Arrangement of the Camps

2 Now the Lord spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, ² “^(A)The sons of Israel shall camp, each by his own ^[a]flag, with the banners of their fathers’ households; they shall camp around the tent of meeting ^[b]at a distance. ³ Now those who camp on the east side toward the sunrise shall be of the flag of the camp of Judah, by their armies; and the leader of the sons of Judah: ^(B)Nahshon the son of Amminadab, ⁴ and his army, their ^[c]numbered men: 74,600. ⁵ Those who camp next to him shall be the tribe of Issachar; and the leader of the sons of Issachar: ^(C)Nethanel the son of Zuar, ⁶ and his army, their numbered men: 54,400. ⁷ Then follows the tribe of Zebulun; and the leader of the sons of Zebulun: ^(D)Eliab the son of Helon, ⁸ and his army, his numbered men: 57,400. ⁹ The total of the numbered men of the camp of Judah: 186,400, by their armies. ^(E)They shall set out first.

¹⁰ “On the south side shall be the flag of the camp of Reuben by their armies; and the leader of the sons of Reuben: ^(F)Elizur the son of Shedeur, ¹¹ and his army, their numbered men: 46,500. ¹² And those who camp next to him shall be the tribe of Simeon; and the leader of the sons of Simeon: ^(G)Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai, ¹³ and his army, their numbered men: 59,300. ¹⁴ Then follows the tribe of Gad; and the leader of the sons of Gad: ^(H)Eliasaph the son of ^[d]Deuel, ¹⁵ and his army, their numbered men: 45,650. ¹⁶ The total of the numbered men of the camp of Reuben: 151,450 by their armies. And ^(I)they shall set out second.

¹⁷ “^(J)Then 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 flags.

¹⁸ “On the west side shall be the flag of the camp of ^(K)Ephraim by their armies; and the leader of the sons of Ephraim: ^(L)Elishama the son of Ammihud, ¹⁹ and his army, their numbered men: 40,500. ²⁰ Next to him shall be the tribe of Manasseh; and the leader of the sons of Manasseh: ^(M)Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur, ²¹ and his army, their numbered men, 32,200. ²² Then follows the tribe of ^(N)Benjamin; and the leader of the sons of Benjamin: ^(O)Abidan the son of Gideoni, ²³ and his army, their numbered men, 35,400. ²⁴ The total of the numbered men of the camp of Ephraim: 108,100, by their armies. And ^(P)they shall set out third.

²⁵ “On the north side shall be the flag of the camp of Dan by their armies; and the leader of the sons of Dan: ^(Q)Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai, ²⁶ and his army, their numbered men: 62,700. ²⁷ Those who camp next to him shall be the tribe of Asher; and the leader of the sons of Asher: ^(R)Pagiel the son of Ochran, ²⁸ and his army, their numbered men: 41,500. ²⁹ Then follows the tribe of ^(S)Naphtali; and the leader of the sons of Naphtali: ^(T)Ahira the son of Enan, ³⁰ and his army, their numbered men: 53,400. ³¹ The total of the numbered men of the camp of Dan was 157,600. ^(U)They shall set out last by their flags.”

³² 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, ^(V)603,550. ^33 (W)The Levites, however, were not counted among the sons of Israel, just as the Lord had commanded Moses. ³⁴ So the sons of Israel did all this; according to all that the Lord commanded Moses, so they camped by their flags, and so they set out, everyone by his family according to his father’s household.