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 standard, with the ^[a]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 standard 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, even 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, even their numbered men, 54,400. ⁷ Then comes the tribe of Zebulun, and the leader of the sons of Zebulun: ^(D)Eliab the son of Helon, ⁸ and his army, even 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 standard 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, even their numbered men, 46,500. ¹² 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, even their numbered men, 59,300. ¹⁴ Then comes the tribe of Gad, and the leader of the sons of Gad: ^(H)Eliasaph the son of ^[d]Deuel, ¹⁵ and his army, even 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 standards.

¹⁸ “On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of ^(K)Ephraim by their armies, and the leader of the sons of Ephraim shall be ^(L)Elishama the son of Ammihud, ¹⁹ and his army, even 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, even their numbered men, 32,200. ²² Then comes the tribe of ^(N)Benjamin, and the leader of the sons of Benjamin: ^(O)Abidan the son of Gideoni, ²³ and his army, even 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 standard 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, even 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, even their numbered men, 41,500. ²⁹ Then comes the tribe of ^(S)Naphtali, and the leader of the sons of Naphtali: ^(T)Ahira the son of Enan, ³⁰ and his army, even 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 standards.”

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 numbered among the sons of Israel, just as the Lord had commanded Moses. ³⁴ 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.

God’s Guidance of His People in Spite of Their Unfaithfulness.

A ^[a]Maskil of Asaph.

The Widow’s Gift

21 ^(A)And He looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury. ² And He saw a poor widow putting ^[a]in ^(B)two ^[b]small copper coins. ³ And He said, “Truly I say to you, this poor widow put in more than all of them; ⁴ for they all out of their ^[c]surplus put into the ^[d]offering; but she out of her poverty put in all ^[e]that she had ^(C)to live on.”

^5 (D)And while some were talking about the temple, that it was adorned with beautiful stones and votive gifts, He said, ⁶ “As for these things which you are looking at, the days will come in which ^(E)there will not be left one stone upon another which will not be torn down.”

⁷ They questioned Him, saying, “Teacher, when therefore will these things happen? And what will be the ^[f]sign when these things are about to take place?” ⁸ And He said, “See to it that you are not misled; for many will come in My name, saying, ‘^(F)I am He,’ and, ‘The time is near.’ ^(G)Do not go after them. ⁹ When you hear of wars and disturbances, do not be terrified; for these things must take place first, but the end does not follow immediately.”

Things to Come

¹⁰ Then He continued by saying to them, “Nation will rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom, ¹¹ and there will be great earthquakes, and in various places plagues and famines; and there will be terrors and great ^[g]signs from heaven.

¹² “But before all these things, ^(H)they will lay their hands on you and will persecute you, delivering you to the synagogues and prisons, ^[h]bringing you before kings and governors for My name’s sake. ^13 (I)It will lead to ^[i]an opportunity for your testimony. ^14 (J)So make up your minds not to prepare beforehand to defend yourselves; ¹⁵ for ^(K)I will give you ^[j]utterance and wisdom which none of your opponents will be able to resist or refute. ¹⁶ But you will be betrayed even by parents and brothers and relatives and friends, and they will put some of you to death, ¹⁷ and you will be hated by all because of My name. ¹⁸ Yet ^(L)not a hair of your head will perish. ^19 (M)By your endurance you will gain your ^[k]lives.