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Arrangement of the Camps

¹ The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,² "^(C1)The sons of Israel shall camp, each by his own standard, with the ^(F1)banners of their fathers' households; they shall camp around the Tent of Meeting (tabernacle), but at a distance.³ "Those who camp on the east side toward the sunrise shall be of the ^(F1)standard of the camp of Judah, by their armies; and ^(C1)Nahshon the son of Amminadab shall lead the sons of Judah,⁴ and his army as numbered totaled 74,600.⁵ "Next to Judah on the east side the tribe of Issachar shall encamp; and ^(C1)Nethanel the son of Zuar shall lead the sons of Issachar,⁶ and his army as numbered totaled 54,400.⁷ "Then also on the east side the tribe of Zebulun; and ^(C1)Eliab the son of Helon shall lead the sons of Zebulun,⁸ and his army as numbered totaled 57,400.⁹ "The total of the numbered men in the three tribes on the east side in the camp of Judah was 186,400, by their armies. ^(C1)They shall move out first on the march.

¹⁰ "On the south side shall be the ^(F1)standard of the camp of Reuben, by their armies; and ^(C1)Elizur the son of Shedeur shall lead the sons of Reuben,¹¹ and his army as numbered totaled 46,500.¹² "Those who camp next to Reuben on the south side shall be the tribe of Simeon; and ^(C1)Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai shall lead the sons of Simeon,¹³ and his army as numbered totaled 59,300.¹⁴ "Then completing the south side the tribe of Gad; and ^(C1)Eliasaph the son of Reuel (Deuel) shall lead the sons of Gad,¹⁵ and his army as numbered totaled 45,650.¹⁶ "The total of the numbered men in the three tribes on the south side in the camp of Reuben was 151,450, by their armies. ^(C1)They shall move out second on the march.

¹⁷ "^(C1)Then the Tent of Meeting (tabernacle) shall move out with the camp of the Levites in the middle of the other camps; just as they camp so shall they move out, every man in his place by their standards.

¹⁸ "On the west side shall be the ^(F1)standard of the camp of ^(C1)Ephraim, by their armies; and ^(C2)Elishama the son of Ammihud shall lead the sons of Ephraim,¹⁹ and his army as numbered totaled 40,500.²⁰ "Beside Ephraim on the west side shall be the tribe of Manasseh; and ^(C1)Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur shall lead the sons of Manasseh,²¹ and his army as numbered totaled 32,200.²² "Then completing the west side shall be the tribe of ^(C1)Benjamin; and ^(C2)Abidan the son of Gideoni shall lead the sons of Benjamin,²³ and his army as numbered totaled 35,400.²⁴ "The total of the numbered men of the three tribes on the west side in the camp of Ephraim was 108,100, by their armies. ^(C1)They shall move out in third place.

²⁵ "On the north side shall be the ^(F1)standard of the camp of Dan, by their armies; and ^(C1)Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai shall lead the sons of Dan,²⁶ and his army as numbered totaled 62,700.²⁷ "Encamped next to Dan on the north side shall be the tribe of Asher; and ^(C1)Pagiel the son of Ochran shall lead the sons of Asher,²⁸ and his army as numbered totaled 41,500.²⁹ "Then completing the north side comes the tribe of ^(C1)Naphtali; and ^(C2)Ahira the son of Enan shall lead the sons of Naphtali,³⁰ and his army as numbered totaled 53,400.³¹ "The total of the numbered men of the three tribes on the north side in the camp of Dan was 157,600. ^(C1)They shall move out last, ^(F1)standard after standard."

³² These are the men of the Israelites twenty years old and upward as numbered by their fathers' households. The total of the numbered men of the camps by their armies, ^(C1)603,550.³³ But ^(C1)the Levites were not numbered with the other Israelites, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.³⁴ Thus the Israelites did as ordered; according to everything the LORD had commanded Moses, so they camped by their standards, and so they moved out, everyone with his family (clan), according to his fathers' household.