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Numbers 2
1 Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron. He said:
2 ‘The sons of Israel are to pitch their tents, every man by his own standard, under the banner of his patriarchal House. They are to pitch their tents all round the tabernacle of the Testimony, at a measured distance.
3 ‘Those who are to pitch their tents on the east side: ‘Towards the sunrise, the standard of the camp of Judah, in battle array. Leader of the sons of Judah: Nahshon son of Amminadab.
4 His command: seventy-four thousand six hundred men.
5 ‘Encamped next to him: ‘The tribe of Issachar. Leader of the sons of Issachar: Nethanel son of Zuar.
6 His command: fifty-four thousand four hundred men.
7 ‘The tribe of Zebulun. Leader of the sons of Zebulun: Eliab son of Helon.
8 His command: fifty seven thousand four hundred men
9 The assembled strength of the camp. These are to be first in order of breaking camp
10 ‘On the south side, the standard of the camp of Reuben, in battle array. Leader of the sons of Reuben: Elizur son of Shedeur.
11 His command: forty-six thousand five hundred men.
12 ‘Encamped next to him: ‘The tribe of Simeon. Leader of the sons of Simeon: Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai.
13 His command: fifty-nine thousand three hundred men.
14 ‘The tribe of Gad. Leader of the sons of Gad: Eliasaph son of Reuel.
15 His command: forty-five thousand six hundred and fifty men.
16 ‘The assembled strength of the camp of Reuben numbers in all a hundred and fifty-one thousand four hundred and fifty. They are to be second in order of breaking camp.
17 ‘Next the Tent of Meeting will move, since the camp of the Levites is situated in the middle of the other camps. The order of movement is to be the order of encampment, every man under his own standard.
18 ‘On the west side, the standard of the camp of Ephraim, in battle array. Leader of the sons of Ephraim: Elishama son of Ammihud.
19 His command: forty thousand five hundred men.
20 ‘Next to him: The tribe of Manasseh. Leader of the tribe of Manasseh: Gamaliel son of Pedahzur.
21 His command: thirty-two thousand two hundred men.
22 ‘The tribe of Benjamin. Leader of the sons of Benjamin: Abidan son of Gideoni.
23 His command: thirty-five thousand four hundred men.
24 ‘The assembled strength of the camp of Ephraim numbers in all a hundred and eight thousand one hundred. They are to be third in order of breaking camp.
25 ‘On the north side, the standard of the camp of Dan, in battle array. Leader of the sons of Dan: Ahiezer son of Ammishaddal.
26 His command: sixty-two thousand seven hundred men.
27 ‘Encamped next to him: ‘The tribe of Asher. Leader of the sons of Asher: Pagiel son of Ochran.
28 His command: forty-one thousand five hundred men.
29 ‘The tribe of Naphtali. Leader of the sons of Naphtali: Ahira son of Enan.
30 His command: fifty-three thousand four hundred men.
31 ‘The assembled strength of the camp of Dan numbers in all a hundred and fifty-seven thousand six hundred. They are to be last in order of breaking camp.’ (This concerns their stationing by standards.)
32 Such was the tally of the sons of Israel when the census was made according to patriarchal Houses. The full count of the entire camp, grouped under the various commands, is six hundred and three thousand five hundred and fifty.
33 The Levites, as Yahweh had commanded Moses, were not included in this census of the sons of Israel.
34 The sons of Israel did exactly as Yahweh had ordered Moses. This was how they pitched camp, grouped by standards. This was how they broke camp, each in his own clan, every man with his own family.