The Arrangement of the Camps

¹ Yahweh spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,

² “The ⌞Israelites⌟¹ will encamp each with his standard, with a banner according to ⌞their families⌟;² they will encamp around the tent of assembly.

1. Literally “sons/children of Israel”
2. Literally “the house of their fathers”

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⌟¹ are seventy-four thousand six hundred.

1. Literally “the ones counted of them,” or “the ones mustered of them”

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⌟¹ are fifty-seven thousand four hundred.

1. Literally “the ones counted of him,” or “the ones mustered of him”

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⌟¹ are forty-six thousand five hundred.

1. Literally “the ones counted of him,” or “the ones mustered of him”

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⌟¹ are fifty-nine thousand three hundred.

1. Literally “the ones counted of them,” or “the ones mustered of them”

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⌟¹ are forty-five thousand six hundred and fifty.

1. Literally “the ones counted of them,” or “the ones mustered of them”

¹⁶ All ⌞those counted⌟¹ 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.

1. Or “those mustered”

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⌟.¹

1. Literally “each man on his hand according to their standards”

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⌟¹ are forty thousand five hundred.

1. Literally “the ones counted of them,” or “the ones mustered of them”

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⌟¹ are thirty-two thousand two hundred.

1. Literally “the ones counted of them,” or “the ones mustered of them”

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⌟¹ are thirty-five thousand four hundred.

1. Literally “the ones counted of them,” or “the ones mustered of them”

²⁴ All ⌞those counted⌟¹ from the camp of Ephraim are one hundred and eighty thousand one hundred. They will set out third according to their divisions.

1. Or “those mustered”

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⌟¹ are sixty-two thousand seven hundred.

1. Literally “the ones counted of them,” or “the ones mustered of them”

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⌟¹ are forty-one thousand five hundred.

1. Literally “the ones counted of them,” or “the ones mustered of them”

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⌟¹ are fifty-three thousand four hundred.

1. Literally “the ones counted of them,” or “the ones mustered of them”

³¹ All the ⌞ones counted⌟¹ from the camp of Dan are one hundred and fifty-seven thousand six hundred. They will set out ⌞last⌟² according to their divisions.”

1. Literally “the ones counted of them,” or “the ones mustered of them”
2. Literally “from behind”

³² These were the ones counted of the ⌞Israelites⌟¹ according to ⌞their families⌟;² all those counted from the camps according to their divisions were six hundred and three thousand five hundred.

1. Literally “sons/children of Israel”
2. Literally “the house of their fathers”

³³ The Levites were not counted in the midst of the ⌞Israelites⌟,¹ just as Yahweh commanded Moses.

1. Literally “sons/children of Israel”

³⁴ And the ⌞Israelites⌟¹ did everything that Yahweh commanded Moses. They encamped according to their standards, and they² set out each one according to their clans³ among ⌞their families⌟.⁴

1. Literally “sons/children of Israel”
2. Hebrew “each one,” or “each man”
3. Hebrew “his clans”
4. Literally “the house of his fathers”