CHAPTER 2

¹And the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, ²“Every man by his banner with standards for his father’s house, shall the Israelites camp opposite, round the Tent of Meeting they shall camp.” ³And those that camp to the very east, the banner of the camp of Judah by its divisions, and the chieftain of the Judahites, Nahshon son of Amminadab. ⁴And his division and those reckoned with them, seventy-four thousand six hundred. ⁵And those camped by him, the tribe of Issachar, and the chieftain of the Issacharites, Nethanel son of Zuar. ⁶And his division and those reckoned with it, fifty-four thousand four hundred. ⁷The tribe of Zebulun, and the chieftain of the Zebulunites Eliab son of Helon. ⁸And his division and those reckoned with it, seventy-five thousand four hundred. ⁹All the reckoning for the camp of Judah one hundred eighty-six thousand four hundred by their divisions. They shall journey first. ¹⁰The banner of the camp of Reuben to the south by their divisions, and the chieftain of the Reubenites Elizur son of Shedeur. ¹¹And his division and those reckoned with it, forty-six thousand five hundred. ¹²And those who camped by him, the tribe of Simeon, and the chieftain of the Simeonites Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai. ¹³And his division and their reckoning, fifty-nine thousand three hundred. ¹⁴And the tribe of Gad, and the chieftain of the Gadites Eliasaph son of Reuel. ¹⁵And his division and their reckoning with them, forty-five thousand six hundred and fifty. ¹⁶All the reckoning for the camp of Reuben, one hundred fifty thousand four hundred and fifty by their divisions. And they shall journey second. ¹⁷And the Tent of Meeting, the camp of the Levites, shall journey in the midst of the camps. As they camp, so shall they journey, each in his own place, by their banners. ¹⁸The banner of the camp of Ephraim by their divisions to the west, and the chieftain of the Ephraimites Elishama son of Ammihud. ¹⁹And his division and their reckoning, forty thousand five hundred. ²⁰And by him the camp of Manasseh, and the chieftain of the Manassehites Gamaliel son of Pedahzur. ²¹And his division and those reckoned with it thirty-two thousand two hundred. ²²And the tribe of Benjamin, and the chieftain of the Benjaminites Abidan son of Gideoni. ²³And his division and their reckoning thirty-five thousand four hundred. ²⁴And the reckoning for the camp of Ephraim one hundred eight thousand one hundred by their divisions. And they shall journey third. ²⁵The banner of the camp of Dan to the north by their divisions, and the chieftain of the Danites Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai. ²⁶And his division and their reckoning, sixty-two thousand seven hundred. ²⁷And those who camped by him, the tribe of Asher, and the chieftain of the Asherites Pagiel son of Ochran. ²⁸And his division and their reckoning forty-one thousand five hundred. ²⁹And the tribe of Naphtali, and the chieftain of the Naphtalites Ahira son of Enan. ³⁰And his division and their reckoning, fifty-three thousand four hundred. ³¹All the reckoning for the camp of Dan one hundred fifty-seven thousand six hundred. They shall journey last by their banners. ³²These are the reckonings of the Israelites by their fathers’ houses, all the reckonings of the camps by their divisions, six hundred three thousand five hundred and fifty. ³³But the Levites were not reckoned in the midst of the Israelites, as the LORD had charged Moses. ³⁴And the Israelites did as all that the LORD had charged Moses, thus they camped by their banners and thus they journeyed, each man by his clans, together with his father’s house.