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         <div class="label">38</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 38</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 38:1-22 is numbered 38:2-23.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A psalm of David. A petition.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.38.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, do not rebuke me in your anger</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.38.1"><span class="content">or discipline me in your wrath.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.38.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.38.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Your arrows have pierced me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.38.2"><span class="content">and your hand has come down on me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.38.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.38.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Because of your wrath there is no health in my body;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.38.3"><span class="content">there is no soundness in my bones because of my sin.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.38.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.38.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">My guilt has overwhelmed me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.38.4"><span class="content">like a burden too heavy to bear.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.38.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.38.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">My wounds fester and are loathsome</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.38.5"><span class="content">because of my sinful folly.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.38.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.38.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">I am bowed down and brought very low;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.38.6"><span class="content">all day long I go about mourning.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.38.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.38.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">My back is filled with searing pain;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.38.7"><span class="content">there is no health in my body.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.38.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.38.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">I am feeble and utterly crushed;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.38.8"><span class="content">I groan in anguish of heart.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.38.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.38.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">All my longings lie open before you, Lord;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.38.9"><span class="content">my sighing is not hidden from you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.38.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.38.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">My heart pounds, my strength fails me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.38.10"><span class="content">even the light has gone from my eyes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.38.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.38.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">My friends and companions avoid me because of my wounds;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.38.11"><span class="content">my neighbors stay far away.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.38.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.38.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Those who want to kill me set their traps,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.38.12"><span class="content">those who would harm me talk of my ruin;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.38.12"><span class="content">all day long they scheme and lie.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.38.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.38.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">I am like the deaf, who cannot hear,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.38.13"><span class="content">like the mute, who cannot speak;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.38.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.38.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">I have become like one who does not hear,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.38.14"><span class="content">whose mouth can offer no reply.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.38.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.38.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, I wait for you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.38.15"><span class="content">you will answer, Lord my God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.38.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.38.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">For I said, &#8220;Do not let them gloat</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.38.16"><span class="content">or exalt themselves over me when my feet slip.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.38.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.38.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">For I am about to fall,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.38.17"><span class="content">and my pain is ever with me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.38.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.38.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">I confess my iniquity;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.38.18"><span class="content">I am troubled by my sin.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.38.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.38.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Many have become my enemies without cause</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">38:19 </span><span class="ft">One Dead Sea Scrolls manuscript; Masoretic Text </span><span class="fqa">my vigorous enemies</span></span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.38.19"><span class="content">those who hate me without reason are numerous.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.38.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.38.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Those who repay my good with evil</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.38.20"><span class="content">lodge accusations against me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.38.20"><span class="content">though I seek only to do what is good.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.38.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.38.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, do not forsake me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.38.21"><span class="content">do not be far from me, my God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.38.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.38.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Come quickly to help me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.38.22"><span class="content">my Lord and my Savior.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">1</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Census</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="NUM.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> spoke to Moses in the tent of meeting in the Desert of Sinai on the first day of the second month of the second year after the Israelites came out of Egypt. He said: </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NUM.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Take a census of the whole Israelite community by their clans and families, listing every man by name, one by one. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NUM.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">You and Aaron are to count according to their divisions all the men in Israel who are twenty years old or more and able to serve in the army. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NUM.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">One man from each tribe, each of them the head of his family, is to help you. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NUM.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">These are the names of the men who are to assist you:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NUM.1.5"><span class="content">from Reuben, Elizur son of Shedeur;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NUM.1.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NUM.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">from Simeon, Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NUM.1.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NUM.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">from Judah, Nahshon son of Amminadab;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NUM.1.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NUM.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">from Issachar, Nethanel son of Zuar;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NUM.1.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NUM.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">from Zebulun, Eliab son of Helon;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NUM.1.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NUM.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">from the sons of Joseph:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NUM.1.10"><span class="content">from Ephraim, Elishama son of Ammihud;</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NUM.1.10"><span class="content">from Manasseh, Gamaliel son of Pedahzur;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NUM.1.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="NUM.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">from Benjamin, Abidan son of Gideoni;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="NUM.1.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NUM.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">from Dan, Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NUM.1.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NUM.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">from Asher, Pagiel son of Okran;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NUM.1.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NUM.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">from Gad, Eliasaph son of Deuel;</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NUM.1.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NUM.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">from Naphtali, Ahira son of Enan.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NUM.1.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="NUM.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">These were the men appointed from the community, the leaders of their ancestral tribes. They were the heads of the clans of Israel.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="NUM.1.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="NUM.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Moses and Aaron took these men whose names had been specified, </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="NUM.1.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">and they called the whole community together on the first day of the second month. The people registered their ancestry by their clans and families, and the men twenty years old or more were listed by name, one by one, </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NUM.1.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> commanded Moses. And so he counted them in the Desert of Sinai:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NUM.1.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="NUM.1.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">From the descendants of Reuben the firstborn son of Israel:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="NUM.1.20"><span class="content">All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, one by one, according to the records of their clans and families. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="NUM.1.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">The number from the tribe of Reuben was 46,500.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="NUM.1.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="NUM.1.