1 And Jehovah spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 2 The 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. 3 And 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. 4 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred. 5 And 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. 6 And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were fifty and four thousand and four hundred. 7 [And] the tribe of Zebulun: and the prince of the children of Zebulun shall be Eliab the son of Helon. 8 And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred. 9 All 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. 10 On 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. 11 And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were forty and six thousand and five hundred. 12 And 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. 13 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred. 14 And the tribe of Gad: and the prince of the children of Gad shall be Eliasaph the son of Reuel. 15 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty and five thousand and six hundred and fifty. 16 All 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. 17 Then 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. 18 On 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. 19 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty thousand and five hundred. 20 And next unto him shall be the tribe of Manasseh: and the prince of the children of Manasseh shall be Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. 21 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and two thousand and two hundred. 22 And the tribe of Benjamin: and the prince of the children of Benjamin shall be Abidan the son of Gideoni. 23 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred. 24 All 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. 25 On 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. 26 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were threescore and two thousand and seven hundred. 27 And 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. 28 And his hosts, and those that were numbered of them, were forty and one thousand and five hundred. 29 And the tribe of Naphtali: and the prince of the children of Naphtali shall be Ahira the son of Enan. 30 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred. 31 All 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. 32 These 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. 33 But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel; as Jehovah commanded Moses. 34 Thus 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.
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Abidan
The son of Gideoni who was appointed leader of the tribe of Benjamin to help Moses and Aaron with the census, commanded his tribe's division on the march, and presented the ninth…
Cited in the guide: Numbers 1:11; Numbers 2:22; Numbers 7:60
Ahiezer
The son of Ammishaddai who was appointed leader of the tribe of Dan to help Moses and Aaron with the census, commanded his tribe's division on the march, and presented the tenth…
Cited in the guide: Numbers 1:12; Numbers 2:25; Numbers 7:66
Ahira
The son of Enan who was appointed leader of the tribe of Naphtali to help Moses and Aaron with the census, commanded his tribe's division on the march, and presented the twelfth…
Cited in the guide: Numbers 1:15; Numbers 2:29; Numbers 7:78
Ammihud
Son of Ladan in Ephraim's line and father of Elishama, the Ephraimite leader in the wilderness, whose grandson was Joshua (1 Chronicles 7:26-27).
Cited in the guide: Numbers 1:10; Numbers 2:18; 1 Chronicles 7:26
Ammishaddai
The father of Ahiezer, who was the leader of the tribe of Dan in the wilderness.
Cited in the guide: Numbers 1:12; Numbers 2:25
Eliab
The son of Helon who was appointed leader of the tribe of Zebulun to help Moses and Aaron with the census, commanded his tribe's division on the march, and presented the third…
Cited in the guide: Numbers 1:9; Numbers 2:7; Numbers 7:24
Eliasaph
The son of Deuel who was appointed leader of the tribe of Gad to help Moses and Aaron with the census, commanded his tribe's division on the march, and presented the sixth day's…
Cited in the guide: Numbers 1:14; Numbers 2:14; Numbers 7:42
Elishama
The son of Ammihud who was appointed leader of the tribe of Ephraim to help Moses and Aaron with the census, commanded his tribe's division on the march, and presented the seventh…
Cited in the guide: Numbers 1:10; Numbers 2:18; Numbers 7:48
Elizur
The son of Shedeur who was appointed leader of the tribe of Reuben to help Moses and Aaron with the census, commanded his tribe's division on the march, and presented the fourth…
Cited in the guide: Numbers 1:5; Numbers 2:10; Numbers 7:30
Enan
The father of Ahira, who was the leader of the tribe of Naphtali in the wilderness.
Cited in the guide: Numbers 1:15; Numbers 2:29
Gamaliel
The son of Pedahzur who was appointed leader of the tribe of Manasseh to help Moses and Aaron with the census, commanded his tribe's division on the march, and presented the…
Cited in the guide: Numbers 1:10; Numbers 2:20; Numbers 7:54
Gideoni
The father of Abidan, who was the leader of the tribe of Benjamin in the wilderness.
Cited in the guide: Numbers 1:11; Numbers 2:22
Helon
The father of Eliab, who was the leader of the tribe of Zebulun in the wilderness.
Cited in the guide: Numbers 1:9; Numbers 2:7
Moses
Drawn from the Nile, he led Israel out of Egypt and received God's Law.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 2–Deuteronomy 34
Nahshon
Leader of the tribe of Judah in the wilderness, first to bring his offering.
