Numbers 2

Revised Geneva Translation

2 And the LORD spoke to Moses, and to Aaron, saying,

² “Every man of the children of Israel shall camp by his standard, under the banner of their father’s House. Far off, around the Tabernacle of the Congregation, they shall pitch.

³ “On the east side, toward the rising of the Sun, shall they of the standard of the camp of Judah pitch (according to their armies) and Nahshon, the son of Amminadab, captain of the sons of Judah,

⁴ “and his army, shall be numbered at seventy-four thousand six hundred.

⁵ “Next to him shall they of the tribe of Issachar pitch. And Nethanel, the son of Zuar, shall be the captain of the sons of Issachar.”

⁶ “And his army shall be numbered at fifty-four thousand four hundred.

⁷ “The tribe of Zebulun, and Eliab, the son of Helon, captain over the sons of Zebulun,

⁸ “and his army, shall be numbered at fifty-seven thousand four hundred.

⁹ “The whole number of the army of Judah—one hundred eighty-six thousand four hundred, according to their armies—they shall first set forth.

¹⁰ “On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben, according to their armies. And the captain over the sons of Reuben shall be Elizur, the son of Shedeur.”

¹¹ “And his army shall be numbered at forty-six thousand five hundred.

¹² “And near him shall the tribe of Simeon pitch. And the captain over the sons of Simeon shall be Shelumiel, the son of Zurishaddai.”

¹³ “And his army shall be numbered at fifty-nine thousand three hundred.

¹⁴ “And the tribe of Gad. And the captain over the sons of Gad shall be Eliasaph, the son of Deuel.”

¹⁵ “And his army shall be numbered at forty-five thousand, six hundred fifty.

¹⁶ “All the number of the camp of Reuben shall be one-hundred-fifty thousand four hundred fifty, according to their armies. And they shall set forth in the second place.

¹⁷ “Then, the Tabernacle of the Congregation shall go with the camp of the Levites. In the midst of the camp, as they have pitched, so shall they go forward, every man in his order, according to their banners.

¹⁸ “The banner of the camp of Ephraim shall be toward the west, according to their armies. The captain over the sons of Ephraim shall be Elishama, the son of Ammihud.”

¹⁹ “And his army shall be numbered at forty thousand five hundred.

²⁰ “And next to him shall be the tribe of Manasseh. And the captain over the sons of Manasseh shall be Gamaliel, the son of Pedahzur.

²¹ “And his army shall be numbered at thirty-two thousand two hundred.

²² “And the tribe of Benjamin (and the captain over the sons of Benjamin: Abidan, the son of Gideoni,

²³ “and his army), their number is thirty-five thousand four hundred.

²⁴ “All the camp of Ephraim is numbered at one hundred eight thousand one hundred, according to their armies. And they shall go in the third place.

²⁵ “The banner of the camp of Dan shall be toward the north, according to their armies. And the captain over the children of Dan shall be Ahiezer, the son of Ammishaddai.

²⁶ “And his army shall be numbered at sixty-two thousand seven hundred.

²⁷ “And next to him shall the tribe of Asher pitch, and the captain over the sons of Asher, Pagiel, the son of Ocran.

²⁸ “And his army shall be numbered at forty-one thousand five hundred.

²⁹ “Then, the tribe of Naphtali—and the captain over the children of Naphtali: Ahira, the son of Enan,

³⁰ “and his army—which shall number fifty-three thousand four hundred.

³¹ “All the camp of Dan— one hundred-fifty-seven thousand six hundred—shall go last, with their banners.”

³² These are the sums of the children of Israel, by the Houses of their fathers—all the number of the camp, according to their armies—six hundred three thousand five hundred fifty.

³³ But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

³⁴ And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD had commanded Moses. So they pitched according to their banners. And so everyone journeyed with his families, according to the Houses of their fathers.