Chapter 2

¹And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying: ²All the children of Israel shall camp by their troops, ensigns, and standards, and the houses of their kindreds, round about the tabernacle of the covenant. ³On the east Juda shall pitch his tents by the bands of his army: and the prince of his sons shall be Nahasson the son of Aminadab. ⁴And the whole sum of the fighting men of his stock, were seventy-four thousand six hundred. ⁵Next unto him they of the tribe of Issachar encamped, whose prince was Nathanael, the son of Suar. ⁶And the whole number of his fighting men were fifty-four thousand four hundred. ⁷In the tribe of Zabulon the prince was Eliab the son of Helon. ⁸And all the army of fighting men of his stock, were fifty-seven thousand four hundred. ⁹All that were numbered in the camp of Juda, were a hundred and eighty-six thousand four hundred: and they by their troops shall march first. ¹⁰In the camp of the sons of Ruben, on the south side, the prince shall be Elisur the son of Sedeur: ¹¹And the whole army of his fighting men, that were numbered, were forty-six thousand five hundred. ¹²Beside him camped they of the tribe of Simeon: whose prince was Salamiel the son of Surisaddai. ¹³And the whole army of his fighting men, that were numbered, were fifty-nine thousand three hundred. ¹⁴In the tribe of Gad the prince was Eliasaph the son of Duel. ¹⁵And the whole army of his fighting men that were numbered, were forty-five thousand six hundred and fifty. ¹⁶All that were reckoned up in the camp of Ruben, were a hundred and fifty-one thousand four hundred and fifty, by their troops: they shall march in the second place. ¹⁷And the tabernacle of the testimony shall be carried by the officers of the Levites and their troops. As it shall be set up, so shall it be taken down. Every one shall march according to their places, and ranks. ¹⁸On the west side shall be the camp of the sons of Ephraim, whose prince was Elisama, the son of Ammiud. ¹⁹The whole army of his fighting men, that were numbered, were forty thousand five hundred. ²⁰And with them the tribe of the sons of Manasses, whose prince was Gamaliel the son of Phadassur. ²¹And the whole army of his fighting men, that were numbered, were thirty-two thousand two hundred. ²²In the tribe of the sons of Benjamin the prince was Abidan the son of Gedeon. ²³And the whole army of his fighting men, that were reckoned up, were thirty-five thousand four hundred. ²⁴All that were numbered in the camp of Ephraim, were a hundred and eight thousand one hundred by their troops: they shall march in the third place. ²⁵On the north side camped the sons of Dan: whose prince was Ahiezar the son of Ammisaddai. ²⁶The whole army of his fighting men, that were numbered, were sixty-two thousand seven hundred. ²⁷Beside him they of the tribe of Aser pitched their tents: whose prince was Phegiel the son of Ochran. ²⁸The whole army of his fighting men, that were numbered, were forty-one thousand five hundred. ²⁹Of the tribe of the sons of Nephtali the prince was Ahira the son of Enan. ³⁰The whole army of his fighting men, were fifty-three thousand four hundred. ³¹All that were numbered in the camp of Dan, were a hundred and fifty-seven thousand six hundred: and they shall march last. ³²This is the number of the children of Israel, of their army divided according to the houses of their kindreds and their troops, six hundred and three thousand five hundred and fifty. ³³And the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel: for so the Lord had commanded Moses. ³⁴And the children of Israel did according to all things that the Lord had commanded. They camped by their troops, and marched by the families and houses of their fathers.