Numbers 2:12-22

12 And they that encamp next to him of the tribe of Symeon, and the prince of the sons of Symeon Salamiel the son of Surisadai.
13 His forces that were numbered, were fifty-nine thousand and three hundred.
14 And they that encamp next to them the tribe of Gad; and the prince of the sons of Gad, Elisaph the son of Raguel.
15 His forces that were numbered, were forty-five thousand and six hundred and fifty.
16 All who were numbered of the camp of Ruben, were a hundred and fifty-one thousand and four hundred and fifty: they with their forces shall proceed in the second place.
17 And the tabernacle of witness shall be set forward, and the camp of the Levites between the camps; as they shall encamp, so also shall they commence their march, each one next in order to his fellow according to their companies.
18 The station of the camp of Ephraim westward with their forces, and the head of the children of Ephraim Elisama the son of Emiud.
19 His forces that were numbered, are forty thousand and five hundred.
20 And they that encamp next of the tribe of Manasse, and the prince of the sons of Manasse, Gamaliel the son of Phadassur.
21 His forces that were numbered, were thirty-two thousand and two hundred.
22 And they that encamp next of the tribe of Benjamin, and the prince of the sons of Benjamin, Abidan the son of Gadeoni.

Numbers 2:12-22 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO NUMBERS 2

This chapter contains the order of the encampment and march of the tribes of Israel in their proper places about the tabernacle; the general direction for the same is in Nu 1:1,2; the particulars follow; on the cast of the tabernacle the camp of Judah was to pitch, and under his standard the tribes of Issachar and Zebulun, Nu 1:3-9; on the south side of it the camp of Reuben, and under his standard the tribes of Simeon and Gad, Nu 1:10-16; then the tabernacle, with the camp of the Levites round it, were next, to stand or set forward, Nu 1:17; and on the west side the camp of Ephraim, and under his standard the tribes of Manasseh and Benjamin, Nu 1:18-24; and on the north side the camp of Dan, and under his standard the tribes of Asher and Naphtali, Nu 1:25-31; the sum total of the numbers of which camps are given, exclusive of the camp of Levi, Nu 1:32,33; and the chapter is concluded with observing, that all was done according to the commandment of God, Nu 1:34.

Footnotes 1

The Brenton translation of the Septuagint is in the public domain.