1 And Yehvah spoke to Moses and to Aaron saying, 2 “Each upon his banner in signs according to the house of their father, the sons of Israel shall camp around opposite to the tent of meeting they shall camp. 3 And the ones camping east from the rising of the sun, shall be the banner of the camp of Judah according to their armies, and the leader for the sons of Judah, Nahshon the son of Amminadab. 4 And his army and their numbers are seventy-four thousand and six hundred. 5 And the ones camping near him shall be the tribe of Issachar, and the leader for the sons of Issachar, Nethanel son of Zuar. 6 And his armies and his numbers are fifty-four thousand and four hundred.”
7 “The tribe of Zebulun, and the leader for the sons of Zebulun, Eliab son of Helon. 8 And his armies and his numbers are fifty-seven thousand and four hundred. 9 All who are numbered to the camp of Judah are one hundred and eighty-six thousand and four hundred according to their armies. They shall journey first.”
10 “The banner of the camp of Ruben shall be to the south according to their armies, and the leader for the sons of Ruben, Elizur son of Shedeur. 11 And his army and his numbers are forty-six thousand and five hundred. 12 And the ones camping by him shall be the tribe of Simeon, and the leader for the sons of Simeon, Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai. i 13 And his army and their numbers are fifty-nine thousand and three hundred. 14 And the tribe of Gad and the leader for the sons of Gad, Eliasaph son of Reuel. ii 15 And his army and their numbers are forty-five thousand and six hundred and fifty. 16 All who are numbered to the camp of Ruben are one hundred and fifty-one thousand and four hundred and fifty according to their armies. And they shall journey second.”
17 “And the tent of meeting shall journey with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camps, just as they camp, so they shall journey, each upon his hand according to their banners. 18 The banner of the camp of Ephraim according to their armies shall be toward the sea, and the leader for the sons of Ephraim, Elishama, son of Ammihud. 19 And his army and their numbers are forty thousand and five hundred. 20 And beside him, the tribe of Manasseh, and the leader for the sons of Manasseh, Gamaliel, son of Pedahzur, 21 and his army and their numbers are thirty-two thousand and two hundred. 22 And the tribe of Benjamin and the leader for the sons of Benjamin, Abidan, son of Gideoni, 23 and his army and their numbers are thirty-five thousand and four hundred. 24 All who are numbered to the camp of Ephraim are one hundred and eighty thousand and one hundred, according to their armies, and they shall journey third.”
25 “The banner of the camp of Dan on the north according to their armies, and the leader of the sons of Dan, Ahiezer, son of Ammishadai, 26 and his army and their numbers are sixty-two thousand and seven hundred. 27 And the ones who camp beside him, the tribe of Asher, the leader for the sons of Asher, Pagiel, son of Ocran, 28 and his army and their numbers are forty-one thousand and five hundred. 29 And the tribe of Naphtali, and the leader for the sons of Naphtali, Ahira, son of Enan, 30 and his army and their numbers are fifty-three thousand and four hundred. 31 All who are numbered to the camp of Dan are one hundred and fifty-seven thousand and six hundred. To the rear they shall journey according to their banners.”
32 These are the ones who were numbered of the sons of Israel according to their house, their fathers, all who were numbered of the camps according to their armies, six hundred and three thousand and five hundred and fifty. iii 33 And the Levites were not numbered in the midst of the sons of Israel, just as Yehvah commanded Moses. 34 And the sons of Israel did according to all that Yehvah commanded Moses. So, they camped according to their banners, and so they journeyed each according to his families by the house of his fathers.
Translated by Darwin Fish. See original pdf. iv
- צוּרִי־שַׁדָּי (tsuriy-shaddây) – "Zuri-shaddai" – see footnote for Numbers 1:6. ^
- רְעוּאֵל (re`u'êl) "Reuel" – see footnote for Numbers 1:14. ^
- Out of 603`550, only two entered the promised land (Numbers 14:29-38). ^
- Mirrored here. ^