Cited in the guide: Num. 1:7; 2:3; 7:12; Ruth 4:20; Matt. 1:4
Nethanel
The son of Zuar who was appointed leader of the tribe of Issachar to help Moses and Aaron with the census, commanded his tribe's division on the march, and presented the second…
Cited in the guide: Numbers 1:8; Numbers 2:5; Numbers 7:18
Pagiel
The son of Ocran who was appointed leader of the tribe of Asher to help Moses and Aaron with the census, commanded his tribe's division on the march, and presented the eleventh…
Cited in the guide: Numbers 1:13; Numbers 2:27; Numbers 7:72
Pedahzur
The father of Gamaliel, who was the leader of the tribe of Manasseh in the wilderness.
Cited in the guide: Numbers 1:10; Numbers 2:20
Shedeur
The father of Elizur, who was the leader of the tribe of Reuben in the wilderness.
Cited in the guide: Numbers 1:5; Numbers 2:10
Shelumiel
The son of Zurishaddai who was appointed leader of the tribe of Simeon to help Moses and Aaron with the census, commanded his tribe's division on the march, and presented the…
Cited in the guide: Numbers 1:6; Numbers 2:12; Numbers 7:36
Zuar
The father of Nethanel, who was the leader of the tribe of Issachar in the wilderness.
Cited in the guide: Numbers 1:8; Numbers 2:5
Zurishaddai
The father of Shelumiel, who was the leader of the tribe of Simeon in the wilderness.
Cited in the guide: Numbers 1:6; Numbers 2:12
Cross references (33)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 2 1 Corinthians 14:40; Numbers 10:25; Numbers 1:50; Numbers 10:22; Joshua 3:4
- 3 Ruth 4:20; 1 Chronicles 2:10; Luke 3:32–33; Numbers 10:14–16; Numbers 1:7
- 4 Numbers 26:22; Numbers 1:27
- 5 Numbers 1:8; Numbers 7:18; Numbers 7:23; Numbers 10:15; Numbers 26:23–25
- 6 Numbers 1:29; Numbers 26:25
- 7 Numbers 1:9; Numbers 7:29; Numbers 1:30–31; Numbers 10:16; Numbers 7:24
- 8 Numbers 1:31; Numbers 26:26–27
- 9 Numbers 10:14
- 10 Numbers 1:5; Numbers 7:35; 1 Chronicles 5:1; Genesis 49:3–4; Numbers 10:18
- 11 Numbers 26:7; Numbers 1:21
- 12 Numbers 1:6; Numbers 10:19; Numbers 7:41; Numbers 7:36
- 13 Numbers 1:23; Numbers 26:14
- 14 Numbers 7:42; Numbers 1:14; Numbers 10:20; Numbers 7:47
- 15 Numbers 1:25; Numbers 26:18
- 16 Numbers 10:18; Numbers 2:9; Numbers 2:24; Numbers 2:31
- 17 Numbers 10:21; Numbers 1:50–53; Numbers 10:17; Numbers 3:38; 1 Corinthians 14:40
- 18 Numbers 1:10; Numbers 10:22; Genesis 48:14–20; Numbers 7:48; Genesis 48:5
- 19 Numbers 1:33; Numbers 26:37
- 20 Numbers 1:10; Numbers 7:59; Numbers 10:23; Numbers 7:54
- 21 Numbers 1:35; Numbers 26:34
- 22 Numbers 1:11; Psalm 68:27; Numbers 10:24; Numbers 7:65; Numbers 7:60
- 23 Numbers 26:41; Numbers 1:37
- 24 Numbers 10:22; Psalm 80:2; Numbers 2:16; Numbers 2:31; Numbers 2:9
- 25 Numbers 1:12; Numbers 7:66; Numbers 10:25; Numbers 7:71
- 26 Numbers 1:39; Numbers 26:43
- 27 Numbers 1:13; Numbers 7:72; Numbers 7:77
- 28 Numbers 1:41; Numbers 26:47
- 29 Numbers 1:15; Numbers 26:48–50; Numbers 7:83; Numbers 1:42–43; Numbers 10:27
- 30 Numbers 26:50; Numbers 1:42–43
- 31 Numbers 10:25; Numbers 2:16; Numbers 2:24; Numbers 2:9
- 32 Numbers 1:46; Exodus 38:26; Exodus 12:37; Numbers 11:21; Numbers 26:51
- 33 Numbers 26:57–62; Numbers 1:47–49
- 34 Psalm 119:6; Numbers 24:5–6; Numbers 24:2; Luke 1:6; Numbers 2:2
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Also the tribe of Judah as the most precious pitched their camp on the East.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 9 (1899)