1 Yahweh spoke again to Moses and Aaron. He said, 2 “Each one of the Israelites must camp around his standard, with the banners of their fathers' houses. They will camp around the tent of meeting on every side. 3 Those will be camping on the east of the tent of meeting, where the sun rises, they are the camp of Judah and they are camping under their standard. Nahshon son of Amminadab is the leader of the people of Judah. 4 The number of the people of Judah is 74,600. 5 The tribe of Issachar must camp next to Judah. Nethanel son of Zuar must lead the army of Issachar. 6 The number in his division is 54,400 men. 7 The tribe of Zebulun must camp next to Issachar. Eliab son of Helon must lead the army of Zebulun. 8 The number in his division is 57,400. 9 All the number of the camp of Judah is 186,400. They will set out first. 10 On the south side will be the camp of Reuben under their standard. The leader of the camp of Reuben is Elizur son of Shedeur. 11 The number in his division is 46,500. 12 Simeon is camping next to Reuben. The leader of the people of Simeon is Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai. 13 The number in his division is 59,300. 14 The tribe of Gad is next. The leader of the people of Gad is Eliasaph son of Deuel. 15 The number in his division is 45,650. 16 The number of all the men assigned to the camp of Reuben, according to their divisions, is 151,450. They will set out second. 17 Next, the tent of meeting must go out from the camp with the Levites in the middle of all the camps. They must go out from the camp in the same order as they come into the camp. Every man must be in his place, by his banner. 18 The divisions of the camp of Ephraim under their standard. The leader of the people of Ephraim is Elishama son of Ammihud. 19 The number in his division is 40,500. 20 Next to them is the tribe of Manasseh. The leader of Manasseh is Gamaliel son of Pedahzur. 21 The number in his division is 32,200. 22 Next will be the tribe of Benjamin. The leader of Benjamin is Abidan son of Gideoni. 23 The number in his division is 35,400. 24 All those numbered in the camp of Ephraim is 108,100. They will set out third. 25 On the north will be the divisions of the camp of Dan. The leader of the people of Dan is Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai. 26 The number in his division is 62,700. 27 The people of the tribe of Asher camp next to Dan. The leader of Asher is Pagiel son of Okran. 28 The number in his division is 41,500. 29 The tribe of Naphtali is next. The leader of Naphthali is Ahira son of Enan. 30 The mnumber in his division is 53,400. 31 All those numbered in the camp with Dan is 157,600. They will go out from the camp last, under their banner.” 32 These are the Israelites, numbered according to their families. All those counted in their camps, by their divisions, are 603,550. 33 But Moses and Aaron did not count the Levites among the people of Israel. This was as Yahweh had commanded Moses. 34 The people of Israel did everything that Yahweh commanded Moses. They camped by their banners. They went out from the camp by their clans, in the order of their ancestor's families.
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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
Deuel
The father of Eliasaph, who was the leader of the tribe of Gad in the wilderness.
Cited in the guide: Numbers 1:14; Numbers 2:14
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)