Numbers 2

1 And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, and unto Aaron, saying,

Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron:

2 'Each by his standard, with ensigns of the house of their fathers, do the sons of Israel encamp; over-against round about the tent of meeting they 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 encamping eastward towards 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] four and seventy 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] four and fifty thousand and four hundred.

and his division numbers 54,400.

7 The tribe of Zebulun; 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] seven and fifty thousand and four hundred;

and his division numbers 57,400.

9 all those numbered of the camp of Judah [are] a 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] six and forty 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] nine and fifty thousand and three hundred.

and his division numbers 59,300.

14 And the tribe of Gad; 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] five and forty thousand and six hundred and fifty.

and his division numbers 45,650.

16 All those numbered of the camp of Reuben [are] a hundred thousand, and one and fifty 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 — the camp of the Levites — hath journeyed in the midst 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] two and thirty thousand, and two hundred.

and his division numbers 32,200.

22 And the tribe of Benjamin; 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] five and thirty thousand and four hundred.

and his division numbers 35,400.

24 All those numbered of the camp of Ephraim [are] a hundred thousand, and eight thousand, and a 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] two and sixty 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] one and forty thousand and five hundred.

and his division numbers 41,500.

29 And the tribe of Naphtali; 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] three and fifty thousand and four hundred.

and his division numbers 53,400.

31 All those numbered of the camp of Dan [are] a hundred thousand, and seven and fifty thousand, and six hundred; at the rear they journey, 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 Jehovah hath 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 Jehovah hath 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.