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¹ Then spake Yahweh onto Moses and onto Aaron saying:² Every man - near his standard with the ensigns belonging to their ancestral houses, shall the sons of Israel encamp, - at a distance round about the tent of meeting, shall they encamp.

³ And they who encamp eastwards towards sunrise, shall he the standard of the camp of Judah by their hosts, - even the prince of the sons of Judah, Nashon, son of Ammi-nadab;⁴ and his host, even they who are numbered of them, - seventy-four thousand and six hundred,⁵ Then they who encamp by him the tribe of Issachar, - even the prince of the sons of Issachar, Nethanel, son of Zuar;⁶ and his host even they who are numbered of them, - fifty-four thousand and four hundred.⁷ The tribe of Zebulun, even the prince of the sons of Zebulun, Eliab, son of Helon;⁸ and his host, even they who are numbered of him, fifty-seven thousand and four hundred.⁹ All they who are num-bered to the camp of Judah. a hundred and eighty-six thousand four hundred, by their hosts, shall first set forward.¹⁰ the standard of he camp of Reuben south-wards, by their hosts, - even the prince of the sons of Reuben, Elizur son of Shedeur;¹¹ and his host, even they who are numbered of him, - forty-six thousand, and five hundred.¹² Then they who encamp by him, the tribe of Simeon, - even the prince of the sons of Simeon, Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai;¹³ and his host, even they who are numbered of them, - fifty-nine thousand and three hundred.¹⁴ Then the tribe of Gad, even the prince of the sons of Gad, Eliasaph son of Reuel;¹⁵ and his host, even they who are numbered of them, - forty-five thousand, and six hundred and fifty.¹⁶ All they who are num-bered to the camp of Reuben, - a hundred and fifty-one thousand and four hundred and fifty, by their hosts, and they in the second rank, shall set forward.¹⁷ Then shall set forward the tent of meeting - the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camps, - as they encamp, so, shall they set forward, every man at the side thereof by their standards.¹⁸ the standard of the camp of Ephraim, by their hosts westwards, - even the prince of the sons of Ephraim, Elishama son of Ammihud;¹⁹ and his host, even they who are numbered of them, - forty thousand, and five hundred.²⁰ Then by him, the tribe of Manasseh, even the prince of the sons of Manasseh, Gamaliel, son of Pedahzur;²¹ and his host, even they who are numbered of them, - thirty-two thousand and two hundred.²² Then the tribe of Benjamin, even the prince of the sons of Benjamin, Abidan, son of Gideoni;²³ and his host, even they who are numbered of them, - thirty-five thousand and four hundred.²⁴ All they who are numbered to the camp of Ephraim a hundred and eight thousand and one hundred by their hosts, and they in the third rank, shall set forward.²⁵ the standard of the camp of Dan, north-wards by their hosts, even the prince of the sons of Dan, Ahiezer, son of Ammishaddai:²⁶ and his host, even they who are numbered of them, - sixty-two thou-sand and seven hundred.²⁷ Then they who encamp by him the tribe of Asher, - even the prince of the sons of Asher, Pagiel, son of Ochran;²⁸ and his host, even they who are numbered of them, - forty-one thousand and five hundred.²⁹ Then the tribe of Naphtali, - even the prince of the sons of Naphtali, Ahira, son of Enan;³⁰ and his host, even they who are numbered of them, - fifty-three thousand and four hundred,³¹ All they who are numbered to the camp of Dan, a hundred and fifty-seven thousand and six hundred, in the hindmost rank, shall they set forward, by their standards.³² These, are they who were numbered of the sons of Israel by their ancestral houses, - all they who were numbered of the camps by their hosts were six hundred and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.³³ But the Levites, were not numbered in the midst of the sons of Israel, - As Yahweh commanded Moses.³⁴ Thus did the sons of Israel, - according to all that Yahweh commanded Moses, so, did they encamp by their standards, and so, did they set forward, every one by his families near his ancestral house.