Chapter 2
1 The Lord told Moses and Aaron
2 how the Israelites should arrange their camp: Each tribe must set up camp under its own banner and under the flags of its ancestral families. These camps will be arranged around the sacred tent, but not close to it.
3 These 186,400 troops will march into battle first.
4 These 151,450 troops will march into battle second.
5 Marching behind Reuben will be the Levites, arranged in groups, just as they are camped. They will carry the sacred tent and their own banners.
6 These 108,100 troops will march into battle third.
7 These 157,600 troops will march into battle last.
8 So all the Israelites in the camp were counted according to their ancestral families. The troops were arranged by divisions and totaled 603,550.
9 The only Israelites not included were the Levites, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.
10 Israel did everything the Lord had told Moses. They arranged their camp according to clans and families, with each tribe under its own banner. And that was the order by which they marched into battle.