Numbers 2 Complete Jewish Bible

2 (iii) Adonai said to Moshe and Aharon, ²“The people of Isra’el are to set up camp by clans, each man with his own banner and under his clan’s symbol; they are to camp around the tent of meeting, but at a distance.

^3-9“Those camping on the east side toward the sunrise are to be under the banner of the camp of Y’hudah; they are to camp according to companies; by tribe and leader they are as follows:

Tribe	Chief	Number
Y’hudah	Nachshon the son of ‘Amminadav	74,600
Yissakhar	N’tan’el the son of Tzu‘ar	54,400
Z’vulun	Eli’av the son of Helon	57,400
Total		186,400

“This group is to set out first.

^10-16“Those camping on the south are to be under the banner of the camp of Re’uven; they are to camp according to companies; by tribe and leader they are as follows:

Tribe	Chief	Number
Re’uven	Elitzur the son of Sh’de’ur	46,500
Shim‘on	Shlumi’el the son of Tzurishaddai	59,300
Gad	Elyasaf the son of Re‘u’el	45,650
Total		151,450

“This group is to set out second.

¹⁷“Then the tent of meeting, with the camp of the L’vi’im, will set out, with the other camps in front and behind. They will go in the same order as their camps are set up — each man will go forward in his position, under his banner.

^18-24“Those camping on the west are to be under the banner of the camp of Efrayim; they are to camp according to companies; by tribe and leader they are as follows:

Tribe	Chief	Number
Efrayim	Elishama the son of ‘Ammihud	40,500
M’nasheh	Gamli’el the son of P’dahtzur	32,200
Binyamin	Avidan the son of Gid‘oni	35,400
Total		108,100

“This group is to set out third.

^25-31“Those camping on the north are to be under the banner of the camp of Dan; they are to camp according to companies; by tribe and leader they are as follows:

Tribe	Chief	Number
Dan	Achi‘ezer the son of ‘Ammishaddai	62,700
Asher	Pag‘i’el the son of ‘Okhran	41,500
Naftali	Achira the son of ‘Enan	53,400
Total		157,600

“This group is to set out last with their banners.”

³²These are the ones counted from the people of Isra’el by clans; the total number recorded in the camps, company by company, was 603,550. ³³But, as Adonai ordered Moshe, the L’vi’im were not counted with the rest of Isra’el.

³⁴The people of Isra’el did everything Adonai had ordered Moshe: they set up camp under their banners, and they set out, each according to his family and clan.