Numbers 2:1-34

2  Jehovah now spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:  “The Israelites should encamp where their three-tribe division+ is assigned, each man near the banner* of his paternal house. They should camp facing the tent of meeting, all around it.  “Those camping on the east side, toward the sunrise, will be the three-tribe division of the encampment of Judah by their companies;* the chieftain for the sons of Judah is Nahʹshon+ the son of Am·minʹa·dab.  Those registered in his army are 74,600.+  Camping alongside him will be the tribe of Isʹsa·char; the chieftain for the sons of Isʹsa·char is Ne·thanʹel+ the son of Zuʹar.  Those registered in his army are 54,400.+  Next is the tribe of Zebʹu·lun; the chieftain for the sons of Zebʹu·lun is E·liʹab+ the son of Heʹlon.  Those registered in his army are 57,400.+  “All those registered in the armies of the camp of Judah are 186,400. They should break camp first.+ 10  “The three-tribe division of the encampment of Reuʹben+ by their companies* will be toward the south; the chieftain for the sons of Reuʹben is E·liʹzur+ the son of Shedʹe·ur. 11  Those registered in his army are 46,500.+ 12  Camping alongside him will be the tribe of Simʹe·on; the chieftain for the sons of Simʹe·on is She·luʹmi·el+ the son of Zu·ri·shadʹdai. 13  Those registered in his army are 59,300.+ 14  Next is the tribe of Gad; the chieftain for the sons of Gad is E·liʹa·saph+ the son of Reuʹel. 15  Those registered in his army are 45,650.+ 16  “All those registered in the armies of the camp of Reuʹben are 151,450, and they should break camp second.+ 17  “When the tent of meeting is moved,+ the camp of the Levites should be in the middle of the other camps. “They should travel in the same order as they encamp,+ with each in his place, according to their three-tribe divisions. 18  “The three-tribe division of the encampment of Eʹphra·im by their companies* will be toward the west; the chieftain for the sons of Eʹphra·im is E·lishʹa·ma+ the son of Am·miʹhud. 19  Those registered in his army are 40,500.+ 20  Next to him will be the tribe of Ma·nasʹseh;+ the chieftain for the sons of Ma·nasʹseh is Ga·maʹli·el+ the son of Pe·dahʹzur. 21  Those registered in his army are 32,200.+ 22  Next is the tribe of Benjamin; the chieftain for the sons of Benjamin is Abʹi·dan+ the son of Gid·e·oʹni. 23  Those registered in his army are 35,400.+ 24  “All those registered in the armies of the camp of Eʹphra·im are 108,100, and they should break camp third.+ 25  “The three-tribe division of the encampment of Dan by their companies* will be toward the north; the chieftain for the sons of Dan is A·hi·eʹzer+ the son of Am·mi·shadʹdai. 26  Those registered in his army are 62,700.+ 27  Camping alongside him will be the tribe of Ashʹer; the chieftain for the sons of Ashʹer is Paʹgi·el+ the son of Ochʹran. 28  Those registered in his army are 41,500.+ 29  Next is the tribe of Naphʹta·li; the chieftain for the sons of Naphʹta·li is A·hiʹra+ the son of Eʹnan. 30  Those registered in his army are 53,400.+ 31  “All those registered in the camp of Dan are 157,600. They should break camp last,+ according to their three-tribe divisions.” 32  These were the Israelites who were registered according to their paternal houses; the total of those in the camps registered for the army was 603,550.+ 33  But the Levites did not get registered+ along with the other Israelites,+ just as Jehovah had commanded Moses. 34  The Israelites did everything that Jehovah had commanded Moses. This is how they encamped by their three-tribe divisions+ and how they broke camp,+ each by family and according to their paternal houses.

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Or “sign.”
Lit., “according to their armies.”
Lit., “according to their armies.”
Lit., “according to their armies.”
Lit., “according to their armies.”

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