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1 ADONAI said to Moshe and Aharon,
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And 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 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.
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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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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The number of his army was seventy-four thousand, six hundred.
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And nearest to him will be the tribe of Issachar, with Nethanel, the son of Zuar, as their chief.
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The number of his army was fifty-four thousand, four hundred.
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After him, the tribe of Zebulun, with Eliab, the son of Helon, as their chief.
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The number of his army was fifty-seven thousand, four hundred.
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The number of all the armies of Judah was a hundred and eighty-six thousand, four hundred. They go forward 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 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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The number of his army was forty-six thousand, five hundred.
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And nearest to him, the tribe of Simeon, with Shelumiel, the son of Zurishaddai, as their chief.
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The number of his army was fifty-nine thousand, three hundred.
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Then the tribe of Gad, with Eliasaph, son of Reuel, as their chief.
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The number of his army was forty-five thousand, six hundred and fifty.
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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.
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 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.
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 side will be the flag of the children of Ephraim, with Elishama, the son of Ammihud, as their chief.
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The number of his army was forty thousand, five hundred.
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And by him the tribe of Manasseh with Gamaliel, the son of Pedahzur, as their chief.
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The number of his army was thirty-two thousand, two hundred.
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Then the tribe of Benjamin, with Abidan, the son of Gideoni, as their chief.
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The number of his army was thirty-five thousand, four hundred.
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The number of all the armies of Ephraim was a hundred and eight thousand, one hundred. They go forward 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 side will be the flag of the children of Dan, with Ahiezer, the son of Ammishaddai, as their chief.
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The number of his army was sixty-two thousand, seven hundred.
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Nearest to him will be the tribe of Asher, with Pagiel, the son of Ochran, as their chief.
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The number of his army was forty-one thousand, five hundred;
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Then the tribe of Naphtali, with Ahira, the son of Enan, as their chief.
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The number of his army was fifty-three thousand, four hundred.
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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.
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 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.
33 But, as ADONAI ordered Moshe, the L'vi'im were not counted with the rest of Isra'el.
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But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel, as the Lord said to 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 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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