1 The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, 2 “The people of Israel shall camp ^qeach by his own standard, with the banners of their fathers’ houses. They shall camp facing the tent of meeting on every side. 3 Those to camp ^ron the east side toward the sunrise shall be of the standard of the camp of Judah by their companies, the chief of the people of Judah being ^sNahshon the son of Amminadab, 4 ^this company as listed being 74,600. 5 Those to camp next to him shall be the tribe of Issachar, the chief of the people of Issachar being ^uNethanel the son of Zuar, 6 ^vhis company as listed being 54,400. 7 Then the tribe of Zebulun, the chief of the people of Zebulun being ^wEliab the son of Helon, 8 ^xhis company as listed being 57,400. 9 All those listed of the camp of Judah, by their companies, were 186,400. ^yThey shall set out first on the march.

10 ^z“On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben by their companies, the chief of the people of Reuben being ^aElizur the son of Shedeur, 11 ^bhis company as listed being 46,500. 12 And those to camp next to him shall be the tribe of Simeon, the chief of the people of Simeon being ^cShelumiel the son of Zurishaddai, 13 ^dhis company as listed being 59,300. 14 Then the tribe of Gad, the chief of the people of Gad being ^eEliasaph the son of Reuel, 15 ^fhis company as listed being 45,650. 16 All those listed of the camp of Reuben, by their companies, were 151,450. ^gThey shall set out second.

17 ^h“Then the tent of meeting shall set out, with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camps; as they camp, so shall they set out, each in position, standard by standard.

18 ⁱ“On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of Ephraim by their companies, the chief of the people of Ephraim being ^jElishama the son of Ammihud, 19 ^khis company as listed being 40,500. 20 And next to him shall be the tribe of Manasseh, the chief of the people of Manasseh being ^lGamaliel the son of Pedahzur, 21 ^mhis company as listed being 32,200. 22 Then the tribe of Benjamin, the chief of the people of Benjamin being ⁿAbidan the son of Gideoni, 23 ^ohis company as listed being 35,400. 24 All those listed of the camp of Ephraim, by their companies, were 108,100. ^pThey shall set out third on the march.

25 ^q“On the north side shall be the standard of the camp of Dan by their companies, the chief of the people of Dan being ^rAhiezer the son of Ammishaddai, 26 ^shis company as listed being 62,700. 27 And those to camp next to him shall be the tribe of Asher, the chief of the people of Asher being ^tPagiel the son of Ochran, 28 ^uhis company as listed being 41,500. 29 Then the tribe of Naphtali, the chief of the people of Naphtali being ^vAhira the son of Enan, 30 ^whis company as listed being 53,400. 31 All those listed of the camp of Dan were 157,600. ^xThey shall set out last, standard by standard.”

32 These are the people of Israel as listed by their fathers’ houses. All those listed in the camps by their companies were ^y603,550. 33 But the Levites were ^znot listed among the people of Israel, ^aas the Lord commanded Moses.

34 Thus did the people of Israel. According to all that the Lord commanded Moses, so they camped by their standards, and so they set out, each one in his clan, according to his fathers’ house.