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Numbers 2:1-34 — Arrangement of the Tribal Camps

Num.2.1-34

¹The LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying: ²"The children of Israel shall camp each man by his own standard, with the banners of their fathers' houses; they shall camp facing the Tent of Meeting on every side. ³"Those camping on the east side toward the sunrise shall be under the standard of the camp of Judah, according to their divisions. The leader of the children of Judah is Nahshon the son of Amminadab, ⁴and his division, those numbered of them, is 74,600. ⁵"Those camping next to him shall be the tribe of Issachar. The leader of the children of Issachar is Nethanel the son of Zuar, ⁶and his division, those numbered of it, is 54,400. ⁷"Then the tribe of Zebulun. The leader of the children of Zebulun is Eliab the son of Helon, ⁸and his division, those numbered of it, is 57,400. ⁹"All those numbered of the camp of Judah are 186,400, according to their divisions. They shall set out first. ¹⁰"On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben, according to their divisions. The leader of the children of Reuben is Elizur the son of Shedeur, ¹¹and his division, those numbered of it, is 46,500. ¹²"Those camping next to him shall be the tribe of Simeon. The leader of the children of Simeon is Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai, ¹³and his division, those numbered of them, is 59,300. ¹⁴"Then the tribe of Gad. The leader of the children of Gad is Eliasaph the son of Reuel, ¹⁵and his division, those numbered of them, is 45,650. ¹⁶"All those numbered of the camp of Reuben are 151,450, according to their divisions. They shall set out second. ¹⁷"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 shall they set out, each man in his place, by their standards. ¹⁸"On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of Ephraim, according to their divisions. The leader of the children of Ephraim is Elishama the son of Ammihud, ¹⁹and his division, those numbered of them, is 40,500. ²⁰"Next to him shall be the tribe of Manasseh. The leader of the children of Manasseh is Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur, ²¹and his division, those numbered of them, is 32,200. ²²"Then the tribe of Benjamin. The leader of the children of Benjamin is Abidan the son of Gideoni, ²³and his division, those numbered of them, is 35,400. ²⁴"All those numbered of the camp of Ephraim are 108,100, according to their divisions. They shall set out third. ²⁵"On the north side shall be the standard of the camp of Dan, according to their divisions. The leader of the children of Dan is Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai, ²⁶and his division, those numbered of them, is 62,700. ²⁷"Those camping next to him shall be the tribe of Asher. The leader of the children of Asher is Pagiel the son of Ocran, ²⁸and his division, those numbered of them, is 41,500. ²⁹"Then the tribe of Naphtali. The leader of the children of Naphtali is Ahira the son of Enan, ³⁰and his division, those numbered of them, is 53,400. ³¹“All those numbered of the camp of Dan are 157,600. They shall set out last, by their standards.” ³²These are the ones numbered of the children of Israel by their fathers' houses. All those numbered of the camps according to their divisions were 603,550. ³³But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel, just as the LORD commanded Moses. ³⁴So the children of Israel did so; according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so they camped by their standards , and so they set out, each man according to his families, by his fathers' house.

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4/11/2026

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