Arrangement of the Camps

Now the Lord spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, (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. 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, and his army, their [c]numbered men: 74,600. 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, and his army, their numbered men: 54,400. Then follows the tribe of Zebulun; and the leader of the sons of Zebulun: (D)Eliab the son of Helon, and his army, his numbered men: 57,400. 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.

Footnotes

  1. Numbers 2:2 Or division, and so throughout the ch
  2. Numbers 2:2 Or facing it
  3. Numbers 2:4 Lit mustered, and so throughout the ch
  4. Numbers 2:14 Many mss (cf. 1:14); some ancient versions Reuel

Ang Kampo at ang Pinuno ng Bawat Lipi

Sinabi ni Yahweh kina Moises at Aaron: Ang mga Israelita'y magtatayo ng kanilang tolda sa paligid ng Toldang Tipanan sa labas ng hanay ng mga Levita, at bawat angkan ay sama-sama sa ilalim ng kanilang watawat.

3-8 Sa gawing silangan magkakampo ang pangkat ng mga lipi ni Juda, Isacar, at Zebulun:

LipiPinunoBilang
JudaNaason na anak ni Aminadab74,600
IsacarNathanael na anak ni Zuar54,400
ZebulunEliab na anak ni Helon57,400

Ang kabuuan ng pangkat na ito ay 186,400. Sila ang mauuna sa bawat paglakad.

10-15 Sa gawing timog naman magkakampo ang pangkat ng mga lipi nina Ruben, Simeon, at Gad:

LipiPinunoBilang
RubenElizur na anak ni Sedeur46,500
SimeonSelumiel na anak ni Zurisadai59,300
GadEliasaf na anak ni Deuel45,650

16 Ang kabuuan ng pangkat na ito ay 151,450. Ang pangkat na ito ang susunod sa pangkat na pangungunahan ng lipi ni Juda.

17 Maging sa paglilipat ng Toldang Tipanan, ang pangkat ng mga Levita ay mananatili sa gitna ng ibang mga pangkat. Sa pagpapatuloy ng paglalakbay, mananatili ang bawat pangkat sa dating ayos sa ilalim ng kani-kanilang watawat.

18-23 Sa gawing kanluran naman magkakampo ang pangkat ng mga lipi nina Efraim, Manases, at Benjamin:

LipiPinunoBilang
EfraimElisama na anak ni Amiud40,500
ManasesGamaliel na anak ni Pedazur32,200
BenjaminAbidan na anak ni Gideoni35,400

24 Ang kabuuan ng pangkat na ito ay 108,100. Sila ang pangatlo sa hanay.

25-30 At sa gawing hilaga naman magkakampo ang pangkat ng mga lipi nina Dan, Asher, at Neftali:

LipiPinunoBilang
DanAhiezer na anak ni Amisadai62,700
AsherPagiel na anak ni Ocran41,500
NeftaliAhira na anak ni Enan53,400

31 Ang pangkat na ito ay umaabot sa 157,600. Sila ang kahuli-hulihan sa hanay ng mga kawal. 32 Iyon ang bilang ng mga Israelita ayon sa kani-kanilang lipi. Lahat-lahat ay umabot sa 603,550. 33 Hindi kabilang dito ang mga Levita tulad ng ipinagbilin ni Yahweh kay Moises na huwag isasama sa sensus ang mga ito.

34 Ang lahat ay ginawa ng mga Israelita ayon sa utos ni Yahweh. Nagtayo sila ng tolda sa ilalim ng kani-kanilang watawat, at pangkat-pangkat na nagpatuloy sa paglalakbay.