Numbers 2

Organization for Israel’s Camp

1. Then the Lord gave these instructions to Moses and Aaron:

2. “When the Israelites set up camp, each tribe will be assigned its own area. The tribal divisions will camp beneath their family banners on all four sides of the Tabernacle,[a] but at some distance from it.

Footnotes:
a. 2:2: Hebrew the Tent of Meeting; also in 2:17.
b. 2:14-15: As in many Hebrew manuscripts, Samaritan Pentateuch, and Latin Vulgate (see also 1:14); most Hebrew manuscripts read son of Reuel.