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Chapter 2

Arrangement of the Tribes. The Lord said to Moses and Aaron: The Israelites shall camp, each in their own divisions, under the ensigns of their ancestral houses.(A) They shall camp at some distance all around the tent of meeting.

[a]Encamped on the east side, toward the sunrise, shall be the divisional camp of Judah, arranged in companies. The leader of the Judahites is Nahshon, son of Amminadab,

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Footnotes

  1. 2:3–31 A similar arrangement of the tribes around the central sanctuary in the ideal Israel is given in Ez 48.

The Arrangement of the Tribal Camps

The Lord said to Moses and Aaron: “The Israelites are to camp around the tent of meeting some distance from it, each of them under their standard(A) and holding the banners of their family.”

On the east, toward the sunrise, the divisions of the camp of Judah are to encamp under their standard. The leader of the people of Judah is Nahshon son of Amminadab.(B)

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