Numbers 2

Marching Orders

2GOD spoke to Moses and Aaron. He said,H3068H1696H4872H175H5592"The People of Israel are to set up camp circling the Tent of Meeting and facing it. Each company is to camp under its distinctive tribal flag."H376H1121H3478H2583H1714H226H1H1004H5048H5439H168H4150H25833To the east toward the sunrise are the companies of the camp of Judah under its flag, led by Nahshon son of Amminadab.H6924H4217H1714H4264H3063H2583H6635H5177H1121H5992H5387H1121H30634His troops number 74,600.H6635H6485H7657H702H505H8337H39675The tribe of Issachar will camp next to them, led by Nethanel son of Zuar.H2583H4294H3485H5417H1121H6686H5387H1121H34856His troops number 54,400.H6635H6485H2572H702H505H702H39677And the tribe of Zebulun is next to them, led by Eliab son of Helon.H4294H2074H446H1121H2497H5387H1121H20748His troops number 57,400.H6635H6485H2572H7651H505H702H39679The total number of men assigned to Judah, troop by troop, is 186,400. They will lead the march.H6485H4264H3063H3967H505H8084H505H8337H505H702H3967H6635H7223H526510To the south are the companies of the camp of Reuben under its flag, led by Elizur son of Shedeur.H8486H1714H4264H7205H6635H5387H1121H7205H468H1121H770711His troops number 46,500.H6635H6485H705H8337H505H2568H396712The tribe of Simeon will camp next to them, led by Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai.H2583H4294H8095H5387H1121H8095H8017H1121H670113His troops number 59,300.H6635H6485H2572H8672H505H7969H396714And the tribe of Gad is next to them, led by Eliasaph son of Deuel.H4294H1410H5387H1121H1410H460H1121H746715His troops number 45,650.H6635H6485H705H2568H505H8337H3967H257216The total number of men assigned to Reuben, troop by troop, is 151,450. They are second in the order of the march.H6485H4264H7205H3967H505H2572H259H505H702H3967H2572H6635H5265H814517The Tent of Meeting with the camp of the Levites takes its place in the middle of the march. Each tribe will march in the same order in which they camped, each under its own flag.H168H4150H5265H4264H3881H8432H4264H2583H5265H376H3027H171418To the west are the companies of the camp of Ephraim under its flag, led by Elishama son of Ammihud.H3220H1714H4264H669H6635H5387H1121H669H476H1121H598919His troops number 40,500.H6635H6485H705H505H2568H396720The tribe of Manasseh will set up camp next to them, led by Gamaliel son of Pedahzur.H4294H4519H5387H1121H4519H1583H1121H630121His troops number 32,200.H6635H6485H7970H8147H505H396722And next to him is the camp of Benjamin, led by Abidan son of Gideoni.H4294H1144H5387H1121H1144H27H1121H144123His troops number 35,400.H6635H6485H7970H2568H505H702H396724The total number of men assigned to the camp of Ephraim, troop by troop, is 108,100. They are third in the order of the march.H6485H4264H669H3967H505H8083H505H3967H6635H5265H799225To the north are the companies of the camp of Dan under its flag, led by Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai.H1714H4264H1835H6828H6635H5387H1121H1835H295H1121H599626His troops number 62,700.H6635H6485H8346H8147H505H7651H396727The tribe of Asher will camp next to them, led by Pagiel son of Ocran.H2583H4294H836H5387H1121H836H6295H1121H591828His troops number 41,500.H6635H6485H705H259H505H2568H396729And next to them is the tribe of Naphtali, led by Ahira son of Enan.H4294H5321H5387H1121H5321H299H1121H588130His troops number 53,400.H6635H6485H2572H7969H505H702H396731The total number of men assigned to the camp of Dan number 157,600. They will set out, under their flags, last in the line of the march.H6485H4264H1835H3967H505H2572H7651H505H8337H3967H5265H314H171432These are the People of Israel, counted according to their ancestral families. The total number in the camps, counted troop by troop, comes to 603,550.H6485H1121H3478H1004H1H6485H4264H6635H8337H3967H505H7969H505H2568H3967H257233Following GOD's command to Moses, the Levites were not counted in with the rest of Israel.H3881H6485H8432H1121H3478H3068H6680H487234The People of Israel did everything the way GOD commanded Moses: They camped under their respective flags; they marched by tribe with their ancestral families.H1121H3478H6213H3068H6680H4872H2583H1714H5265H376H4940H1004H1