¹Then the Lord spoke to Moses and to Aaron and said, ²“The sons of Israel will encamp each at his own ensign, at the insignia of their paternal house. They shall encamp at a distance around the tent of contact. ³And those encamping towards the east, towards sunrise, will be those of the ensign of the camp of Judah, according to their armies, and the leader of the sons of Judah will be Nahshon the son of Amminadab.” ⁴And his army and those of them who were counted came to seventy-four thousand six hundred. ⁵“And those encamping next to him will be the tribe of Issachar, and the leader of the sons of Issachar will be Nethaneel the son of Zuar.” ⁶And his army and his men who were counted came to fifty-four thousand four hundred. ⁷“As for the tribe of Zebulun, now the leader of the sons of Zebulun will be Eliab the son of Helon.” ⁸And his army and his men who were counted came to fifty-seven thousand four hundred. ⁹All those counted of the camp of Judah came to one hundred and eighty-six thousand four hundred in their armies. “They will move camp first. ¹⁰The ensign of the camp of Reuben will be to the south, according to their armies, and the leader of the sons of Reuben will be Elizur the son of Shedeur.” ¹¹And his army and his men who were counted came to forty-six thousand five hundred. ¹²“And those encamping next to him will be the tribe of Simeon, and the leader of the sons of Simeon will be Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.” ¹³And his army and those of them who were counted came to fifty-nine thousand three hundred. ¹⁴“As for the tribe of Gad, now the leader of the sons of Gad will be Eliasaph the son of Reuel.” ¹⁵And his army and those of them who were counted came to forty-five thousand six hundred and fifty. ¹⁶All those counted from the camp of Reuben came to one hundred and fifty-one thousand four hundred and fifty, according to their armies. “And they will move camp second in line. ¹⁷And the tent of contact will move with the camp of the Levites in the middle of the camps. As they encamp, that is how they will be moved, with each man in his place according to their ensigns. ¹⁸The ensign of the camp of Ephraim according to their armies will be to the west, and the leader of the sons of Ephraim will be Elishama the son of Ammihud.” ¹⁹And his army and those of them who were counted came to forty thousand five hundred. ²⁰“And next to him will be the tribe of Manasseh, and the leader of the sons of Manasseh will be Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.” ²¹And his army and those of them who were counted came to thirty-two thousand two hundred. ²²“As for the tribe of Benjamin, now the leader of the sons of Benjamin will be Abidan the son of Gideoni.” ²³And his army and those of them who were counted came to thirty-five thousand four hundred. ²⁴All those counted from the camp of Ephraim came to one hundred and eight thousand one hundred, according to their armies. “And they will move third in line. ²⁵The ensign of the camp of Dan will be to the north, according to their armies, and the leader of the sons of Dan will be Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.” ²⁶And his army and those of them who were counted came to sixty-two thousand seven hundred. ²⁷“And those who encamp next to him will be the tribe of Asher, and the leader of the sons of Asher will be Pagiel the son of Ocran.” ²⁸And his army and those of them who were counted came to forty-one thousand five hundred. ²⁹“As for the tribe of Naphtali, now the leader of the sons of Naphtali will be Ahira the son of Enan.” ³⁰And his army and those of them who were counted came to fifty-three thousand four hundred. ³¹All those counted from the camp of Dan came to one hundred and fifty-seven thousand six hundred. “They will move camp according to their ensigns last.” ³²These are the men of the sons of Israel who were counted according to their paternal house. All those counted by the camps of their armies came to six hundred and three thousand five hundred and fifty. ³³But the Levites were not counted among the sons of Israel, as the Lord had commanded Moses. ³⁴And the sons of Israel acted according to everything that the Lord had commanded Moses. That is how they encamped according to their ensigns, and that is how they moved camp, each man according to his families, according to his paternal house.