¹The LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying ,

²“The children of Israel shall encamp every man by his own standard , with the banners of their fathers’ houses . They shall encamp around the Tent of Meeting at a distance from it .

³“Those who encamp on the east side towards the sunrise shall be of the standard of the camp of Judah , according to their divisions. The prince of the children of Judah shall be Nahshon the son of Amminadab .

⁴His division, and those who were counted of them , were seventy-four thousand and six hundred .

⁵“Those who encamp next to him shall be the tribe of Issachar . The prince of the children of Issachar shall be Nethanel the son of Zuar .

⁶His division, and those who were counted of it, were fifty-four thousand and four hundred .

⁷“The tribe of Zebulun : the prince of the children of Zebulun shall be Eliab the son of Helon .

⁸His division, and those who were counted of it, were fifty-seven thousand and four hundred .

⁹“All who were counted of the camp of Judah were one hundred and eighty-six thousand and four hundred , according to their divisions. They shall set out first .

¹⁰“On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben according to their divisions. The prince of the children of Reuben shall be Elizur the son of Shedeur .

¹¹His division, and those who were counted of it, were forty-six thousand and five hundred .

¹²“Those who encamp next to him shall be the tribe of Simeon . The prince of the children of Simeon shall be Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai .

¹³His division, and those who were counted of them , were fifty-nine thousand and three hundred .

¹⁴“The tribe of Gad : the prince of the children of Gad shall be Eliasaph the son of Reuel .

¹⁵His division, and those who were counted of them , were forty-five thousand and six hundred and fifty .

¹⁶“All who were counted of the camp of Reuben were one hundred and fifty-one thousand and four hundred and fifty , according to their armies . They shall set out second .

¹⁷“Then the Tent of Meeting shall set out , with the camp of the Levites in the middle of the camps . As they encamp , so shall they set out , every man in his place , by their standards .

¹⁸“On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of Ephraim according to their divisions. The prince of the children of Ephraim shall be Elishama the son of Ammihud .

¹⁹His division, and those who were counted of them , were forty thousand and five hundred .

²⁰“Next to him shall be the tribe of Manasseh . The prince of the children of Manasseh shall be Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur .

²¹His division, and those who were counted of them , were thirty-two thousand and two hundred .

²²“The tribe of Benjamin : the prince of the children of Benjamin shall be Abidan the son of Gideoni .

²³His army , and those who were counted of them , were thirty-five thousand and four hundred .

²⁴“All who were counted of the camp of Ephraim were one hundred and eight thousand and one hundred , according to their divisions. They shall set out third .

²⁵“On the north side shall be the standard of the camp of Dan according to their divisions. The prince of the children of Dan shall be Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai .

²⁶His division, and those who were counted of them , were sixty-two thousand and seven hundred .

²⁷“Those who encamp next to him shall be the tribe of Asher. The prince of the children of Asher shall be Pagiel the son of Ochran .

²⁸His division, and those who were counted of them , were forty-one thousand and five hundred .

²⁹“The tribe of Naphtali : the prince of the children of Naphtali shall be Ahira the son of Enan .

³⁰His division, and those who were counted of them , were fifty-three thousand and four hundred .

³¹“All who were counted of the camp of Dan were one hundred and fifty-seven thousand and six hundred . They shall set out last by their standards .”

³²These are those who were counted of the children of Israel by their fathers’ houses . All who were counted of the camps according to their armies were six hundred and three thousand and five hundred and fifty .

³³But the Levites were not counted amongst the children of Israel , as the LORD commanded Moses .

³⁴Thus the children of Israel did . According to all that the LORD commanded Moses , so they encamped by their standards , and so they set out , everyone by their families , according to their fathers’ houses .