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- The LORD said to Moses and Aaron:
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- "The Israelites are to camp around the Tent of Meeting some distance from it,
- each man under his standard with the banners of his family."
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- On the east, toward the sunrise,
- the divisions of the camp of Judah are to encamp under their standard.
- The leader of the people of Judah is Nahshon son of Amminadab.
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- His division numbers 74,600.
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- The tribe of Issachar will camp next to them.
- The leader of the people of Issachar is Nethanel son of Zuar.
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- His division numbers 54,400.
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- The tribe of Zebulun will be next.
- The leader of the people of Zebulun is Eliab son of Helon.
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- His division numbers 57,400.
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- All the men assigned to the camp of Judah, according to their divisions,
- number 186,400. They will set out first.
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- On the south will be the divisions of the camp of Reuben under their standard.
- The leader of the people of Reuben is Elizur son of Shedeur.
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- His division numbers 46,500.
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- The tribe of Simeon will camp next to them.
- The leader of the people of Simeon is Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai.
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- His division numbers 59,300.
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- The tribe of Gad will be next.
- The leader of the people of Gad is Eliasaph son of Deuel.
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- His division numbers 45,650.
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- All the men assigned to the camp of Reuben,
- according to their divisions, number 151,450. They will set out second.
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- Then the Tent of Meeting and the camp of the Levites will set out
- in the middle of the camps. They will set out in the same order
- as they encamp, each in his own place under his standard.
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- On the west will be the divisions of the camp of Ephraim under their standard.
- The leader of the people of Ephraim is Elishama son of Ammihud.
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- His division numbers 40,500.
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- The tribe of Manasseh will be next to them.
- The leader of the people of Manasseh is Gamaliel son of Pedahzur.
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- His division numbers 32,200.
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- The tribe of Benjamin will be next.
- The leader of the people of Benjamin is Abidan son of Gideoni.
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- His division numbers 35,400.
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- All the men assigned to the camp of Ephraim,
- according to their divisions, number 108,100. They will set out third.
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- On the north will be the divisions of the camp of Dan, under their standard.
- The leader of the people of Dan is Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai.
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- His division numbers 62,700.
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- The tribe of Asher will camp next to them.
- The leader of the people of Asher is Pagiel son of Ocran.
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- His division numbers 41,500.
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- The tribe of Naphtali will be next.
- The leader of the people of Naphtali is Ahira son of Enan.
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- His division numbers 53,400.
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- All the men assigned to the camp of Dan number 157,600.
- They will set out last, under their standards.
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- These are the Israelites, counted according to their families.
- All those in the camps, by their divisions, number 603,550.
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- The Levites, however, were not counted along with the other Israelites,
- as the LORD commanded Moses.
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- So the Israelites did everything the LORD commanded Moses;
- that is the way they encamped under their standards,
- and that is the way they set out, each with his clan and family.