Numbers 2

Reading Numbers chapter 2 in the Young's Literal Translation, public-domain text from 1898.

Verses 1–10

1 And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, and unto Aaron, saying,

2 `Each by his standard, with ensigns of the house of their fathers, do the sons of Israel encamp; over-against round about the tent of meeting they encamp.'

3 And those encamping eastward towards the sun-rising, are of the standard of the camp of Judah, by their hosts; and the prince of the sons of Judah is Nahshon, son of Amminadab;

4 and his host, and their numbered ones, are four and seventy thousand and six hundred.

5 And those encamping by him are of the tribe of Issachar; and the prince of the sons of Issachar is Nethaneel son of Zuar;

6 and his host, and its numbered ones, are four and fifty thousand and four hundred.

7 The tribe of Zebulun; and the prince of the sons of Zebulun is Eliab son of Helon;

8 and his host, and its numbered ones, are seven and fifty thousand and four hundred;

9 all those numbered of the camp of Judah are a hundred thousand, and eighty thousand, and six thousand, and four hundred, by their hosts; they journey first.

10 The standard of the camp of Reuben is southward, by their hosts; and the prince of the sons of Reuben is Elizur son of Shedeur;

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