Numbers 2

1 And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, and unto Aaron, saying,

The Lord told Moses and Aaron,

2 'Each by his standard, with ensigns of the house of their fathers, do the sons of Israel encamp; over-against round about the tent of meeting they encamp.'

“The Israelites are to set up their camp around the Tent of Meeting but some distance from it. Every member of each tribe will camp under their own flag and family banner.

3 And those encamping eastward towards the sun-rising, [are of] the standard of the camp of Judah, by their hosts; and the prince of the sons of Judah [is] Nahshon, son of Amminadab;

The tribal division of Judah is to camp under their flag on the east side. Their leader is Nahshon, son of Amminadab,

4 and his host, and their numbered ones, [are] four and seventy thousand and six hundred.

and he has 74,600 men.

5 And those encamping by him [are of] the tribe of Issachar; and the prince of the sons of Issachar [is] Nethaneel son of Zuar;

The tribe of Issachar will camp next to them. Their leader is Nethanel, son of Zuar,

6 and his host, and its numbered ones, [are] four and fifty thousand and four hundred.

and he has 54,400 men.

7 The tribe of Zebulun; and the prince of the sons of Zebulun [is] Eliab son of Helon;

Next is the tribe of Zebulun. Their leader is Eliab, son of Helon,

8 and his host, and its numbered ones, [are] seven and fifty thousand and four hundred;

and he has 57,400 men.

9 all those numbered of the camp of Judah [are] a hundred thousand, and eighty thousand, and six thousand, and four hundred, by their hosts; they journey first.

So the total number of men in the area of the camp of Judah is 186,400. When it's time to march out, they are the ones who will lead.

10 The standard of the camp of Reuben [is] southward, by their hosts; and the prince of the sons of Reuben [is] Elizur son of Shedeur;

The tribal division of Reuben is to camp under their flag on the south side. Their leader is Elizur, son of Shedeur,

11 and his host, and its numbered ones, [are] six and forty thousand and five hundred.

and he has 46,500 men.

12 And those encamping by him [are of] the tribe of Simeon; and the prince of the sons of Simeon [is] Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai;

The tribe of Simeon will camp next to them. Their leader is Shelumiel, son of Zurishaddai,

13 and his host, and their numbered ones, [are] nine and fifty thousand and three hundred.

and he has 59,300 men.

14 And the tribe of Gad; and the prince of the sons of Gad [is] Eliasaph son of Reuel;

Next is the tribe of Gad. Their leader is Eliasaph, son of Deuel,

15 and his host, and their numbered ones, [are] five and forty thousand and six hundred and fifty.

and he has 45,650 men.

16 All those numbered of the camp of Reuben [are] a hundred thousand, and one and fifty thousand, and four hundred and fifty, by their hosts; and they journey second.

So the total number of men in the area of the camp of Reuben is 151,450. They shall march out in second place.

17 And the tent of meeting — the camp of the Levites — hath journeyed in the midst of the camps; as they encamp so they journey, each at his station by their standards.

The Tent of Meeting which is stands at the center of the camp is to accompany the Levites. They are to march out in the same order as they set up camp, each in their rightful place under their flag.

18 The standard of the camp of Ephraim, by their hosts, [is] westward; and the prince of the sons of Ephraim [is] Elishama son of Ammihud;

The tribal division of Ephraim is to camp under their flag on the west side. Their leader is Elishama, son of Ammihud,

19 and his host, and their numbered ones, [are] forty thousand and five hundred.

and he has 40,500 men.

20 And by him [is] the tribe of Manasseh; and the prince of the sons of Manasseh [is] Gamaliel son of Pedahzur;

The tribe of Manasseh will camp next to them. Their leader is Gamaliel, son of Pedahzur,

21 and his host, and their numbered ones, [are] two and thirty thousand, and two hundred.

and he has 32,200 men.

22 And the tribe of Benjamin; and the prince of the sons of Benjamin [is] Abidan son of Gideoni;

Next is the tribe of Benjamin. Their leader is Abidan, son of Gideoni,

23 and his host, and their numbered ones, [are] five and thirty thousand and four hundred.

and he has 35,400 men.

24 All those numbered of the camp of Ephraim [are] a hundred thousand, and eight thousand, and a hundred, by their hosts; and they journey third.

So the total number of men in the area of the camp of Ephraim is 108,100. They shall march out in third place

25 The standard of the camp of Dan [is] northward, by their hosts; and the prince of the sons of Dan [is] Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai;

The tribal division of Dan is to camp under their flag on the north side. Their leader is Ahiezer, son of Ammishaddai,

26 and his host, and their numbered ones, [are] two and sixty thousand and seven hundred.

and he has 62,700 men.

27 And those encamping by him [are of] the tribe of Asher; and the prince of the sons of Asher [is] Pagiel son of Ocran;

The tribe of Asher will camp next to them. Their leader is Pagiel, son of Ocran,

28 and his host, and their numbered ones, [are] one and forty thousand and five hundred.

and he has 41,500 men.

29 And the tribe of Naphtali; and the prince of the sons of Naphtali [is] Ahira son of Enan;

Next is the tribe of Naphtali. Their leader is Ahira son of Enan,

30 and his host, and their numbered ones, [are] three and fifty thousand and four hundred.

and he has 53,400 men.

31 All those numbered of the camp of Dan [are] a hundred thousand, and seven and fifty thousand, and six hundred; at the rear they journey, by their standards.

So the total number of men in the area of the camp of Dan is 157,600; They shall march out in last, with their flags.”

32 These [are] those numbered of the sons of Israel by the house of their fathers; all those numbered of the camps by their hosts [are] six hundred thousand, and three thousand, and five hundred and fifty.

This is sums up the registration of the Israelites, carried out by family. The final total of those counted in the camps by their tribal division was 603,550.

33 And the Levites have not numbered themselves in the midst of the sons of Israel, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses.

However, the Levites were not counted among the other Israelites, following the Lord's instructions to Moses.

34 And the sons of Israel do according to all that Jehovah hath commanded Moses; so they have encamped by their standards, and so they have journeyed; each by his families, by the house of his fathers.

The Israelites did everything the Lord had ordered Moses. They set up their camps under their flags in their assigned positions, and marched out in the same order, each with their own tribe and family.