--- title: Numbers 2 slug: kjv/numbers-2 createdAt: 2024-08-04T03:14:55.947Z --- **1 **And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, **2 **Every man of the children of Israel shall pitch by his own standard, with the ensign of their father's house: far off about the tabernacle of the congregation shall they pitch. **3 **And on the east side toward the rising of the sun shall they of the standard of the camp of Judah pitch throughout their armies: and Nahshon the son of Amminadab *shall be* captain of the children of Judah. **4 **And his host, and those that were numbered of them, *were* threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred. **5 **And those that do pitch next unto him *shall be* the tribe of Issachar: and Nethaneel the son of Zuar *shall be* captain of the children of Issachar. **6 **And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, *were* fifty and four thousand and four hundred. **7 ***Then* the tribe of Zebulun: and Eliab the son of Helon *shall be* captain of the children of Zebulun. **8 **And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, *were* fifty and seven thousand and four hundred. **9 **All that were numbered in the camp of Judah *were* an hundred thousand and fourscore thousand and six thousand and four hundred, throughout their armies. These shall first set forth. **10 **On the south side *shall be* the standard of the camp of Reuben according to their armies: and the captain 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 which pitch by him *shall be* the tribe of Simeon: and the captain 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 **Then the tribe of Gad: and the captain of the sons 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 in the camp of Reuben *were* an hundred thousand and fifty and one thousand and four hundred and fifty, throughout their armies. And they shall set forth in the second rank. **17 **Then the tabernacle of the congregation shall set forward with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camp: 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 armies: and the captain of the sons 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 by him *shall be* the tribe of Manasseh: and the captain 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 **Then the tribe of Benjamin: and the captain of the sons 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* an hundred thousand and eight thousand and an hundred, throughout their armies. And they shall go forward in the third rank. **25 **The standard of the camp of Dan *shall be* on the north side by their armies: and the captain 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 by him *shall be* the tribe of Asher: and the captain of the children of Asher *shall be* Pagiel the son of Ocran. **28 **And his host, and those that were numbered of them, *were* forty and one thousand and five hundred. **29 **Then the tribe of Naphtali: and the captain 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 they that were numbered in the camp of Dan *were* an hundred thousand and fifty and seven thousand and six hundred. They shall go hindmost with their standards. **32 **These *are* those which were numbered of the children of Israel by the house of their fathers: all those that were numbered of the camps throughout 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 the LORD commanded Moses. **34 **And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses: so they pitched by their standards, and so they set forward, every one after their families, according to the house of their fathers.