Numbers 2

Modern English Version

Tribes and Leaders by Armies

2 And the Lord spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying: ² Every man of the children of Israel will camp by his own standard, with the ensign of his father’s house. Facing the tent of meeting they will camp.

³ On the east side toward the rising of the sun the standard of the camp of Judah will camp throughout their armies, and Nahshon the son of Amminadab will be captain of the children of Judah. ⁴ His host, and those who were numbered of them, were seventy-four thousand six hundred.

⁵ Those who camp next to him will be the tribe of Issachar, and Nethanel the son of Zuar will be captain of the children of Issachar. ⁶ His host, and those who were numbered of them, were fifty-four thousand four hundred.

⁷ Then comes the tribe of Zebulun, and Eliab the son of Helon will be captain of the children of Zebulun. ⁸ His host, and those who were numbered of them, were fifty-seven thousand four hundred.

⁹ All who were numbered throughout the armies in the camp of Judah were one hundred and eighty-six thousand four hundred. They will march out first.

¹⁰ On the south side will be the standard of the camp of Reuben according to their armies, and the captain of the children of Reuben will be Elizur the son of Shedeur. ¹¹ His host, and those who were numbered of them, were forty-six thousand five hundred.

¹² Those who camp by him will be the tribe of Simeon, and the captain of the children of Simeon will be Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. ¹³ His host, and those who were numbered of them, were fifty-nine thousand three hundred.

¹⁴ Then comes the tribe of Gad, and the captain of the sons of Gad will be Eliasaph the son of Reuel. ¹⁵ His host, and those who were numbered of them, were forty-five thousand six hundred and fifty.

¹⁶ All who were numbered in the camp of Reuben were one hundred and fifty-one thousand four hundred and fifty, throughout their armies. And they will set out in the second rank.

¹⁷ Then the tent of meeting will set out with the camp of the Levites in the middle of the camp. As they camp, so they will set out, every man in his place by their standards.

¹⁸ On the west side will be the standard of the camp of Ephraim according to their armies, and the captain of the sons of Ephraim will be Elishama the son of Ammihud. ¹⁹ His host, and those who were numbered of them, were forty thousand five hundred.

²⁰ By him will be the tribe of Manasseh, and the captain of the children of Manasseh will be Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. ²¹ His host, and those who were numbered of them, were thirty-two thousand two hundred.

²² Then comes the tribe of Benjamin, and the captain of the sons of Benjamin will be Abidan the son of Gideoni. ²³ His host, and those who were numbered of them, were thirty-five thousand four hundred.

²⁴ All who were numbered of the camp of Ephraim were one hundred and eight thousand one hundred, throughout their armies. And they will go out in the third rank.

²⁵ The standard of the camp of Dan will be on the north side by their armies, and the captain of the children of Dan will be Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. ²⁶ His host, and those who were numbered of them, were sixty-two thousand seven hundred.

²⁷ Those who camp by him will be the tribe of Asher, and the captain of the children of Asher will be Pagiel the son of Okran. ²⁸ His host, and those who were numbered of them, were forty-one thousand five hundred.

²⁹ Then the tribe of Naphtali, and the captain of the children of Naphtali will be Ahira the son of Enan. ³⁰ His host, and those who were numbered of them, were fifty-three thousand four hundred.

³¹ All they who were numbered in the camp of Dan were one hundred and fifty-seven thousand six hundred. They will set out in the back with their standards.

³² These are those who were numbered of the children of Israel by the house of their fathers. All those who were numbered of the camps throughout their hosts were six hundred and three thousand five hundred and fifty. ³³ But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel, as the Lord commanded Moses.

³⁴ The children of Israel did according to all that the Lord commanded Moses. So they camped by their standards, and so they set out, each one after his family, according to their fathers’ houses.