December 16, 2013, Reading

Numbers   2: 2-7, 15-17

2:2 “Each one shall make camp, by their troops, as well as by their insignia and standards, and by the houses of their kinships, all around the tabernacle of the covenant.”

2:3 To the east, Judah shall fix his tents, by the companies of his army. And the leader of his sons shall be Nahshon the son of Amminadab.

2:4 And the entire total of the fighting men from his stock was seventy-four thousand six hundred.

2:5 Beside him, those of the tribe of Issachar were encamped, whose leader was Nathanael the son of Zuar.

2:6 And the entire number of his fighting men was fifty-four thousand four hundred.

2:7 In the tribe of Zebulon, the leader was Eliab the son of Helon. 

2:15 And the entire army of his fighting men, who were numbered, were forty-five thousand six hundred fifty.

2:16 All who were counted in the camp of Ruben were one hundred fifty thousand and one thousand four hundred fifty, by their companies. These shall advance in the second place.

2:17 But the tabernacle of the testimony shall be lifted up by the officers of the Levites and their companies. In the manner in which it is set up, so also shall it be taken down. Each one shall advance according to their places and ranks.