All those numbered of the camp of Reuben, according to their divisions, are 151,450. They will travel second.

“Speak to the Israelites, and receive from them a staff from each tribe, ¹  one from every tribal leader, ²  twelve staffs; you must write each man’s name on his staff.

To a larger group you will give a larger inheritance, ¹  and to a smaller group you will give a smaller inheritance. ²  To each one its inheritance must be given according to the number of people in it. ³ 

because the tribe of the Reubenites by their families, ¹  the tribe of the Gadites by their families, and half of the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance.

Now these are the names of the men who are to help ¹  you: from ²  Reuben, Elizur son of Shedeur;

The standard of the camp of Reuben set out according to their companies; over his company was Elizur son of Shedeur.

These were the traveling arrangements ¹  of the Israelites according to their companies when they traveled. ² 

“To these the land must be divided as an inheritance according to the number of the names.

Then the Gadites and the Reubenites answered, “Your servants will do what the Lord has spoken. ¹ 

These are the names of the men: from the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh;

“On the south will be the divisions of the camp of Reuben under their standard. ¹  The leader of the people of Reuben is Elizur son of Shedeur.

“On the west will be the divisions of the camp of Ephraim under their standard. The leader of the people of Ephraim is Elishama son of Amihud.

All those numbered of the camp of Ephraim, according to their divisions, are 108,100. They will travel third.

“On the north will be the divisions of the camp of Dan, under their standards. The leader of the people of Dan is Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai.

All those numbered of the camp of Dan are 157,600. They will travel last, under their standards.”

And when you blow an alarm the second time, then the camps that are located on the south side must begin to travel. ¹  An alarm must be sounded ²  for their journeys.

The standard ¹  of the camp of the Judahites set out first according to their companies, and over his company was Nahshon son of Amminadab.

And the standard of the camp of the Ephraimites set out according to their companies; over his company was Elishama son of Ammihud.

In this way the inheritance of the Israelites will not be transferred ¹  from tribe to tribe. But every one of the Israelites must retain the ancestral heritage.

“Now those who will be camping ¹  on the east, toward the sunrise, ²  are the divisions ³  of the camp of Judah under their standard. The leader of the people of Judah is ⁴  Nahshon son of Amminadab.