and seven hundred.
and his division numbers 62,700.
27 And those [who] encamp on him [will be] [the] tribe of Asher and [the] leader of [the] descendants of Asher [was] 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 military group his and enrolled [men] their [were] one and forty thousand and five hundred.
and his division numbers 41,500.
29 And [the] tribe of Naphtali and [the] leader of [the] descendants of Naphtali [was] Ahira [the] son of Enan.
Next will be the tribe of Naphtali. The leader of the Naphtalites is Ahira son of Enan,
30 And military group his and enrolled [men] their [were] three and fifty thousand and four hundred.
and his division numbers 53,400.
31 All those enrolled of [the] camp of Dan [were] one hundred thousand and seven and fifty thousand and six hundred to the last they will set out to standards their.
The total number of men in the camp of Dan is 157,600; they shall set out last, under their standards.”
32 These [were] [the] [men] enrolled of [the] people of Israel to [the] house of ancestors their all [those] enrolled of the camps to military groups their [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 And the Levites not they were enrolled in among [the] people of Israel just as he had commanded Yahweh Moses.
But the Levites were not counted among the other Israelites, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
34 And they did [the] people of Israel according to all that he had commanded Yahweh Moses so they camped to standards their and so they set out everyone to clans his on [the] house of ancestors his.
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.