Numbers 2:1–34

¹Jehovah now spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:²“The sons of Israel should encamp, each man by his [three‐tribe] division, by the signs for the house of their fathers. Round about in front of the tent of meeting they should encamp.

³“And those camping eastward toward the sunrising will be the [three‐tribe] division of the camp of Judah in their armies, and the chieftain for the sons of Judah is Nah′shon the son of Am‧min′a‧dab.⁴And his army and the ones registered of them are seventy‐four thousand six hundred.⁵And those camping alongside him will be the tribe of Is′sa‧char, and the chieftain for the sons of Is′sa‧char is Ne‧than′el the son of Zu′ar.⁶And his army and his registered ones are fifty‐four thousand four hundred.⁷And the tribe of Zeb′u‧lun; and the chieftain for the sons of Zeb′u‧lun is E‧li′ab the son of He′lon.⁸And his army and his registered ones are fifty‐seven thousand four hundred.

⁹“All the registered ones of the camp of Judah are one hundred eighty‐six thousand four hundred in their armies. They should set out first.

¹⁰“The [three‐tribe] division of the camp of Reu′ben will be toward the south in their armies, and the chieftain for the sons of Reu′ben is E‧li′zur the son of Shed′e‧ur.¹¹And his army and his registered ones are forty‐six thousand five hundred.¹²And those camping alongside him will be the tribe of Sim′e‧on, and the chieftain for the sons of Sim′e‧on is She‧lu′mi‧el the son of Zu‧ri‧shad′dai.¹³And his army and the ones registered of them are fifty‐nine thousand three hundred.¹⁴And the tribe of Gad; and the chieftain for the sons of Gad is E‧li′a‧saph the son of Reu′el.¹⁵And his army and the ones registered of them are forty‐five thousand six hundred and fifty.

¹⁶“All the registered ones of the camp of Reu′ben are one hundred and fifty‐one thousand four hundred and fifty in their armies, and they should set out second.

¹⁷“When the tent of meeting must set out, the camp of the Levites will be in the middle of the camps.

“Just as they should encamp, so they should set out, each one at his place, according to their [three‐tribe] divisions.

¹⁸“The [three‐tribe] division of the camp of E′phra‧im in their armies will be toward the west, and the chieftain for the sons of E′phra‧im is E‧lish′a‧ma the son of Am‧mi′hud.¹⁹And his army and the ones registered of them are forty thousand five hundred.²⁰And alongside him will be the tribe of Ma‧nas′seh, and the chieftain for the sons of Ma‧nas′seh is Ga‧ma′li‧el the son of Pe‧dah′zur.²¹And his army and the ones registered of them are thirty‐two thousand two hundred.²²And the tribe of Benjamin; and the chieftain for the sons of Benjamin is Ab′i‧dan the son of Gid‧e‧o′ni.²³And his army and the ones registered of them are thirty‐five thousand four hundred.

²⁴“All the registered ones of the camp of E′phra‧im are one hundred and eight thousand one hundred in their armies, and they should set out third.

²⁵“The [three‐tribe] division of the camp of Dan will be toward the north in their armies, and the chieftain for the sons of Dan is A‧hi‧e′zer the son of Am‧mi‧shad′dai.²⁶And his army and the ones registered of them are sixty‐two thousand seven hundred.²⁷And the ones camping alongside him will be the tribe of Ash′er, and the chieftain for the sons of Ash′er is Pa′gi‧el the son of Och′ran.²⁸And his army and the ones registered of them are forty‐one thousand five hundred.²⁹And the tribe of Naph′ta‧li; and the chieftain for the sons of Naph′ta‧li is A‧hi′ra the son of E′nan.³⁰And his army and the ones registered of them are fifty‐three thousand four hundred.

³¹“All the registered ones of the camp of Dan are one hundred fifty‐seven thousand six hundred. They should set out last—according to their [three‐tribe] divisions.”

³²These were the registered ones of the sons of Israel according to the house of their fathers; all the registered ones of the camps in their armies were six hundred and three thousand five hundred and fifty.³³But the Levites did not get registered in among the sons of Israel, just as Jehovah had commanded Moses.³⁴And the sons of Israel proceeded to do according to all that Jehovah had commanded Moses. That is the way they encamped in their [three‐tribe] divisions, and that is the way they set out, each one in his families with regard to the house of his fathers.