The Camps and Leaders of the Tribes

21 Now the Lord spoke to Moses and to Aaron , saying , 2 " The sons of Israel shall camp , each by his own standard , with the banners of their fathers' households ; they shall camp around the tent of meeting at a distance e .

3 "Now those who camp on the east side toward the sunrise shall be of the standard of the camp of Judah , by their armies , and the leader of the sons of Judah : Nahshon the son of Amminadab , 4 and his army , even their numbered men, 74,600 e e e . 5 "Those who camp next to him shall be the tribe of Issachar , and the leader of the sons of Issachar : Nethanel the son of Zuar , 6 and his army , even their numbered men, 54,400 e e e e . 7 "Then comes the tribe of Zebulun , and the leader of the sons of Zebulun : Eliab the son of Helon , 8 and his army , even his numbered men, 57,400 e e e e . 9 "The total of the numbered men of the camp of Judah : 186,400 e e e e e e , by their armies . They shall set out first . 10 "On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben by their armies , and the leader of the sons of Reuben : Elizur the son of Shedeur , 11 and his army , even their numbered men, 46,500 e e e e . 12 "Those who camp next to him shall be the tribe of Simeon , and the leader of the sons of Simeon : Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai , 13 and his army , even their numbered men, 59,300 e e e e . 14 "Then comes the tribe of Gad , and the leader of the sons of Gad : Eliasaph the son of Deuel , 15 and his army , even their numbered men, 45,650 e e e e . 16 "The total of the numbered men of the camp of Reuben : 151,450 e e e e e e e by their armies . And they shall set out second . 17 " 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 standards . 18 "On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of Ephraim by their armies , and the leader of the sons of Ephraim shall be Elishama the son of Ammihud , 19 and his army , even their numbered men, 40,500 e e e . 20 "Next to him shall be the tribe of Manasseh , and the leader of the sons of Manasseh : Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur , 21 and his army , even their numbered men, 32,200 e e e . 22 "Then comes the tribe of Benjamin , and the leader of the sons of Benjamin : Abidan the son of Gideoni , 23 and his army , even their numbered men, 35,400 e e e e . 24 "The total of the numbered men of the camp of Ephraim : 108,100 e e e e , by their armies . And they shall set out third . 25 "On the north side shall be the standard of the camp of Dan by their armies , and the leader of the sons of Dan : Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai , 26 and his army , even their numbered men, 62,700 e e e e . 27 "Those who camp next to him shall be the tribe of Asher , and the leader of the sons of Asher : Pagiel the son of Ochran , 28 and his army , even their numbered men, 41,500 e e e e . 29 "Then comes the tribe of Naphtali , and the leader of the sons of Naphtali : Ahira the son of Enan , 30 and his army , even their numbered men, 53,400 e e e e . 31 "The total of the numbered men of the camp of Dan was 157,600 e e e e e . They shall set out last by their standards ." 32 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 , 603,550 e e e e e . 33 The Levites , however, were not numbered among the sons of Israel , just as the Lord had commanded Moses . 34 Thus the sons of Israel did ; according to all that the Lord commanded Moses , so they camped by their standards , and so they set out, every one by his family according to his father's household .