2:1 Now the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, |
2:2 "The sons of Israel shall camp, each by his own standard, with the banners of their fathers' households; they shall camp around the tent of meeting at a distance. |
2:3 "Now those who camp on the east side toward the sunrise {shall be} of the standard of the camp of Judah, by their armies, and the leader of the sons of Judah: Nahshon the son of Amminadab, |
2:4 and his army, even their numbered men, 74,600. |
2:5 "Those who camp next to him {shall be} the tribe of Issachar, and the leader of the sons of Issachar: Nethanel the son of Zuar, |
2:6 and his army, even their numbered men, 54,400. |
2:7 "{Then comes} the tribe of Zebulun, and the leader of the sons of Zebulun: Eliab the son of Helon, |
2:8 and his army, even his numbered men, 57,400. |
2:9 "The total of the numbered men of the camp of Judah: 186,400, by their armies. They shall set out first. |
2:10 "On the south side {shall be} the standard of the camp of Reuben by their armies, and the leader of the sons of Reuben: Elizur the son of Shedeur, |
2:11 and his army, even their numbered men, 46,500. |
2:12 "Those who camp next to him {shall be} the tribe of Simeon, and the leader of the sons of Simeon: Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai, |
2:13 and his army, even their numbered men, 59,300. |
2:14 "Then {comes} the tribe of Gad, and the leader of the sons of Gad: Eliasaph the son of Deuel, |
2:15 and his army, even their numbered men, 45,650. |
2:16 "The total of the numbered men of the camp of Reuben: 151,450 by their armies. And they shall set out second. |
2:17 "Then the tent of meeting shall set out {with} the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camps; just as they camp, so they shall set out, every man in his place by their standards. |
2:18 "On the west side {shall be} the standard of the camp of Ephraim by their armies, and the leader of the sons of Ephraim {shall be} Elishama the son of Ammihud, |
2:19 and his army, even their numbered men, 40,500. |
2:20 "Next to him {shall be} the tribe of Manasseh, and the leader of the sons of Manasseh: Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur, |
2:21 and his army, even their numbered men, 32,200. |
2:22 "Then {comes} the tribe of Benjamin, and the leader of the sons of Benjamin: Abidan the son of Gideoni, |
2:23 and his army, even their numbered men, 35,400. |
2:24 "The total of the numbered men of the camp of Ephraim: 108,100, by their armies. And they shall set out third. |
2:25 "On the north side {shall be} the standard of the camp of Dan by their armies, and the leader of the sons of Dan: Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai, |
2:26 and his army, even their numbered men, 62,700. |
2:27 "Those who camp next to him {shall be} the tribe of Asher, and the leader of the sons of Asher: Pagiel the son of Ochran, |
2:28 and his army, even their numbered men, 41,500. |
2:29 "Then {comes} the tribe of Naphtali, and the leader of the sons of Naphtali: Ahira the son of Enan, |
2:30 and his army, even their numbered men, 53,400. |
2:31 "The total of the numbered men of the camp of Dan {was} 157,600. They shall set out last by their standards." |
2:32 These are the numbered men of the sons of Israel by their fathers' households; the total of the numbered men of the camps by their armies, 603,550. |
2:33 The Levites, however, were not numbered among the sons of Israel, just as the LORD had commanded Moses. |
2:34 Thus the sons of Israel did; according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so they camped by their standards, and so they set out, every one by his family according to his father's household. |