Numbers 2:1-34
The Order of the Camps

1 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

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2 Every man of the children of Israel shall pitch by his own standard, with the ensign of their father’s house: far off about the tabernacle of the congregation shall they pitch.

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3 And on the east side toward the rising of the sun shall they of the standard of the camp of Judah pitch throughout their armies: and Nahshon the son of Amminadab [shall be] captain of the children of Judah.

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4 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, [were] threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred.

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5 And those that do pitch next unto him [shall be] the tribe of Issachar: and Nethaneel the son of Zuar [shall be] captain of the children of Issachar.

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6 And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, [were] fifty and four thousand and four hundred.

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7 [Then] the tribe of Zebulun: and Eliab the son of Helon [shall be] captain of the children of Zebulun.

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8 And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, [were] fifty and seven thousand and four hundred.

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9 All that were numbered in the camp of Judah [were] an hundred thousand and fourscore thousand and six thousand and four hundred, throughout their armies. These shall first set forth.

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10 On the south side [shall be] the standard of the camp of Reuben according to their armies: and the captain of the children of Reuben [shall be] Elizur the son of Shedeur.

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11 And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, [were] forty and six thousand and five hundred.

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12 And those which pitch by him [shall be] the tribe of Simeon: and the captain of the children of Simeon [shall be] Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.

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13 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, [were] fifty and nine thousand and three hundred.

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14 Then the tribe of Gad: and the captain of the sons of Gad [shall be] Eliasaph the son of Reuel.

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15 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, [were] forty and five thousand and six hundred and fifty.

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16 All that were numbered in the camp of Reuben [were] an hundred thousand and fifty and one thousand and four hundred and fifty, throughout their armies. And they shall set forth in the second rank.

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17 Then the tabernacle of the congregation shall set forward with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camp: as they encamp, so shall they set forward, every man in his place by their standards.

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18 On the west side [shall be] the standard of the camp of Ephraim according to their armies: and the captain of the sons of Ephraim [shall be] Elishama the son of Ammihud.

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19 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, [were] forty thousand and five hundred.

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20 And by him [shall be] the tribe of Manasseh: and the captain of the children of Manasseh [shall be] Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.

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21 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, [were] thirty and two thousand and two hundred.

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22 Then the tribe of Benjamin: and the captain of the sons of Benjamin [shall be] Abidan the son of Gideoni.

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23 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, [were] thirty and five thousand and four hundred.

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24 All that were numbered of the camp of Ephraim [were] an hundred thousand and eight thousand and an hundred, throughout their armies. And they shall go forward in the third rank.

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25 The standard of the camp of Dan [shall be] on the north side by their armies: and the captain of the children of Dan [shall be] Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.

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26 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, [were] threescore and two thousand and seven hundred.

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27 And those that encamp by him [shall be] the tribe of Asher: and the captain of the children of Asher [shall be] Pagiel the son of Ocran.

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28 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, [were] forty and one thousand and five hundred.

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29 Then the tribe of Naphtali: and the captain of the children of Naphtali [shall be] Ahira the son of Enan.

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30 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, [were] fifty and three thousand and four hundred.

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31 All they that were numbered in the camp of Dan [were] an hundred thousand and fifty and seven thousand and six hundred. They shall go hindmost with their standards.

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32 These [are] those which were numbered of the children of Israel by the house of their fathers: all those that were numbered of the camps throughout their hosts [were] six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.

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

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34 And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses: so they pitched by their standards, and so they set forward, every one after their families, according to the house of their fathers.

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