Numbers 2

1 The LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

Yahweh spoke again to Moses and Aaron. He said,

2 “The children of Israel shall encamp every man by his own standard, with the banners of their fathers’ houses. They shall encamp around the Tent of Meeting at a distance from it.

“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 “Those who encamp on the east side towards the sunrise shall be of the standard of the camp of Judah, according to their divisions. The prince of the children of Judah shall be Nahshon the 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 His division, and those who were counted of them, were seventy-four thousand and six hundred.

The number of the people of Judah is 74,600.

5 “Those who encamp next to him shall be the tribe of Issachar. The prince of the children of Issachar shall be Nethanel the son of Zuar.

The tribe of Issachar must camp next to Judah. Nethanel son of Zuar must lead the army of Issachar.

6 His division, and those who were counted of it, were fifty-four thousand and four hundred.

The number in his division is 54,400 men.

7 “The tribe of Zebulun: the prince of the children of Zebulun shall be Eliab the son of Helon.

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

8 His division, and those who were counted of it, were fifty-seven thousand and four hundred.

The number in his division is 57,400.

9 “All who were counted of the camp of Judah were one hundred and eighty-six thousand and four hundred, according to their divisions. They shall set out first.

All the number of the camp of Judah is 186,400. They will set out first.

10 “On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben according to their divisions. The prince of the children of Reuben shall be Elizur the 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 His division, and those who were counted of it, were forty-six thousand and five hundred.

The number in his division is 46,500.

12 “Those who encamp next to him shall be the tribe of Simeon. The prince of the children of Simeon shall be Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.

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

13 His division, and those who were counted of them, were fifty-nine thousand and three hundred.

The number in his division is 59,300.

14 “The tribe of Gad: the prince of the children of Gad shall be Eliasaph the son of Reuel.

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

15 His division, and those who were counted of them, were forty-five thousand and six hundred and fifty.

The number in his division is 45,650.

16 “All who were counted of the camp of Reuben were one hundred and fifty-one thousand and four hundred and fifty, according to their armies. They shall set out 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 “Then the Tent of Meeting shall set out, with the camp of the Levites in the middle of the camps. As they encamp, so shall they set out, every man in his place, 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 “On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of Ephraim according to their divisions. The prince of the children of Ephraim shall be Elishama the 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 His division, and those who were counted of them, were forty thousand and five hundred.

The number in his division is 40,500.

20 “Next to him shall be the tribe of Manasseh. The prince of the children of Manasseh shall be Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.

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

21 His division, and those who were counted of them, were thirty-two thousand and two hundred.

The number in his division is 32,200.

22 “The tribe of Benjamin: the prince of the children of Benjamin shall be Abidan the son of Gideoni.

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

23 His army, and those who were counted of them, were thirty-five thousand and four hundred.

The number in his division is 35,400.

24 “All who were counted of the camp of Ephraim were one hundred and eight thousand and one hundred, according to their divisions. They shall set out third.

All those numbered in the camp of Ephraim is 108,100. They will set out third.

25 “On the north side shall be the standard of the camp of Dan according to their divisions. The prince of the children of Dan shall be Ahiezer the 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 His division, and those who were counted of them, were sixty-two thousand and seven hundred.

The number in his division is 62,700.

27 “Those who encamp next to him shall be the tribe of Asher. The prince of the children of Asher shall be Pagiel the son of Ochran.

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

28 His division, and those who were counted of them, were forty-one thousand and five hundred.

The number in his division is 41,500.

29 “The tribe of Naphtali: the prince of the children of Naphtali shall be Ahira the son of Enan.

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

30 His division, and those who were counted of them, were fifty-three thousand and four hundred.

The mnumber in his division is 53,400.

31 “All who were counted of the camp of Dan were one hundred and fifty-seven thousand and six hundred. They shall set out last 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 who were counted of the children of Israel by their fathers’ houses. All who were counted of the camps according to their armies were six hundred 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 But the Levites were not counted amongst the children of Israel, as the LORD commanded Moses.

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

34 Thus the children of Israel did. According to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so they encamped by their standards, and so they set out, everyone by their families, according to their fathers’ houses.

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.