Old Testament

Numbers 2
The Arrangement of the Israelite Camp
21The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron as follows:
2Each of the Israelites will camp under his own standard, with the banners for their fathers' houses. They will camp around the Tent of Meeting at a distance from it.
3Those who camp on the east side toward the sunrise will be organized under the standard of Judah's camp, according to their military units.
The tribal chief of Judah's descendants is Nahshon son of Amminadab. 4His unit, as registered, totals 74,600.
5The tribe of Issachar will camp next to Judah. The tribal chief of Issachar's descendants is Nethanel son of Zuar. 6His unit, as registered, totals 54,400.
7The tribe of Zebulun will be next. The tribal chief of Zebulun's descendants is Eliab son of Helon. 8His unit, as registered, totals 57,400.
9All those registered in Judah's camp are 186,400, according to their military units. They will set out first.
10Those who camp on the south side will be organized under the standard of Reuben's camp, according to their military units.
The tribal chief of Reuben's descendants is Elizur son of Shedeur. 11His unit, as registered, totals 46,500.
12The tribe of Simeon will camp next to Reuben. The tribal chief of Simeon's descendants is Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai. 13His unit, as registered, totals 59,300.
14The tribe of Gad will be next. The tribal chief of Gad's descendants will be Eliasaph son of Deuel.[] 15His unit, as registered, totals 45,650.
16All those registered in Reuben's camp are 151,450, according to their military units. They will set out second.
17Then the Tent of Meeting will set out with the Levites' camp, which is in the middle of the camps. They are to set out in the same order as they camp, each one in his place, following their standards.
18Those who camp on the west side will be organized under the standard of Ephraim's camp, according to their military units.
The tribal chief of Ephraim's descendants is Elishama son of Ammihud. 19His unit, as registered, totals 40,500.
20Next to Ephraim will be the tribe of Manasseh. The tribal chief of Manasseh's descendants is Gamaliel son of Pedahzur. 21His unit, as registered, totals 32,200.
22The tribe of Benjamin will be next. The tribal chief of Benjamin's descendants is Abidan son of Gideoni. 23His unit, as registered, totals 35,400.
24All those registered in Ephraim's camp are 108,100, according to their military units. They will set out third.
25Those who camp on the north side will be organized under the standard of Dan's camp according to their military units.
The tribal chief of Dan's descendants is Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai. 26His unit, as registered, totals 62,700.
27Next to Dan will be the tribe of Asher. The tribal chief of Asher's descendants will be Pagiel son of Ochran. 28His unit, as registered, totals 41,500.
29The tribe of Naphtali will be next. The tribal chief of Naphtali's descendants is Ahira son of Enan. 30His unit, as registered, totals 53,400.
31All those registered in Dan's camp are 157,600. They will set out last, following their standards.
32These were the Israelites who were registered according to their fathers' houses. All the men in the camps, organized according to their military units, as registered, totaled 603,550. 33But the Levites were not registered among the Israelites, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.
34The Israelites did everything that the Lord commanded Moses. They camped around their standards, and they set out, every one of them by their clans, according to their fathers' houses.

Footnotes

  • 2:14 Some Hebrew manuscripts read Reuel.