The In-Dept Study of the Bible
Numbers 02
1 Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron,
saying,
2 “The children of Israel shall encamp
every man by his own standard, with the
banners of their fathers’ houses. They shall encamp
around the Tent of Meeting
at a distance from it.
3 “Those who encamp on the east side
toward the sunrise shall be ofthe standard
of the camp of Judah, according to their divisions. Theprince ofthe childrenofJudah
shall be Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
4 His division, and those who were
counted of them, were seventy-four thousand six hundred.
5 “Those who encamp next to him shall
be the tribe of Issachar. The prince of the
children of Issachar shall be Nethanel the
son of Zuar.
6 His division, and those who were
countedofit, werefifty-four thousandfour
hundred.
7 “The tribe of Zebulun: the prince of the
children of Zebulun shall be Eliab the son
of Helon.
8 His division, and those who were
counted of it, were fifty-seven thousand
four hundred.
9 “All who were counted of the camp of
Judah were one hundred eighty-six thousand four hundred,
according to their divisions. They shall set out first.
10 “On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben according to
their divisions. The prince of the children of Reuben shall be Elizur the son of
Shedeur.
11 His division, and those who were
counted of it, were forty-six thousand five
hundred.
12 “Those who encamp next to him shall
be the tribe of Simeon. The prince of the
children of Simeon shall be Shelumiel the
son of Zurishaddai.
13 His division, and those who were
counted of them, were fifty-nine thousand
three hundred.
14 “The tribe of Gad: the prince of the
children of Gad shall be Eliasaph the son of
Reuel.
15 His division, and those who were
counted of them, were forty-five thousand
six hundred fifty.
16 “All who were counted of the camp of
Reuben were one hundred fifty-one thousand four hundred fifty, according to their
armies. They shall set out second.
17 “Then the Tent of Meeting shall set out,
with the camp of the Levites in the middle
ofthe camps. As they encamp, so shallthey
set out, every man in his place, by their
standards.
18 “On the west side shall be the standard
of the camp of Ephraim according to their
divisions. The prince of the children of
Ephraim shall be Elishama the son of Ammihud.
19 His division, and those who were
counted of them, were forty thousand five
hundred.
20 “Next to him shall be the tribe of
Manasseh. The prince of the children of
Manasseh shall be Gamaliel the son of
Pedahzur.
21 His division, and those who were
counted of them, were thirty-two thousand two hundred.
22 “The tribe of Benjamin: the prince of
the children of Benjamin shall be Abidan
the son of Gideoni.
23 His army, and those who were
counted of them, were thirty-five thousand four hundred.
24 “All who were counted of the camp
of Ephraim were one hundred eight thousand one hundred,
according to their divisions. They shall set out third.
25 “On the north side shall be the standard of the camp of Dan according to their
divisions. The prince of the children of
Dan shall be Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
26 His division, and those who were
counted of them, were sixty-two thousand
seven hundred.
27 “Those who encamp next to him shall
be the tribe of Asher. The prince of the
children of Asher shall be Pagiel the son of
Ochran.
28 His division, and those who were
counted of them, were forty-one thousand
five hundred.
29 “The tribe of Naphtali: the prince of
the children of Naphtali shall be Ahira the
son of Enan.
30 His division, and those who were
counted of them, were fifty-three thousand four hundred.
31 “All who were counted of the camp of
Dan were one hundred fifty-seven thousand six hundred.
They shall set outlast by
their standards.
32 These are those who were counted
of the children of Israel by their fathers’
houses. All who were counted of the
camps according to their armies were
six hundred three thousand five hundred
fifty.
33 But the Levites were not counted
among the children of Israel, as Yahweh
commanded Moses.
34 Thus the children of Israel did. According to all that Yahweh commanded
Moses, so they encamped by their standards, and so they set out, everyone by
their families, according to their fathers’
houses.