• Arrangement of the Camps

  • 1 Now the Lord spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
  • 2 “The sons of Israel shall camp, each by his own flag, with the banners of their fathers’ households; they shall camp around the tent of meeting 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: Nahshon the son of Amminadab,
  • 4 and his army, their 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: 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: 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. 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: 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: 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: Eliasaph the son of 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 they shall set out second.
  • 17 “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 Ephraim by their armies; and the leader of the sons of Ephraim: 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: Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur,
  • 21 and his army, their numbered men, 32,200.
  • 22 Then follows the tribe of Benjamin; and the leader of the sons of Benjamin: 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 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: 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: Pagiel the son of Ochran,
  • 28 and his army, their numbered men: 41,500.
  • 29 Then follows the tribe of Naphtali; and the leader of the sons of Naphtali: 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. 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, 603,550.
  • 33 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.