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New King James Version NKJV
1 The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron. He said,
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And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:
2 "The people of Israel must camp around the Tent of Meeting. But they must not camp too close to it. All of them must camp under their flags and under the banners of their families."
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"Everyone of the children of Israel shall camp by his own standard, beside the emblems of his father's house; they shall camp some distance from the tabernacle of meeting.
3 The companies of the camp of Judah must be on the east side. They must set up camp toward the sunrise. They must camp under their flag. The leader of the tribe of Judah is Nahshon, the son of Amminadab.
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On the east side, toward the rising of the sun, those of the standard of the forces with Judah shall camp according to their armies; and Nahshon the son of Amminadab shall be the leader of the children of Judah."
4 There are 74,600 men in his company.
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And his army was numbered at seventy-four thousand six hundred.
5 The tribe of Issachar will camp next to them. The leader of the tribe of Issachar is Nethanel, the son of Zuar.
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"Those who camp next to him shall be the tribe of Issachar, and Nethanel the son of Zuar shall be the leader of the children of Issachar."
6 There are 54,400 men in his company.
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And his army was numbered at fifty-four thousand four hundred.
7 The tribe of Zebulun will be next. The leader of the tribe of Zebulun is Eliab, the son of Helon.
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"Then comes the tribe of Zebulun, and Eliab the son of Helon shall be the leader of the children of Zebulun."
8 There are 57,400 men in his company.
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And his army was numbered at fifty-seven thousand four hundred.
9 So a total of 186,400 men will be set apart for the camp of Judah. They will be arranged company by company. They will start out first.
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"All who were numbered according to their armies of the forces with Judah, one hundred and eighty-six thousand four hundred--these shall break camp first.
10 The companies of the camp of Reuben will be on the south side. They will be under their flag. The leader of the tribe of Reuben is Elizur, the son of Shedeur.
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"On the south side shall be the standard of the forces with Reuben according to their armies, and the leader of the children of Reuben shall be Elizur the son of Shedeur."
11 There are 46,500 men in his company.
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And his army was numbered at forty-six thousand five hundred.
12 The tribe of Simeon will camp next to them. The leader of the tribe of Simeon is Shelumiel, the son of Zurishaddai.
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"Those who camp next to him shall be the tribe of Simeon, and the leader of the children of Simeon shall be Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai."
13 There are 59,300 men in his company.
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And his army was numbered at fifty-nine thousand three hundred.
14 The tribe of Gad will be next. The leader of the tribe of Gad is Eliasaph, the son of Deuel.
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"Then comes the tribe of Gad, and the leader of the children of Gad shall be Eliasaph the son of Reuel."
15 There are 45,650 men in his company.
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And his army was numbered at forty-five thousand six hundred and fifty.
16 So a total of 151,450 men will be set apart for the camp of Reuben. They will be arranged company by company. They will start out second.
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"All who were numbered according to their armies of the forces with Reuben, one hundred and fifty-one thousand four hundred and fifty--they shall be the second to break camp.
17 Then the camp of the Levites will start out. The Tent of Meeting will go with them. They will march in the middle of the other camps. They will start out in the same order as they do when they set up camp. Each one will be in his own place under his flag.
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And the tabernacle of meeting shall move out with the camp of the Levites in the middle of the camps; as they camp, so they shall move out, everyone in his place, by their standards.
18 The companies of the camp of Ephraim will be on the west side. They will be under their flag. The leader of the tribe of Ephraim is Elishama, the son of Ammihud.
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"On the west side shall be the standard of the forces with Ephraim according to their armies, and the leader of the children of Ephraim shall be Elishama the son of Ammihud."
19 There are 40,500 men in his company.
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And his army was numbered at forty thousand five hundred.
20 The tribe of Manasseh will be next to them. The leader of the tribe of Manasseh is Gamaliel, the son of Pedahzur.
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"Next to him comes the tribe of Manasseh, and the leader of the children of Manasseh shall be Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur."
21 There are 32,200 men in his company.
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And his army was numbered at thirty-two thousand two hundred.
22 The tribe of Benjamin will be next. The leader of the tribe of Benjamin is Abidan, the son of Gideoni.
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"Then comes the tribe of Benjamin, and the leader of the children of Benjamin shall be Abidan the son of Gideoni."
23 There are 35,400 men in his company.
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And his army was numbered at thirty-five thousand four hundred.
24 So a total of 108,100 men will be set apart for the camp of Ephraim. They will be arranged company by company. They will start out third.
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"All who were numbered according to their armies of the forces with Ephraim, one hundred and eight thousand one hundred--they shall be the third to break camp.
25 The companies of the camp of Dan will be on the north side. They will be under their flag. The leader of the tribe of Dan is Ahiezer, the son of Ammishaddai.
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"The standard of the forces with Dan shall be on the north side according to their armies, and the leader of the children of Dan shall be Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai."
26 There are 62,700 men in his company.
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And his army was numbered at sixty-two thousand seven hundred.
27 The tribe of Asher will camp next to them. The leader of the tribe of Asher is Pagiel, the son of Ocran.
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"Those who camp next to him shall be the tribe of Asher, and the leader of the children of Asher shall be Pagiel the son of Ocran."
28 There are 41,500 men in his company.
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And his army was numbered at forty-one thousand five hundred.
29 The tribe of Naphtali will be next. The leader of the tribe of Naphtali is Ahira, the son of Enan.
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"Then comes the tribe of Naphtali, and the leader of the children of Naphtali shall be Ahira the son of Enan."
30 There are 53,400 men in his company.
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And his army was numbered at fifty-three thousand four hundred.
31 So a total of 157,600 men will be set apart for the camp of Dan. They will start out last. They will march under their flags.
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"All who were numbered of the forces with Dan, one hundred and fifty-seven thousand six hundred--they shall break camp last, with their standards."
32 Those are the men of Israel. They were counted in keeping with their families. The total number of all of the men who were in the camps is 603,550, company by company.
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These are the ones who were numbered of the children of Israel by their fathers' houses. All who were numbered according to their armies of the forces were six hundred and three thousand five hundred and fifty.
33 But the Levites weren't counted along with the other men of Israel. That's what the LORD had commanded Moses.
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But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel, just as the Lord commanded Moses.
34 So the people of Israel did everything the LORD had commanded Moses. That's the way they set up camp under their flags. And that's the way they started out. Each man marched out with his own tribe and family.
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Thus the children of Israel did according to all that the Lord commanded Moses; so they camped by their standards and so they broke camp, each one by his family, according to their fathers' houses.
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