^2 (A)the chiefs of Israel, heads of their fathers' houses, who were the chiefs of the tribes, who were over those who were listed, approached

⁸ And his officials contributed willingly to the people, to the priests, and to the Levites. ^(A)Hilkiah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, the chief officers of the house of God, gave to the priests for the Passover offerings 2,600 Passover lambs and 300 bulls.

⁴ And there shall be with you a man from each tribe, each man being the head of the house of his fathers. ⁵ And these are the names of the men who shall assist you. From Reuben, ^(A)Elizur the son of Shedeur; ⁶ from Simeon, ^(B)Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai; ⁷ from Judah, ^(C)Nahshon the son of Amminadab; ⁸ from Issachar, ^(D)Nethanel the son of Zuar; ⁹ from Zebulun, ^(E)Eliab the son of Helon; ¹⁰ from the sons of Joseph, from Ephraim, ^(F)Elishama the son of Ammihud, and from Manasseh, ^(G)Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur; ¹¹ from Benjamin, ^(H)Abidan the son of Gideoni; ¹² from Dan, ^(I)Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai; ¹³ from Asher, ^(J)Pagiel the son of Ochran; ¹⁴ from Gad, Eliasaph the son of ^(K)Deuel; ¹⁵ from Naphtali, ^(L)Ahira the son of Enan.” ¹⁶ These were the ones ^(M)chosen from the congregation, ^(N)the chiefs of their ancestral tribes, the heads of the clans of Israel.

⁷⁰ Now some of the heads of fathers' houses gave to the work. The ^(A)governor gave to the treasury 1,000 darics^[a] of gold, 50 basins, 30 priests' garments and 500 minas^[b] of silver.^{[c] 71} And some of the heads of fathers' houses gave into the treasury of the work 20,000 darics of gold and 2,200 minas of silver. ^72 (B)And what the rest of the people gave was 20,000 darics of gold, 2,000 minas of silver, and 67 priests' garments.

^68 (A)Some of the heads of families, when they came to the house of the Lord that is in Jerusalem, made freewill offerings for the house of God, to erect it on its site. ⁶⁹ According to their ability they gave to ^(B)the treasury of the work 61,000 darics^[a] of gold, 5,000 minas^[b] of silver, and 100 priests' garments.

⁶ Then ^(A)the leaders of fathers' houses made their freewill offerings, as did also the leaders of the tribes, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and ^(B)the officers over the king's work. ⁷ They gave for the service of the house of God 5,000 talents and 10,000 ^(C)darics^[a] of gold, 10,000 talents of silver, 18,000 talents of bronze and 100,000 talents of iron. ⁸ And whoever had precious stones gave them to the treasury of the house of the Lord, in the care of ^(D)Jehiel the Gershonite.

The Silver Trumpets

10 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ² “Make two silver trumpets. Of hammered work you shall make them, and you shall use them for ^(A)summoning the congregation and for breaking camp. ³ And when ^(B)both are blown, all the congregation shall gather themselves to you at the entrance of the tent of meeting. ⁴ But if they blow only one, then ^(C)the chiefs, the heads of the tribes of Israel, shall gather themselves to you. ⁵ When you blow an alarm, ^(D)the camps that are on the east side shall set out. ⁶ And when you blow an alarm the second time, ^(E)the camps that are on the south side shall set out. An alarm is to be blown whenever they are to set out. ⁷ But when the assembly is to be gathered together, ^(F)you shall blow a long blast, but you shall not ^(G)sound an alarm. ^8 (H)And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow the trumpets. The trumpets shall be to you for a perpetual statute throughout your generations. ⁹ And ^(I)when you go to war in your land against the adversary who ^(J)oppresses you, then you shall ^(K)sound an alarm with the trumpets, that you may be ^(L)remembered before the Lord your God, and you shall be saved from your enemies. ^10 (M)On the day of your gladness also, and at your appointed feasts and ^(N)at the beginnings of your months, you shall blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings. They shall be ^(O)a reminder of you before your God: I am the Lord your God.”

Israel Leaves Sinai

¹¹ In the second year, in the second month, on the twentieth day of the month, ^(P)the cloud lifted from over the tabernacle of the testimony, ¹² and the people of Israel ^(Q)set out by stages from the ^(R)wilderness of Sinai. And the cloud settled down in the ^(S)wilderness of Paran. ¹³ They set out for the first time ^(T)at the command of the Lord by Moses. ¹⁴ The standard of the camp of the people of Judah set out ^(U)first by their companies, and over their company was ^(V)Nahshon the son of Amminadab. ¹⁵ And over the company of the tribe of the people of Issachar was Nethanel the son of Zuar. ¹⁶ And over the company of the tribe of the people of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon.

¹⁷ And when ^(W)the tabernacle was taken down, the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari, ^(X)who carried the tabernacle, set out. ¹⁸ And ^(Y)the standard of the camp of Reuben set out by their companies, and over their company was ^(Z)Elizur the son of Shedeur. ¹⁹ And over the company of the tribe of the people of Simeon was ^(AA)Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. ²⁰ And over the company of the tribe of the people of Gad was ^(AB)Eliasaph the son of ^(AC)Deuel.

