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Now the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

"^(C1)The sons of Israel shall camp, each by his own ^(F1)flag, with the banners of their fathers' households; they shall camp around the tent of meeting ^(F2)at a distance.

"Now those who camp on the east side toward the sunrise shall be of the flag of the camp of Judah, by their armies; and the leader of the sons of Judah: ^(C1)Nahshon the son of Amminadab,

and his army, their ^(F1)numbered men: 74,600.

"Those who camp next to him shall be the tribe of Issachar; and the leader of the sons of Issachar: ^(C1)Nethanel the son of Zuar,

and his army, their numbered men: 54,400.

"Then follows the tribe of Zebulun; and the leader of the sons of Zebulun: ^(C1)Eliab the son of Helon,

and his army, his numbered men: 57,400.

"The total of the numbered men of the camp of Judah: 186,400, by their armies. ^(C1)They shall set out first.

"On the south side shall be the flag of the camp of Reuben by their armies; and the leader of the sons of Reuben: ^(C1)Elizur the son of Shedeur,

and his army, their numbered men: 46,500.

"And those who camp next to him shall be the tribe of Simeon; and the leader of the sons of Simeon: ^(C1)Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai,

and his army, their numbered men: 59,300.

"Then follows the tribe of Gad; and the leader of the sons of Gad: ^(C1)Eliasaph the son of ^(F1)Deuel,

and his army, their numbered men: 45,650.

"The total of the numbered men of the camp of Reuben: 151,450 by their armies. And ^(C1)they shall set out second.

"^(C1)Then the tent of meeting shall set out with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camps; just as they camp, so they shall set out, every man in his place by their flags.

"On the west side shall be the flag of the camp of ^(C1)Ephraim by their armies; and the leader of the sons of Ephraim: ^(C2)Elishama the son of Ammihud,

and his army, their numbered men: 40,500.

"Next to him shall be the tribe of Manasseh; and the leader of the sons of Manasseh: ^(C1)Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur,

and his army, their numbered men, 32,200.

"Then follows the tribe of ^(C1)Benjamin; and the leader of the sons of Benjamin: ^(C2)Abidan the son of Gideoni,

and his army, their numbered men, 35,400.

"The total of the numbered men of the camp of Ephraim: 108,100, by their armies. And ^(C1)they shall set out third.

"On the north side shall be the flag of the camp of Dan by their armies; and the leader of the sons of Dan: ^(C1)Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai,

and his army, their numbered men: 62,700.

"Those who camp next to him shall be the tribe of Asher; and the leader of the sons of Asher: ^(C1)Pagiel the son of Ochran,

and his army, their numbered men: 41,500.

"Then follows the tribe of ^(C1)Naphtali; and the leader of the sons of Naphtali: ^(C2)Ahira the son of Enan,

and his army, their numbered men: 53,400.

"The total of the numbered men of the camp of Dan was 157,600. ^(C1)They shall set out last by their flags."

These are the numbered men of the sons of Israel by their fathers' households; the total of the numbered men of the camps by their armies, ^(C1)603,550.

^(C1)The Levites, however, were not counted among the sons of Israel, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

So the sons of Israel did all this; according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so they camped by their flags, and so they set out, everyone by his family according to his father's household.