Now the LORD spoke
to Moses
and to Aaron
, saying
,
" aThe sons of Israel
shall camp
, each
by his own standard
, with the 1banners
of their fathers'
households
; they shall camp
around
the tent
of meeting
2at a distance
.
"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
: aNahshon
the son
of Amminadab
,
and his army, even their 1numbered
men, 74,600
.
"Those who camp next
to him shall be the tribe
of Issachar
, and the leader
of the sons
of Issachar
: aNethanel
the son
of Zuar
,
and his army, even their numbered
men, 54,400
.
"Then comes the tribe of Zebulun
, and the leader
of the sons
of Zebulun
: aEliab
the son
of Helon
,
and his army, even his numbered
men, 57,400
.
"The total of the numbered
men of the camp
of Judah
: 186,400
, by their armies
. aThey shall set
out first
.
"On the south side
shall be the standard
of the camp
of Reuben
by their armies
, and the leader
of the sons
of Reuben
: aElizur
the son
of Shedeur
,
and his army, even their numbered
men, 46,500
.
"Those who camp next
to him shall be the tribe
of Simeon
, and the leader
of the sons
of Simeon
: aShelumiel
the son
of Zurishaddai
,
and his army, even their numbered
men, 59,300
.
"Then comes the tribe of Gad
, and the leader
of the sons
of Gad
: aEliasaph
the son
of 1Deuel
,
and his army, even their numbered
men, 45,650
.
"The total of the numbered
men of the camp
of Reuben
: 151,450
by their armies
. And athey shall set
out second
.
" aThen 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
.
"On the west side
shall be the standard
of the camp
of aEphraim
by their armies
, and the leader
of the sons
of Ephraim
shall be bElishama
the son
of Ammihud
,
and his army, even their numbered
men, 40,500
.
"Next to him shall be the tribe
of Manasseh
, and the leader
of the sons
of Manasseh
: aGamaliel
the son
of Pedahzur
,
and his army, even their numbered
men, 32,200
.
"Then comes the tribe of aBenjamin
, and the leader
of the sons
of Benjamin
: bAbidan
the son
of Gideoni
,
and his army, even their numbered
men, 35,400
.
"The total of the numbered
men of the camp
of Ephraim
: 108,100
, by their armies
. And athey shall set
out third
.
"On the north side
shall be the standard
of the camp
of Dan
by their armies
, and the leader
of the sons
of Dan
: aAhiezer
the son
of Ammishaddai
,
and his army, even their numbered
men, 62,700
.
"Those who camp next
to him shall be the tribe
of Asher
, and the leader
of the sons
of Asher
: aPagiel
the son
of Ochran
,
and his army, even their numbered
men, 41,500
.
"Then comes the tribe of aNaphtali
, and the leader
of the sons
of Naphtali
: bAhira
the son
of Enan
,
and his army, even their numbered
men, 53,400
.
"The total of the numbered
men of the camp
of Dan
was 157,600
. aThey shall set
out last
by their standards
."
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
, a603,550
.
aThe Levites, however, were not numbered
among
the sons
of Israel
, just
as the LORD
had commanded
Moses
.
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
.