²¹ Then the Kohathites set out, ^(AD)carrying the holy things, and ^(AE)the tabernacle was set up before their arrival. ²² And ^(AF)the standard of the camp of the people of Ephraim set out by their companies, and over their company was ^(AG)Elishama the son of Ammihud. ²³ And over the company of the tribe of the people of Manasseh was ^(AH)Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. ²⁴ And over the company of the tribe of the people of Benjamin was ^(AI)Abidan the son of Gideoni.

²⁵ Then ^(AJ)the standard of the camp of the people of Dan, acting as the ^(AK)rear guard of all the camps, set out by their companies, and over their company was ^(AL)Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. ²⁶ And over the company of the tribe of the people of Asher was ^(AM)Pagiel the son of Ochran. ²⁷ And over the company of the tribe of the people of Naphtali was ^(AN)Ahira the son of Enan. ^28 (AO)This was the order of march of the people of Israel by their companies, when they set out.

²⁹ And Moses said to Hobab the son of ^(AP)Reuel the Midianite, Moses' father-in-law, “We are setting out for the place of which the Lord said, ^(AQ)‘I will give it to you.’ Come with us, and we will do good to you, for ^(AR)the Lord has promised good to Israel.” ³⁰ But he said to him, “I will not go. I will depart to my own land and to my kindred.” ³¹ And he said, “Please do not leave us, for you know where we should camp in the wilderness, and you will serve ^(AS)as eyes for us. ³² And if you do go with us, ^(AT)whatever good the Lord will do to us, the same will we do to you.”

³³ So they set out from ^(AU)the mount of the Lord three days' journey. And the ark of the covenant of the Lord went before them three days' journey, to seek out ^(AV)a resting place for them. ^34 (AW)And the cloud of the Lord was over them by day, whenever they set out from the camp.

³⁵ And whenever the ark set out, Moses said, ^(AX)“Arise, O Lord, and let your enemies be scattered, and let those who hate you flee before you.” ³⁶ And when it rested, he said, “Return, O Lord, to the ten thousand thousands of Israel.”

Arrangement of the Camp

2 The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, ^2 (A)“The people of Israel shall camp each by his own standard, with the banners of their fathers' houses. They shall camp facing the tent of meeting on every side. ³ Those to camp on the east side toward the sunrise shall be of the standard of the camp of Judah by their companies, the chief of the people of Judah being ^(B)Nahshon the son of Amminadab, ⁴ his company as listed being 74,600. ⁵ Those to camp next to him shall be the tribe of Issachar, the chief of the people of Issachar being Nethanel the son of Zuar, ⁶ his company as listed being 54,400. ⁷ Then the tribe of Zebulun, the chief of the people of Zebulun being Eliab the son of Helon, ⁸ his company as listed being 57,400. ⁹ All those listed of the camp of Judah, by their companies, were 186,400. ^(C)They shall set out first on the march.

¹⁰ “On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben by their companies, the chief of the people of Reuben being Elizur the son of Shedeur, ¹¹ his company as listed being 46,500. ¹² And those to camp next to him shall be the tribe of Simeon, the chief of the people of Simeon being Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai, ¹³ his company as listed being 59,300. ¹⁴ Then the tribe of Gad, the chief of the people of Gad being Eliasaph the son of ^(D)Reuel, ¹⁵ his company as listed being 45,650. ¹⁶ All those listed of the camp of Reuben, by their companies, were 151,450. ^(E)They shall set out second.

^17 (F)“Then the tent of meeting shall set out, with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camps; as they camp, so shall they set out, each in position, standard by standard.

¹⁸ “On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of Ephraim by their companies, the chief of the people of Ephraim being Elishama the son of Ammihud, ¹⁹ his company as listed being 40,500. ²⁰ And next to him shall be the tribe of Manasseh, the chief of the people of Manasseh being Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur, ²¹ his company as listed being 32,200. ²² Then the tribe of Benjamin, the chief of the people of Benjamin being Abidan the son of Gideoni, ²³ his company as listed being 35,400. ²⁴ All those listed of the camp of Ephraim, by their companies, were 108,100. ^(G)They shall set out third on the march.

²⁵ “On the north side shall be the standard of the camp of Dan by their companies, the chief of the people of Dan being Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai, ²⁶ his company as listed being 62,700. ²⁷ And those to camp next to him shall be the tribe of Asher, the chief of the people of Asher being Pagiel the son of Ochran, ²⁸ his company as listed being 41,500. ²⁹ Then the tribe of Naphtali, the chief of the people of Naphtali being Ahira the son of Enan, ³⁰ his company as listed being 53,400. ³¹ All those listed of the camp of Dan were 157,600. ^(H)They shall set out last, standard by standard.”

³² These are the people of Israel as listed by their fathers' houses. All those listed in the camps by their companies were ^(I)603,550. ³³ But ^(J)the Levites were not listed among the people of Israel, as the Lord commanded Moses.

³⁴ Thus did the people of Israel. According to all that the Lord commanded Moses, ^(K)so they camped by their standards, and so they set out, each one in his clan, according to his fathers' house.

²⁷ And the ^(A)leaders brought onyx stones and stones to be set, for the ephod and for the breastpiece,