The Message

Numbers 2:20-21-34 The Message (MSG)

20-21. The tribe of Manasseh will set up camp next to them, led by Gamaliel son of Pedahzur. His troops number 32,200.

22-23. And next to him is the camp of Benjamin, led by Abidan son of Gideoni. His troops number 35,400.

24. The total number of men assigned to the camp of Ephraim, troop by troop, is 108,100. They are third in the order of the march.

25-26. To the north are the companies of the camp of Dan under its flag, led by Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai. His troops number 62,700.

27-28. The tribe of Asher will camp next to them, led by Pagiel son of Ocran. His troops number 41,500.

29-30. And next to them is the tribe of Naphtali, led by Ahira son of Enan. His troops number 53,400.

31. The total number of men assigned to the camp of Dan number 157,600. They will set out, under their flags, last in the line of the march.

32-33. These are the People of Israel, counted according to their ancestral families. The total number in the camps, counted troop by troop, comes to 603,550. Following God’s command to Moses, the Levites were not counted in with the rest of Israel.

34. The People of Israel did everything the way God commanded Moses: They camped under their respective flags; they marched by tribe with their ancestral families.