Now the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, 2 “aThe sons of Israel shall camp, each by his own 1flag, with the banners of their fathers’ households; they shall camp around the tent of meeting 2at a distance.Or division, and so throughout the chOr facing itNum 1:52; 24:2 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: aNahshon the son of Amminadab,Num 1:7; 10:14; Ruth 4:20; 1 Chr 2:10; Luke 3:32, 33 4 and his army, their 1numbered men: 74,600.Lit mustered, and so throughout the ch 5 Those who camp next to him shall be the tribe of Issachar; and the leader of the sons of Issachar: aNethanel the son of Zuar,Num 1:8; 7:18, 23 6 and his army, their numbered men: 54,400. 7 Then follows the tribe of Zebulun; and the leader of the sons of Zebulun: aEliab the son of Helon,Num 1:9 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. aThey shall set out first.Num 10:14
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: aElizur the son of Shedeur,Num 1:5 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: aShelumiel the son of Zurishaddai,Num 1:6 13 and his army, their numbered men: 59,300. 14 Then follows the tribe of Gad; and the leader of the sons of Gad: aEliasaph the son of 1Deuel,Many mss (cf. 1:14); some ancient versions ReuelNum 1:14; 7:42 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 athey shall set out second.Num 10:18
17 “aThen 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.Num 1:53
18 “On the west side shall be the flag of the camp of aEphraim by their armies; and the leader of the sons of Ephraim: bElishama the son of Ammihud,Gen 48:14-20; Jer 31:9, 18-20Num 1:10 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: aGamaliel the son of Pedahzur,Num 1:10 21 and his army, their numbered men, 32,200. 22 Then follows the tribe of aBenjamin; and the leader of the sons of Benjamin: bAbidan the son of Gideoni,Ps 68:27Num 1:11 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 athey shall set out third.Num 10:22
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: aAhiezer the son of Ammishaddai,Num 1:12 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: aPagiel the son of Ochran,Num 1:13 28 and his army, their numbered men: 41,500. 29 Then follows the tribe of aNaphtali; and the leader of the sons of Naphtali: bAhira the son of Enan,Gen 30:8Num 1:15 30 and his army, their numbered men: 53,400. 31 The total of the numbered men of the camp of Dan was 157,600. aThey shall set out last by their flags.”Num 10:25
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, a603,550.Ex 38:26; Num 1:46 33 aThe Levites, however, were not counted among the sons of Israel, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.Num 1:47; 26:57-62 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.