Num Numbers, chapter Book of Numbers, chapter 2
Arrangement of the Camps
Now the Lord spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, “The sons of Israel shall camp, each by his own 2:2 Or division, and so throughout the chflag, with the banners of their fathers’ households; they shall camp around the tent of meeting 2:2 Or facing itat a distance. 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: Nahshon the son of Amminadab, Num 10:5and his army, their 2:4 Lit mustered, and so throughout the chnumbered men: 74,600. Those who camp next to him shall be the tribe of Issachar; and the leader of the sons of Issachar: Nethanel the son of Zuar, Num 10:15and his army, their numbered men: 54,400. Then follows the tribe of Zebulun; and the leader of the sons of Zebulun: Eliab the son of Helon, Num 10:16and his army, his numbered men: 57,400. The total of the numbered men of the camp of Judah: 186,400, by their armies. They shall set out first.
“On the south side shall be the flag of the camp of Reuben by their armies; and the leader of the sons of Reuben: Elizur the son of Shedeur, Num 10:6and his army, their numbered men: 46,500. And those who camp next to him shall be the tribe of Simeon; and the leader of the sons of Simeon: Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai, Num 10:19and his army, their numbered men: 59,300. Then follows the tribe of Gad; and the leader of the sons of Gad: Eliasaph the son of 2:14 Many mss (cf. 1:14); some ancient versions ReuelDeuel, Num 10:20and his army, their numbered men: 45,650. The total of the numbered men of the camp of Reuben: 151,450 by their armies. And they shall set out second.
“Then 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.Psa 46:5
“On the west side shall be the flag of the camp of Ephraim by their armies; and the leader of the sons of Ephraim: Elishama the son of Ammihud, Psa 80:2; Num 10:22and his army, their numbered men: 40,500. Next to him shall be the tribe of Manasseh; and the leader of the sons of Manasseh: Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur, Num 1:10and his army, their numbered men, 32,200. Then follows the tribe of Benjamin; and the leader of the sons of Benjamin: Abidan the son of Gideoni, Num 1:11; Num 7:60; Num 10:24and his army, their numbered men, 35,400. The total of the numbered men of the camp of Ephraim: 108,100, by their armies. And they shall set out third.
“On the north side shall be the flag of the camp of Dan by their armies; and the leader of the sons of Dan: Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai, and his army, their numbered men: 62,700. Those who camp next to him shall be the tribe of Asher; and the leader of the sons of Asher: Pagiel the son of Ochran, and his army, their numbered men: 41,500. Then follows the tribe of Naphtali; and the leader of the sons of Naphtali: Ahira the son of Enan, and his army, their numbered men: 53,400. The total of the numbered men of the camp of Dan was 157,600. They shall set out last by their flags.”
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, 603,550. The Levites, however, were not counted among the sons of Israel, just as the Lord had commanded Moses. 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.Exo 12:28; Lev 24:23