1Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron:
2“The Israelites are to camp around the Tent of Meeting at a distance from it, each man under his standard, with the banners of his family.
3On the east side, toward the sunrise, the divisions of Judah are to camp under their standard:
9The total number of men in the divisions of the camp of Judah is 186,400; they shall set out first.
10On the south side, the divisions of Reuben are to camp under their standard:
16The total number of men in the divisions of the camp of Reuben is 151,450; they shall set out second.
17In the middle of the camps, the Tent of Meeting is to travel with the camp of the Levites. They are to set out in the order they encamped, each in his own place under his standard.
18On the west side, the divisions of Ephraim are to camp under their standard:
24The total number of men in the divisions of the camp of Ephraim is 108,100; they shall set out third.
25On the north side, the divisions of Dan are to camp under their standard:
31The total number of men in the camp of Dan is 157,600; they shall set out last, under their standards.”
32These are the Israelites, numbered according to their families. The total of those counted in the camps, by their divisions, was 603,550.
33But the Levites were not counted among the other Israelites, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
34So the Israelites did everything the LORD commanded Moses; they camped under their standards in this way and set out in the same way, each man with his clan and his family.