Numbers 2
Arrangement of the Camps
1Now the Lord spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, 2 a“The sons of Israel shall camp, each by his own standard, with the ▼▼ Lit signs
banners of their fathers’ households; they shall camp around the tent of meeting ▼▼ Or facing it
at a distance. 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: dNahshon the son of Amminadab, 4and his army, even their ▼▼ Lit mustered, and so throughout the ch
numbered men, 74,600. 5“Those who camp next to him shall be the tribe of Issachar, and the leader of the sons of Issachar: fNethanel the son of Zuar, 6and his army, even their numbered men, 54,400. 7“Then comes the tribe of Zebulun, and the leader of the sons of Zebulun: gEliab the son of Helon, 8and his army, even his numbered men, 57,400. 9“The total of the numbered men of the camp of Judah: => 186,400, by their armies. hThey shall set out first. 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: iElizur the son of Shedeur, 11and his army, even their numbered men, 46,500. 12“Those who camp next to him shall be the tribe of Simeon, and the leader of the sons of Simeon: jShelumiel the son of Zurishaddai, 13and his army, even their numbered men, 59,300. 14“Then comes the tribe of Gad, and the leader of the sons of Gad: kEliasaph the son of ▼▼ Many mss read Reuel
Deuel, 15and his army, even their numbered men, 45,650. 16“The total of the numbered men of the camp of Reuben: => 151,450 by their armies. And mthey shall set out second. 17 n“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. 18“On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of oEphraim by their armies, and the leader of the sons of Ephraim shall be pElishama the son of Ammihud, 19and his army, even their numbered men, 40,500. 20“Next to him shall be the tribe of Manasseh, and the leader of the sons of Manasseh: qGamaliel the son of Pedahzur, 21and his army, even their numbered men, 32,200. 22“Then comes the tribe of rBenjamin, and the leader of the sons of Benjamin: sAbidan the son of Gideoni, 23and his army, even their numbered men, 35,400. 24“The total of the numbered men of the camp of Ephraim: 108,100, by their armies. And tthey shall set out third. 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: uAhiezer the son of Ammishaddai, 26and his army, even their numbered men, 62,700. 27“Those who camp next to him shall be the tribe of Asher, and the leader of the sons of Asher: vPagiel the son of Ochran, 28and his army, even their numbered men, 41,500. 29“Then comes the tribe of wNaphtali, and the leader of the sons of Naphtali: xAhira the son of Enan, 30and his army, even their numbered men, 53,400. 31“The total of the numbered men of the camp of Dan was => 157,600. yThey shall set out last by their standards.” 32These 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, z => 603,550. 33 aaThe Levites, however, were not numbered among the sons of Israel, just as the Lord had commanded Moses. 34Thus 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.
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