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1 And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,
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The LORD said to Moses and Aaron:
2 The children of Israel are to put up their tents in the order of their families, by the flags of their fathers' houses, facing the Tent of meeting on every side.
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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 whose tents are on the east side, looking to the dawn, will be round the flag of the children of Judah, with Nahshon, the son of Amminadab, as their chief.
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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.
4 The number of his army was seventy-four thousand, six hundred.
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His division numbers 74,600.
5 And nearest to him will be the tribe of Issachar, with Nethanel, the son of Zuar, as their chief.
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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.
6 The number of his army was fifty-four thousand, four hundred.
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His division numbers 54,400.
7 After him, the tribe of Zebulun, with Eliab, the son of Helon, as their chief.
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The tribe of Zebulun will be next. The leader of the people of Zebulun is Eliab son of Helon.
8 The number of his army was fifty-seven thousand, four hundred.
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His division numbers 57,400.
9 The number of all the armies of Judah was a hundred and eighty-six thousand, four hundred. They go forward first.
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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 On the south side is the flag of the children of Reuben, in the order of their armies, with Elizur, the son of Shedeur, as their chief.
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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.
11 The number of his army was forty-six thousand, five hundred.
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His division numbers 46,500.
12 And nearest to him, the tribe of Simeon, with Shelumiel, the son of Zurishaddai, as their chief.
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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.
13 The number of his army was fifty-nine thousand, three hundred.
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His division numbers 59,300.
14 Then the tribe of Gad, with Eliasaph, son of Reuel, as their chief.
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The tribe of Gad will be next. The leader of the people of Gad is Eliasaph son of Deuel.
15 The number of his army was forty-five thousand, six hundred and fifty.
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His division numbers 45,650.
16 The number of all the armies of Reuben together came to a hundred and fifty-one thousand, four hundred and fifty. They go forward second.
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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 is to go forward, with the tents of the Levites, in the middle of the armies; in the same order as their tents are placed, they are to go forward, every man under his flag.
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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 On the west side will be the flag of the children of Ephraim, with Elishama, the son of Ammihud, as their chief.
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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.
19 The number of his army was forty thousand, five hundred.
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His division numbers 40,500.
20 And by him the tribe of Manasseh with Gamaliel, the son of Pedahzur, as their chief.
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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.
21 The number of his army was thirty-two thousand, two hundred.
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His division numbers 32,200.
22 Then the tribe of Benjamin, with Abidan, the son of Gideoni, as their chief.
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The tribe of Benjamin will be next. The leader of the people of Benjamin is Abidan son of Gideoni.
23 The number of his army was thirty-five thousand, four hundred.
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His division numbers 35,400.
24 The number of all the armies of Ephraim was a hundred and eight thousand, one hundred. They go forward third.
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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 On the north side will be the flag of the children of Dan, with Ahiezer, the son of Ammishaddai, as their chief.
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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.
26 The number of his army was sixty-two thousand, seven hundred.
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His division numbers 62,700.
27 Nearest to him will be the tribe of Asher, with Pagiel, the son of Ochran, as their chief.
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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.
28 The number of his army was forty-one thousand, five hundred;
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His division numbers 41,500.
29 Then the tribe of Naphtali, with Ahira, the son of Enan, as their chief.
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The tribe of Naphtali will be next. The leader of the people of Naphtali is Ahira son of Enan.
30 The number of his army was fifty-three thousand, four hundred.
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His division numbers 53,400.
31 The number of all the armies in the tents of Dan was a hundred and fifty-seven thousand, six hundred. They will go forward last, by their flags.
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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 all who were numbered of the children of Israel, in the order of their fathers' families: all the armies in their tents together came to six hundred and three thousand, five hundred and fifty.
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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 the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel, as the Lord said to Moses.
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The Levites, however, were not counted along with the other Israelites, as the LORD commanded Moses.
34 So the children of Israel did as the Lord said to Moses, so they put up their tents by their flags, and they went forward in the same order, by their families, and by their fathers' houses.
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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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