Numbers Chapter 2

Numbers Chapter 2
1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, and to
Aaron, saying,
2 Every man of the children of Israel
shall camp by his standard, and under
the ensign of their father’s house: far off
about the tabernacle of the congregation
shall they pitch.
3 On the east side toward the rising of
the sun, shall they of the standard of the
host of Judah pitch according to their
armies: and Nahshon the son of
Amminadab shall be captain of the sons
of Judah.
4 And his host and the number of them
were seventy and four thousand and six
hundred.
5 Next unto 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 host, and the number thereof
were four and fifty thousand, and four
hundred.
7 Then the tribe of Zebulun, and Eliab
the son of Helon, captain over the sons
of Zebulun:
8 And his host, and the number thereof
seven and fifty thousand and four
hundred:
9 The whole number of the host of Judah
are an hundred fourscore and six
thousand, and four hundred according to
their armies: they shall first set forth. 10
On the south side shall be the standard
of the host of Reuben according to their
armies, and the captain over the sons of
Reuben shall be Elizur the son of
Shedeur.
11 And his host, and the number thereof
six and forty thousand and five hundred.
12 And by 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 host, and the number of them,
nine and fifty thousand and 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 host and the number of them
were five and forty thousand, six
hundred and fifty.
16 All the number of the camp of Reuben
were an hundred and one and fifty
thousand, and four hundred and 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 host 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
standards.
18 The standard of the camp of Ephraim
shall be toward the west according to
their armies: and the captain over the
sons of Ephraim shall be Elishama the
son of Ammihud:
19 And his host and the number of them
were forty thousand and five hundred.
20 And by 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 host and the number of them
were two and thirty thousand and two
hundred.
22 And the tribe of Benjamin, and the
captain over the sons of Benjamin shall
be Abidan the son of Gideoni:
23 And his host, and the number of them
were five and thirty thousand and four
hundred.
24 All the number of the camp of
Ephraim were an hundred and eight
thousand and one hundred according to
their armies, and they shall go in the
third place.
25 The standard of the host 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 host and the number of them
were two and threescore thousand and
seven hundred.
27 And by him shall the tribe of Asher
pitch, and the captain over the sons of
Asher shall be Pagiel the son of Ocran.
28 And his host and the number of them
were one and forty thousand and five
hundred.
29 Then the tribe of Naphtali, and the
captain over the children of Naphtali
shall be Ahira the son of Enan:
30 And his host and the number of them
were three and fifty thousand and four
hundred.
31 All the number of the host of Dan was
an hundred and seven and fifty thousand
and six hundred: they shall go hindmost
with their standards. 32 These are the
sums of the children of Israel by the
houses of their fathers, all the number of
the host, according to their armies, six
hundred and three thousand, five hundred
and 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 standards, and so they
journeyed everyone with his families,
according to the houses of their fathers.