2The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron: ²“The Israelites are to camp under their respective banners beside the flags of their ancestral houses. They are to camp around the tent of meeting at a distance from it:

³Judah’s military divisions ^fwill camp on the east side toward the sunrise under their banner. The leader of the descendants of Judah is Nahshon ^gson of Amminadab. ⁴His military division numbers 74,600. ⁵The tribe of Issachar will camp next to it. The leader of the Issacharites is Nethanel son of Zuar. ⁶His military division numbers 54,400. ⁷The tribe of Zebulun will be next. The leader of the Zebulunites is Eliab son of Helon. ⁸His military division numbers 57,400. ⁹The total number in their military divisions who belong to Judah’s encampment is 186,400; they will move out first.

¹⁰Reuben’s military divisions will camp on the south side under their banner. The leader of the Reubenites is Elizur son of Shedeur. ¹¹His military division numbers 46,500. ¹²The tribe of Simeon will camp next to it. The leader of the Simeonites is Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai. ¹³His military division numbers 59,300. ¹⁴The tribe of Gad will be next. The leader of the Gadites is Eliasaph son of Deuel. ^h¹⁵His military division numbers 45,650. ¹⁶The total number in their military divisions who belong to Reuben’s encampment is 151,450; they will move out second.

¹⁷The tent of meeting is to move out with the Levites’ camp, which is in the middle of the camps. They are to move out just as they camp, each in his place, ⁱwith their banners.

¹⁸Ephraim’s military divisions will camp on the west side under their banner. The leader of the Ephraimites is Elishama son of Ammihud. ¹⁹His military division numbers 40,500. ²⁰The tribe of Manasseh will be next to it. The leader of the Manassites is Gamaliel son of Pedahzur. ²¹His military division numbers 32,200. ²²The tribe of Benjamin will be next. The leader of the Benjaminites is Abidan son of Gideoni. ²³His military division numbers 35,400. ²⁴The total in their military divisions who belong to Ephraim’s encampment number 108,100; they will move out third.

²⁵Dan’s military divisions will camp on the north side under their banner. The leader of the Danites is Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai. ²⁶His military division numbers 62,700. ²⁷The tribe of Asher will camp next to it. The leader of the Asherites is Pagiel son of Ochran. ²⁸His military division numbers 41,500. ²⁹The tribe of Naphtali will be next. The leader of the Naphtalites is Ahira son of Enan. ³⁰His military division numbers 53,400. ³¹The total number who belong to Dan’s encampment is 157,600; they are to move out last, with their banners.”

³²These are the Israelites registered by their ancestral houses. The total number in the camps by their military divisions is 603,550. ³³But the Levites were not registered among the Israelites, just as the Lord had commanded Moses. ^j

³⁴The Israelites did everything the Lord commanded Moses; they camped by their banners in this way and moved out the same way, each man by his clan and by his ancestral house. ^k

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Footnotes

h2:14 Some Hb , , ; other Hb read Reuel
i2:17 each on his hand

Cross references

f2:3 Nm 1:3, 52; 2:9–10; 10:14; 33:1; Jdg 8:6
g2:3 Ex 6:23; Nm 1:7; 7:12, 17; 10:14; 1Ch 2:10–11; Mt 1:4; Lk 3:32
j2:33 Nm 1:47–49
k2:34 Nm 10:10–28