2: 2 The children of Israel shall encamp every man by his own standard, with the ensigns of their fathers’ houses: over against the tent of meeting shall they encamp round about.
2: 3 And those that encamp on the east side toward the sunrising shall be they of the standard of the camp of Judah, according to their hosts: and the prince of the children of Judah shall be Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
2: 4 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were seventy-four thousand six hundred.
2: 5 And those that encamp next unto him shall be the tribe of Issachar: and the prince of the children of Issachar shall be Nethanel the son of Zuar.
2: 6 And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were fifty-four thousand four hundred.
2: 7 And the tribe of Zebulun: and the prince of the children of Zebulun shall be Eliab the son of Helon.
2: 8 And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were fifty-seven thousand four hundred.
2: 9 All that were numbered of the camp of Judah were a hundred eighty-six thousand four hundred, according to their hosts. they shall set forth first.
2: 10 On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben according to their hosts: and the prince of the children of Reuben shall be Elizur the son of Shedeur.
2: 11 And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were forty-six thousand five hundred.
2: 12 And those that encamp next unto him shall be the tribe of Simeon: and the prince of the children of Simeon shall be Shelumiel the son of Zuri-shaddai.
2: 13 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty-nine thousand three hundred.
2: 14 And the tribe of Gad: and the prince of the children of Gad shall be Eliasaph the son of 6Reuel.
6In ch. 1:14, Deuel. (With a rolled “r”, the sounds are similar.)
2: 15 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty-five thousand six hundred fifty.
2: 16 All that were numbered of the camp of Reuben were a hundred fifty-one thousand four hundred fifty, according to their hosts. And they shall set forth second.
2: 17 Then the tent of meeting shall set forward, with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camps: as they encamp, so shall they set forward, every man in his place, by their standards.
2: 18 On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of Ephraim according to their hosts: and the prince of the children of Ephraim shall be Elishama the son of Ammihud.
2: 19 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty thousand five hundred.
2: 20 And next unto him shall be the tribe of Manasseh: and the prince of the children of Manasseh shall be Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
2: 21 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty-two thousand two hundred.
2: 22 And the tribe of Benjamin: and the prince of the children of Benjamin shall be Abidan the son of Gideoni.
2: 23 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty-five thousand four hundred.
2: 24 All that were numbered of the camp of Ephraim were a hundred eight thousand one hundred, according to their hosts. And they shall set forth third.
2: 25 On the north side shall be the standard of the camp of Dan according to their hosts: and the prince of the children of Dan shall be Ahiezer the son of Ammi-shaddai.
2: 26 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were sixty-two thousand seven hundred.
2: 27 And those that encamp next unto him shall be the tribe of Asher: and the prince of the children of Asher shall be Pagiel the son of Ochran.
2: 28 And his hosts, and those that were numbered of them, were forty-one thousand five hundred.
2: 29 And the tribe of Naphtali: and the prince of the children of Naphtali shall be Ahira the son of Enan.
2: 30 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty-three thousand four hundred.
2: 31 All that were numbered of the camp of Dan were a hundred fifty-seven thousand six hundred. They shall set forth hindmost by their standards.
2: 32 These are they that were numbered of the children of Israel by their fathers’ houses: all that were numbered of the camps according to their hosts were six hundred three thousand five hundred fifty.
2: 33 But the Levites were 7not numbered among the children of Israel; as Jehovah commanded Moses.
7That is, not enlisted for war Cf. ch. 3:14-43.
2: 34 Thus did the children of Israel; according to all that Jehovah commanded Moses, so they encamped by their standards, and so they set forward, every one by their families, according to their fathers’ houses.
