Numbers 2
Christian Standard Bible
Organization of the Camps
2 The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron: 2 “The Israelites are to camp under their respective banners beside the flags of their ancestral families.[a] They are to camp around the tent of meeting at a distance from it:
3 Judah’s military divisions(A) will camp on the east side toward the sunrise under their banner. The leader of the descendants of Judah is Nahshon(B) son of Amminadab. 4 His military division numbers 74,600. 5 The tribe of Issachar will camp next to it. The leader of the Issacharites is Nethanel son of Zuar. 6 His military division numbers 54,400. 7 The tribe of Zebulun will be next. The leader of the Zebulunites is Eliab son of Helon. 8 His military division numbers 57,400. 9 The total number in their military divisions who belong to Judah’s encampment is 186,400; they will move out first.
10 Reuben’s military divisions will camp on the south side under their banner. The leader of the Reubenites is Elizur son of Shedeur. 11 His military division numbers 46,500. 12 The tribe of Simeon will camp next to it. The leader of the Simeonites is Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai. 13 His military division numbers 59,300. 14 The tribe of Gad will be next. The leader of the Gadites is Eliasaph son of Deuel.[b] 15 His military division numbers 45,650. 16 The total number in their military divisions who belong to Reuben’s encampment is 151,450; they will move out second.
17 The tent of meeting is to move out with the Levites’ camp, which is in the middle of the camps. They are to move out just as they camp, each in his place,[c] with their banners.
18 Ephraim’s military divisions will camp on the west side under their banner. The leader of the Ephraimites is Elishama son of Ammihud. 19 His military division numbers 40,500. 20 The tribe of Manasseh will be next to it. The leader of the Manassites is Gamaliel son of Pedahzur. 21 His military division numbers 32,200. 22 The tribe of Benjamin will be next. The leader of the Benjaminites is Abidan son of Gideoni. 23 His military division numbers 35,400. 24 The total in their military divisions who belong to Ephraim’s encampment number 108,100; they will move out third.
25 Dan’s military divisions will camp on the north side under their banner. The leader of the Danites is Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai. 26 His military division numbers 62,700. 27 The tribe of Asher will camp next to it. The leader of the Asherites is Pagiel son of Ochran. 28 His military division numbers 41,500. 29 The tribe of Naphtali will be next. The leader of the Naphtalites is Ahira son of Enan. 30 His military division numbers 53,400. 31 The total number who belong to Dan’s encampment is 157,600; they are to move out last, with their banners.”
32 These are the Israelites registered by their ancestral families. The total number in the camps by their military divisions is 603,550. 33 But the Levites were not registered among the Israelites, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.(C)
34 The Israelites did everything the Lord commanded Moses; they camped by their banners in this way and moved out the same way, each man by his clan and by his ancestral family.[d](D)
Numbers 2
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
2 And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:
2 All the children of Israel shall camp by their troops, ensigns, and standards, and the houses of their kindreds, round about the tabernacle of the covenant.
3 On the east Juda shall pitch his tents by the bands of his army: and the prince of his sons shall be Nahasson the son of Aminadab.
4 And the whole sum of the fighting men of his stock, were seventy-four thousand six hundred.
5 Next unto him they of the tribe of Issachar encamped, whose prince was Nathanael, the son of Suar.
6 And the whole number of his fighting men were fifty-four thousand four hundred.
7 In the tribe of Zabulon the prince was Eliab the son of Helon.
8 And all the army of fighting men of his stock, were fifty-seven thousand four hundred.
9 All that were numbered in the camp of Juda, were a hundred and eighty-six thousand four hundred: and they by their troops shall march first.
10 In the camp of the sons of Ruben, on the south side, the prince shall be Elisur the son of Sedeur:
11 And the whole army of his fighting men, that were numbered, were forty-six thousand five hundred.
12 Beside him camped they of the tribe of Simeon: whose prince was Salamiel the son of Surisaddai.
13 And the whole army of his fighting men, that were numbered, were fifty-nine thousand three hundred.
14 In the tribe of Gad the prince was Eliasaph the son of Duel.
15 And the whole army of his fighting men that were numbered, were forty-five thousand six hundred and fifty.
16 All that were reckoned up in the camp of Ruben, were a hundred and fifty-one thousand four hundred and fifty, by their troops: they shall march in the second place.
17 And the tabernacle of the testimony shall be carried by the officers of the Levites and their troops. As it shall be set up, so shall it be taken down. Every one shall march according to their places, and ranks.
18 On the west side shall be the camp of the sons of Ephraim, whose prince was Elisama, the son of Ammiud.
19 The whole army of his fighting men, that were numbered, were forty thousand five hundred.
20 And with them the tribe of the sons of Manasses, whose prince was Gamaliel the son of Phadassur.
21 And the whole army of his fighting men, that were numbered, were thirty-two thousand two hundred.
22 In the tribe of the sons of Benjamin the prince was Abidan the son of Gedeon.
23 And the whole army of his fighting men, that were reckoned up, were thirty-five thousand four hundred.
24 All that were numbered in the camp of Ephraim, were a hundred and eight thousand one hundred by their troops: they shall march in the third place.
25 On the north side camped the sons of Dan: whose prince was Ahiezar the son of Ammisaddai.
26 The whole army of his fighting men, that were numbered, were sixty-two thousand seven hundred.
27 Beside him they of the tribe of Aser pitched their tents: whose prince was Phegiel the son of Ochran.
28 The whole army of his fighting men, that were numbered, were forty-one thousand five hundred.
29 Of the tribe of the sons of Nephtali the prince was Ahira the son of Enan.
30 The whole army of his fighting men, were fifty-three thousand four hundred.
31 All that were numbered in the camp of Dan, were a hundred and fifty-seven thousand six hundred: and they shall march last.
32 This is the number of the children of Israel, of their army divided according to the houses of their kindreds and their troops, six hundred and three thousand five hundred and fifty.
33 And the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel: for so the Lord had commanded Moses.
34 And the children of Israel did according to all things that the Lord had commanded. They camped by their troops, and marched by the families and houses of their fathers.
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