The actual, original, first printing of the 1611 King James Version (‘HE’ Bible) — Numbers Chapter 2.

CHAP. II.

1 The order of the Tribes in their tents.

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¹ And the Lord spake vnto Moses, and vnto Aaron, saying,

² Euery man of the children of Israel shall pitch by his owne standerd, with the ensigne of their fathers house: farre off about the Tabernacle of the Congregation shall they pitch.²

³ And on the East side toward the rising of the Sunne, shall they of the standerd of the campe of Iudah pitch, throughout their armies: and Nahshon the sonne of Amminadab, shall bee captaine of the children of Iudah.

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⁴ And his hoste, and those that were numbred of them, were threescore and fourteene thousand, and sixe hundred.

⁵ And those that doe pitch next vnto him, shall be the tribe of Issachar: and Nethaneel the sonne of Zuar, shall bee captaine of the children of Issachar.

⁶ And his hoste, and those that were numbred thereof, were fiftie and foure thousand, and foure hundred.

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⁷ Then the tribe of Zebulun: and Eliab the sonne of Helon, shalbe captaine of the children of Zebulun.

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⁸ And his hoste and those that were numbred thereof, were fiftie and seuen thousand, and foure hundred.

⁹ All that were numbred in the Campe of Iudah, were an hundred thousand, and fourescore thousand, and sixe thousand, and foure hundred, throughout their armies: these shall first set foorth.

¹⁰ ¶ On the Southside shall be the standerd of the Campe of Reuben, according to their armies: and the captaine of the children of Reuben shall be Elizur the sonne of Shedeur.

¹¹ And his hoste, and those that were numbred thereof, were fourtie and sixe thousand, and fiue hundred.

¹² And those which pitch by him, shall bee the tribe of Simeon, and the captaine of the children of Simeon shall be Shelumiel the sonne of Zurishaddai.

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¹³ And his hoste, and those that were numbred of them, were fiftie and nine thousand, and three hundred.

¹⁴ Then the tribe of Gad: and the captaine of the sonnes of Gad shall be Eliasaph the sonne of Reuel.

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¹⁵ And his hoste, and those that were numbred of them, were fourtie and fiue thousand, and sixe hundred and fiftie.

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¹⁶ All that were numbred in the Campe of Reuben were an hundred thousand, and fiftie and one thousand, and foure hundred and fiftie throughout their armies: and they shall set foorth in the second ranke.

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¹⁷ ¶ Then the Tabernacle of the Congregation shall set forward with the Campe of the Leuites, in the midst of the Campe: as they encampe, so shall they set forward, euery man in his place by their standerds.

¹⁸ ¶ On the West side shall bee the standerd of the Campe of Ephraim, according to their armies: and the captaine of the sonnes of Ephraim, shall be Elishama the sonne of Ammihud.

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¹⁹ And his hoste, and those that were numbred of them, were fourtie thousand and fiue hundred.

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²⁰ And by him shall be the tribe of Manasseh: and the captaine of the children of Manasseh, shalbe Gamaliel the sonne of Pedahzur.

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²¹ And his hoste, and those that were numbred of them, were thirtie and two thousand, and two hundred.

²² Then the tribe of Beniamin: and the captaine of the sonnes of Beniamin, shall bee Abidan the sonne of Gideoni.

²³ And his hoste, and those that were numbred of them, were thirtie and fiue thousand, and foure hundred.

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²⁴ All that were numbred of the Campe of Ephraim, were an hundred thousand, and eight thousand, and an hundred, throughout their armies: and they shall goe forward in the third ranke.

²⁵ ¶ The standerd of the Campe of Dan shall be on the Northside by their armies: and the captaine of the children of Dan shall be Ahiezer, the sonne of Ammishaddai.

²⁶ And his hoste, and those that were numbred of them, were threescore and two thousand, and seuen hundred.

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²⁷ And those that encampe by him, shalbe the tribe of Asher: and the captaine of the children of Asher, shalbe Pagiel the sonne of Ocran.

²⁸ And his hoste, and those that were numbred of them, were fourtie and one thousand, and fiue hundred.

²⁹ ¶ Then the tribe of Naphtali: and the captaine of the children of Naphtali, shall bee Ahira the sonne of Enan.

³⁰ And his hoste, and those that were numbred of them, were fiftie and three thousand, and foure hundred.

³¹ All they that were numbred in the Campe of Dan, were an hundred thousand, and fifty and seuen thousand, and sixe hundred: they shall goe hindmost with their standerds.

³² ¶ These are those which were numbred of the children of Israel, by the house of their fathers; all those that were numbred of the Campes throughout their hostes, were sixe hundred thousand, and three thousand, and fiue hundred and fiftie.

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³³ But the Leuites were not numbred among the children of Israel, as the Lord commanded Moses.

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³⁴ And the children of Israel did according to all that the Lord commanded Moses: so they pitched by their standerds, and so they set forward euery one after their families, according to the house of their fathers.

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