1And Jehovah spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying , 2The children of Israel shall encamp every man by his own standard , with the ensigns of their fathers’ houses : over against the tent of meeting shall they encamp round about . 3And those that encamp on the east side toward the sunrising shall be they of the standard of the camp of Judah , according to their hosts : and the prince of the children of Judah shall be Nahshon the son of Amminadab . 4And his host , and those that were numbered of them , were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred . 5And those that encamp next unto him shall be the tribe of Issachar : and the prince of the children of Issachar shall be Nethanel the son of Zuar . 6And his host , and those that were numbered thereof, were fifty and four thousand and four hundred . 7And the tribe of Zebulun : and the prince of the children of Zebulun shall be Eliab the son of Helon . 8And his host , and those that were numbered thereof, were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred . 9All that were numbered of the camp of Judah were a hundred thousand and fourscore thousand and six thousand and four hundred , according to their hosts . They shall set forth first .
The Role of the Levites
10On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben according to their hosts : and the prince of the children of Reuben shall be Elizur the son of Shedeur . 11And his host , and those that were numbered thereof, were forty and six thousand and five hundred . 12And those that encamp next unto him shall be the tribe of Simeon : and the prince of the children of Simeon shall be Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai . 13And his host , and those that were numbered of them , were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred . 14And the tribe of Gad : and the prince of the children of Gad shall be Eliasaph the son of Reuel . 15And his host , and those that were numbered of them , were forty and five thousand and six hundred and fifty . 16All that were numbered of the camp of Reuben were a hundred thousand and fifty and one thousand and four hundred and fifty , according to their hosts . And they shall set forth second . 17Then the tent of meeting shall set forward , with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camps : as they encamp , so shall they set forward , every man in his place , by their standards . 18On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of Ephraim according to their hosts : and the prince of the children of Ephraim shall be Elishama the son of Ammihud . 19And his host , and those that were numbered of them , were forty thousand and five hundred . 20And next unto him shall be the tribe of Manasseh : and the prince of the children of Manasseh shall be Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur . 21And his host , and those that were numbered of them , were thirty and two thousand and two hundred . 22And the tribe of Benjamin : and the prince of the children of Benjamin shall be Abidan the son of Gideoni . 23And his host , and those that were numbered of them , were thirty and five thousand and four hundred . 24All that were numbered of the camp of Ephraim were a hundred thousand and eight thousand and a hundred , according to their hosts . And they shall set forth third . 25On the north side shall be the standard of the camp of Dan according to their hosts : and the prince of the children of Dan shall be Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai . 26And his host , and those that were numbered of them , were threescore and two thousand and seven hundred . 27And those that encamp next unto him shall be the tribe of Asher: and the prince of the children of Asher shall be Pagiel the son of Ochran . 28And his hosts , and those that were numbered of them , were forty and one thousand and five hundred . 29And the tribe of Naphtali : and the prince of the children of Naphtali shall be Ahira the son of Enan . 30And his host , and those that were numbered of them , were fifty and three thousand and four hundred . 31All that were numbered of the camp of Dan were a hundred thousand and fifty and seven thousand and six hundred . They shall set forth hindmost by their standards . 32These are they that were numbered of the children of Israel by their fathers’ houses : all that were numbered of the camps according to their hosts were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty . 33But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel ; as Jehovah commanded Moses . 34Thus did the children of Israel ; according to all that Jehovah commanded Moses , so they encamped by their standards , and so they set forward , every one by their families , according to their fathers’ houses .