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The Arrangement of the Camps

¹ Yahweh spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, ² "The Israelites^[a] will encamp each with his standard, with a banner according to their families;^[b] they will encamp around the tent of assembly. ³ The ones who encamp on the eastern side, toward the sunrise, will be of the standard of the camp of Judah according to their divisions; and the leader of the descendants of Judah will be Nahshon son of Amminadab, ⁴ and his division and the ones counted^[c] are seventy-four thousand six hundred. ⁵ And the ones who encamp next to him will be the tribe of Issachar. And the leader of the descendants of Issachar will be Nethanel son of Zuar, ⁶ and his division are fifty-four thousand four hundred. ⁷ For the tribe of Zebulun: the leader of the descendants of Zebulun will be Eliab son of Helon, ⁸ and his division and the ones counted^[d] are fifty-seven thousand four hundred. ⁹ All those counted from the camp of Judah are one hundred and eighty-six thousand four hundred. They will set out first according to their divisions.

¹⁰ "The standard of the camp of Reuben will be to the south according to their divisions. The leader of the descendants will be Elizur son of Shedeur. ¹¹ And his division and the ones counted^[e] are forty-six thousand five hundred. ¹² Those encamped next to him will be the tribe of Simeon. The leader of the descendants of Simeon will be Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai. ¹³ And his division and the ones counted^[f] are fifty-nine thousand three hundred. ¹⁴ For the tribe of Gad: the leader of the descendants of Gad will be Eliasaph son of Reuel. ¹⁵ And his division and the ones counted^[g] are forty-five thousand six hundred and fifty. ¹⁶ All those counted^[h] from the camp of Reuben are one hundred and fifty-one thousand four hundred and fifty. They will set out second according to their divisions.

¹⁷ "The tent of assembly the camp of the Levites will set out in the midst of the camps; they will set out just as they encamped, each according to their standards.^[i]

¹⁸ "The standard of the camp of Ephraim according to their divisions will be to the west. The leader of the descendants of Ephraim will be Elishama son of Ammihud. ¹⁹ And his division and the ones counted^[j] are forty thousand five hundred. ²⁰ The tribe of Manasseh will be next to him. The leader of the descendants of the tribe of Manasseh will be Camaliel son of Pedahzur. ²¹ And his division and the ones counted^[k] are thirty-two thousand two hundred. ²² For the tribe of Benjamin: the leader of the descendants of Benjamin will be Abidan son of Gideoni. ²³ And his division and the ones counted^[l] are thirty-five thousand four hundred. ²⁴ All those counted^[m] from the camp of Ephraim are one hundred and eighty thousand one hundred. They will set out third according to their divisions.

²⁵ "The standard of the camp of Dan according to their divisions will be to the west. The leader of the descendants of Dan will be Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai. ²⁶ And his division and the ones counted^[n] are sixty-two thousand seven hundred. ²⁷ Those encamped next to him will be the tribe of Asher. The leader of the descendants of Asher will be Pagiel son of Ocran. ²⁸ And his division and the ones counted^[o] are forty-one thousand five hundred. ²⁹ For the tribe of Naphtali: the leader of the descendants of Naphtali will be Ahira son of Enan. ³⁰ And his division and the ones counted^[p] are fifty-three thousand four hundred. ³¹ All the ones counted^[q] from the camp of Dan are one hundred and fifty-seven thousand six hundred. They will set out last^[r] according to their divisions."

³² These were the ones counted of the Israelites^[s] according to their families;^[t] all those counted from the camps according to their divisions were six hundred and three thousand five hundred. ³³ The Levites were not counted in the midst of the Israelites,^[u] just as Yahweh commanded Moses.

³⁴ And the Israelites^[v] did everything that Yahweh commanded Moses. They encamped according to their standards, and they^[w] set out each one according to their clans^[x] among their families.^[y]