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1 ADONAI said to Moshe and Aharon,
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The LORD said to Moses and Aaron:
2 "The people of Isra'el are to set up camp by clans, each man with his own banner and under his clan's symbol; they are to camp around the tent of meeting, but at a distance.
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“The Israelites are to camp around the tent of meeting some distance from it, each of them under their standard and holding the banners of their family.”
3 "Those camping on the east side toward the sunrise are to be under the banner of the camp of Y'hudah; they are to camp according to companies; by tribe and leader they are as follows: Tribe Chief Number Y'hudah Nachshon the son of 'Amminadav 74,600 Yissakhar N'tan'el the son of Tzu'ar 54,400 Z'vulun Eli'av the son of Helon 57,400 Total 186,400 "This group is to set out first.
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On the east, toward the sunrise, the divisions of the camp of Judah are to encamp under their standard. The leader of the people of Judah is Nahshon son of Amminadab.
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His division numbers 74,600.
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The tribe of Issachar will camp next to them. The leader of the people of Issachar is Nethanel son of Zuar.
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His division numbers 54,400.
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The tribe of Zebulun will be next. The leader of the people of Zebulun is Eliab son of Helon.
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His division numbers 57,400.
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All the men assigned to the camp of Judah, according to their divisions, number 186,400. They will set out first.
10 "Those camping on the south are to be under the banner of the camp of Re'uven; they are to camp according to companies; by tribe and leader they are as follows: Tribe Chief Number Re'uven Elitzur the son of Sh'de'ur 46,500 Shim'on Shlumi'el the son of Tzurishaddai 59,300 Gad Elyasaf the son of Re'u'el 45,650 Total 151,450 "This group is to set out second.
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On the south will be the divisions of the camp of Reuben under their standard. The leader of the people of Reuben is Elizur son of Shedeur.
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His division numbers 46,500.
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The tribe of Simeon will camp next to them. The leader of the people of Simeon is Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai.
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His division numbers 59,300.
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The tribe of Gad will be next. The leader of the people of Gad is Eliasaph son of Deuel.
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His division numbers 45,650.
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All the men assigned to the camp of Reuben, according to their divisions, number 151,450. They will set out second.
17 "Then the tent of meeting, with the camp of the L'vi'im, will set out, with the other camps in front and behind. They will go in the same order as their camps are set up - each man will go forward in his position, under his banner.
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Then the tent of meeting and the camp of the Levites will set out in the middle of the camps. They will set out in the same order as they encamp, each in their own place under their standard.
18 "Those camping on the west are to be under the banner of the camp of Efrayim; they are to camp according to companies; by tribe and leader they are as follows: Tribe Chief Number Efrayim Elishama the son of 'Ammihud 40,500 M'nasheh Gamli'el the son of P'dahtzur 32,200 Binyamin Avidan the son of Gid'oni 35,400 Total 108,100 "This group is to set out third.
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On the west will be the divisions of the camp of Ephraim under their standard. The leader of the people of Ephraim is Elishama son of Ammihud.
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His division numbers 40,500.
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The tribe of Manasseh will be next to them. The leader of the people of Manasseh is Gamaliel son of Pedahzur.
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His division numbers 32,200.
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The tribe of Benjamin will be next. The leader of the people of Benjamin is Abidan son of Gideoni.
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His division numbers 35,400.
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All the men assigned to the camp of Ephraim, according to their divisions, number 108,100. They will set out third.
25 "Those camping on the north are to be under the banner of the camp of Dan; they are to camp according to companies; by tribe and leader they are as follows: Tribe Chief Number Dan Achi'ezer the son of 'Ammishaddai 62,700 Asher Pag'i'el the son of 'Okhran 41,500 Naftali Achira the son of 'Enan 53,400 Total 157,600 "This group is to set out last with their banners."
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On the north will be the divisions of the camp of Dan under their standard. The leader of the people of Dan is Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai.
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His division numbers 62,700.
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The tribe of Asher will camp next to them. The leader of the people of Asher is Pagiel son of Okran.
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His division numbers 41,500.
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The tribe of Naphtali will be next. The leader of the people of Naphtali is Ahira son of Enan.
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His division numbers 53,400.
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All the men assigned to the camp of Dan number 157,600. They will set out last, under their standards.
32 These are the ones counted from the people of Isra'el by clans; the total number recorded in the camps, company by company, was 603,550.
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These are the Israelites, counted according to their families. All the men in the camps, by their divisions, number 603,550.
33 But, as ADONAI ordered Moshe, the L'vi'im were not counted with the rest of Isra'el.
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The Levites, however, were not counted along with the other Israelites, as the LORD commanded Moses.
34 The people of Isra'el did everything ADONAI had ordered Moshe: they set up camp under their banners, and they set out, each according to his family and clan.
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So the Israelites did everything the LORD commanded Moses; that is the way they encamped under their standards, and that is the way they set out, each of them with their clan and family.
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