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1 The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:
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God spoke to Moses and Aaron. He said,
2 The Israelites shall camp each in their respective regiments, under ensigns by their ancestral houses; they shall camp facing the tent of meeting on every side.
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"The People of Israel are to set up camp circling the Tent of Meeting and facing it. Each company is to camp under its distinctive tribal flag."
3 Those to camp on the east side toward the sunrise shall be of the regimental encampment of Judah by companies. The leader of the people of Judah shall be Nahshon son of Amminadab,
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To the east toward the sunrise are the companies of the camp of Judah under its flag, led by Nahshon son of Amminadab.
4 with a company as enrolled of seventy-four thousand six hundred.
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His troops number 74,600.
5 Those to camp next to him shall be the tribe of Issachar. The leader of the Issacharites shall be Nethanel son of Zuar,
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The tribe of Issachar will camp next to them, led by Nethanel son of Zuar.
6 with a company as enrolled of fifty-four thousand four hundred.
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His troops number 54,400.
7 Then the tribe of Zebulun: The leader of the Zebulunites shall be Eliab son of Helon,
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And the tribe of Zebulun is next to them, led by Eliab son of Helon.
8 with a company as enrolled of fifty-seven thousand four hundred.
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His troops number 57,400.
9 The total enrollment of the camp of Judah, by companies, is one hundred eighty-six thousand four hundred. They shall set out first on the march.
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The total number of men assigned to Judah, troop by troop, is 186,400. They will lead the march.
10 On the south side shall be the regimental encampment of Reuben by companies. The leader of the Reubenites shall be Elizur son of Shedeur,
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To the south are the companies of the camp of Reuben under its flag, led by Elizur son of Shedeur.
11 with a company as enrolled of forty-six thousand five hundred.
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His troops number 46,500.
12 And those to camp next to him shall be the tribe of Simeon. The leader of the Simeonites shall be Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai,
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The tribe of Simeon will camp next to them, led by Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai.
13 with a company as enrolled of fifty-nine thousand three hundred.
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His troops number 59,300.
14 Then the tribe of Gad: The leader of the Gadites shall be Eliasaph son of Reuel,
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And the tribe of Gad is next to them, led by Eliasaph son of Deuel.
15 with a company as enrolled of forty-five thousand six hundred fifty.
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His troops number 45,650.
16 The total enrollment of the camp of Reuben, by companies, is one hundred fifty-one thousand four hundred fifty. They shall set out second.
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The total number of men assigned to Reuben, troop by troop, is 151,450. They are second in the order of the march.
17 The tent of meeting, with the camp of the Levites, shall set out in the center of the camps; they shall set out just as they camp, each in position, by their regiments.
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The Tent of Meeting with the camp of the Levites takes its place in the middle of the march. Each tribe will march in the same order in which they camped, each under its own flag.
18 On the west side shall be the regimental encampment of Ephraim by companies. The leader of the people of Ephraim shall be Elishama son of Ammihud,
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To the west are the companies of the camp of Ephraim under its flag, led by Elishama son of Ammihud.
19 with a company as enrolled of forty thousand five hundred.
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His troops number 40,500.
20 Next to him shall be the tribe of Manasseh. The leader of the people of Manasseh shall be Gamaliel son of Pedahzur,
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The tribe of Manasseh will set up camp next to them, led by Gamaliel son of Pedahzur.
21 with a company as enrolled of thirty-two thousand two hundred.
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His troops number 32,200.
22 Then the tribe of Benjamin: The leader of the Benjaminites shall be Abidan son of Gideoni,
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And next to him is the camp of Benjamin, led by Abidan son of Gideoni.
23 with a company as enrolled of thirty-five thousand four hundred.
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His troops number 35,400.
24 The total enrollment of the camp of Ephraim, by companies, is one hundred eight thousand one hundred. They shall set out third on the march.
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The total number of men assigned to the camp of Ephraim, troop by troop, is 108,100. They are third in the order of the march.
25 On the north side shall be the regimental encampment of Dan by companies. The leader of the Danites shall be Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai,
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To the north are the companies of the camp of Dan under its flag, led by Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai.
26 with a company as enrolled of sixty-two thousand seven hundred.
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His troops number 62,700.
27 Those to camp next to him shall be the tribe of Asher. The leader of the Asherites shall be Pagiel son of Ochran,
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The tribe of Asher will camp next to them, led by Pagiel son of Ocran.
28 with a company as enrolled of forty-one thousand five hundred.
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His troops number 41,500.
29 Then the tribe of Naphtali: The leader of the Naphtalites shall be Ahira son of Enan,
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And next to them is the tribe of Naphtali, led by Ahira son of Enan.
30 with a company as enrolled of fifty-three thousand four hundred.
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His troops number 53,400.
31 The total enrollment of the camp of Dan is one hundred fifty-seven thousand six hundred. They shall set out last, by companies.
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The total number of men assigned to the camp of Dan number 157,600. They will set out, under their flags, last in the line of the march.
32 This was the enrollment of the Israelites by their ancestral houses; the total enrollment in the camps by their companies was six hundred three thousand five hundred fifty.
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These are the People of Israel, counted according to their ancestral families. The total number in the camps, counted troop by troop, comes to 603,550.
33 Just as the Lord had commanded Moses, the Levites were not enrolled among the other Israelites.
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Following God's command to Moses, the Levites were not counted in with the rest of Israel.
34 The Israelites did just as the Lord had commanded Moses: They camped by regiments, and they set out the same way, everyone by clans, according to ancestral houses.
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The People of Israel did everything the way God commanded Moses: They camped under their respective flags; they marched by tribe with their ancestral families.
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