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">From the descendants of Simeon:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="NUM.1.22"><span class="content">All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were counted and listed by name, one by one, according to the records of their clans and families. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="NUM.1.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">The number from the tribe of Simeon was 59,300.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="NUM.1.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="NUM.1.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">From the descendants of Gad:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="NUM.1.24"><span class="content">All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="NUM.1.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">The number from the tribe of Gad was 45,650.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="NUM.1.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="NUM.1.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">From the descendants of Judah:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="NUM.1.26"><span class="content">All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="NUM.1.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">The number from the tribe of Judah was 74,600.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="NUM.1.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="NUM.1.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">From the descendants of Issachar:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="NUM.1.28"><span class="content">All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="NUM.1.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">The number from the tribe of Issachar was 54,400.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="NUM.1.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="NUM.1.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">From the descendants of Zebulun:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="NUM.1.30"><span class="content">All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families. </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="NUM.1.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">The number from the tribe of Zebulun was 57,400.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="li4"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="NUM.1.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="NUM.1.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">From the sons of Joseph:</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="NUM.1.32"><span class="content">From the descendants of Ephraim:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="NUM.1.32"><span class="content">All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families. </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="NUM.1.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">The number from the tribe of Ephraim was 40,500.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="NUM.1.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="NUM.1.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">From the descendants of Manasseh:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="NUM.1.34"><span class="content">All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families. </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="NUM.1.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">The number from the tribe of Manasseh was 32,200.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="NUM.1.35"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="NUM.1.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">From the descendants of Benjamin:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="NUM.1.36"><span class="content">All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families. </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="NUM.1.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">The number from the tribe of Benjamin was 35,400.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="NUM.1.37"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="NUM.1.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">From the descendants of Dan:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="NUM.1.38"><span class="content">All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families. </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="NUM.1.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">The number from the tribe of Dan was 62,700.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="NUM.1.39"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="NUM.1.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">From the descendants of Asher:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="NUM.1.40"><span class="content">All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families. </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="NUM.1.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">The number from the tribe of Asher was 41,500.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="NUM.1.41"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="NUM.1.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">From the descendants of Naphtali:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="NUM.1.42"><span class="content">All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, according to the records of their clans and families. </span></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="NUM.1.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="content">The number from the tribe of Naphtali was 53,400.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="NUM.1.43"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="NUM.1.44"><span class="label">44</span><span class="content">These were the men counted by Moses and Aaron and the twelve leaders of Israel, each one representing his family. </span></span><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="NUM.1.45"><span class="label">45</span><span class="content">All the Israelites twenty years old or more who were able to serve in Israel&#8217;s army were counted according to their families. </span></span><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="NUM.1.46"><span class="label">46</span><span class="content">The total number was 603,550.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="NUM.1.46"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="NUM.1.47"><span class="label">47</span><span class="content">The ancestral tribe of the Levites, however, was not counted along with the others. </span></span><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="NUM.1.48"><span class="label">48</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> had said to Moses: </span></span><span class="verse v49" data-usfm="NUM.1.49"><span class="label">49</span><span class="content">&#8220;You must not count the tribe of Levi or include them in the census of the other Israelites. </span></span><span class="verse v50" data-usfm="NUM.1.50"><span class="label">50</span><span class="content">Instead, appoint the Levites to be in charge of the tabernacle of the covenant law&#8212;over all its furnishings and everything belonging to it. They are to carry the tabernacle and all its furnishings; they are to take care of it and encamp around it. </span></span><span class="verse v51" data-usfm="NUM.1.51"><span class="label">51</span><span class="content">Whenever the tabernacle is to move, the Levites are to take it down, and whenever the tabernacle is to be set up, the Levites shall do it. Anyone else who approaches it is to be put to death. </span></span><span class="verse v52" data-usfm="NUM.1.52"><span class="label">52</span><span class="content">The Israelites are to set up their tents by divisions, each of them in their own camp under their standard. </span></span><span class="verse v53" data-usfm="NUM.1.53"><span class="label">53</span><span class="content">The Levites, however, are to set up their tents around the tabernacle of the covenant law so that my wrath will not fall on the Israelite community. The Levites are to be responsible for the care of the tabernacle of the covenant law.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v53" data-usfm="NUM.1.53"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v54" data-usfm="NUM.1.54"><span class="label">54</span><span class="content">The Israelites did all this just as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> commanded Moses.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">2</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Arrangement of the Tribal Camps</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="NUM.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to Moses and Aaron: </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NUM.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;The Israelites are to camp around the tent of meeting some distance from it, each of them under their standard and holding the banners of their family.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NUM.2.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NUM.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">On the east, toward the sunrise, the divisions of the camp of Judah are to encamp under their standard. The leader of the people of Judah is Nahshon son of Amminadab. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NUM.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">His division numbers 74,600.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NUM.2.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NUM.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The tribe of Issachar will camp next to them. The leader of the people of Issachar is Nethanel son of Zuar. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NUM.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">His division numbers 54,400.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NUM.2.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NUM.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The tribe of Zebulun will be next. The leader of the people of Zebulun is Eliab son of Helon. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NUM.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">His division numbers 57,400.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NUM.2.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NUM.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">All the men assigned to the camp of Judah, according to their divisions, number 186,400. They will set out first.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NUM.2.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NUM.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">On the south will be the divisions of the camp of Reuben under their standard. The leader of the people of Reuben is Elizur son of Shedeur. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="NUM.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">His division numbers 46,500.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="NUM.2.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NUM.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The tribe of Simeon will camp next to them. The leader of the people of Simeon is Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NUM.2.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">His division numbers 59,300.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NUM.2.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NUM.2.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The tribe of Gad will be next. The leader of the people of Gad is Eliasaph son of Deuel.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:14 </span><span class="ft">Many manuscripts of the Masoretic Text, Samaritan Pentateuch and Vulgate (see also 1:14); most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text </span><span class="fqa">Reuel</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NUM.2.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">His division numbers 45,650.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NUM.2.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="NUM.2.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">All the men assigned to the camp of Reuben, according to their divisions, number 151,450. They will set out second.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="NUM.2.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="NUM.2.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Then the tent of meeting and the camp of the Levites will set out in the middle of the camps. They will set out in the same order as they encamp, each in their own place under their standard.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="NUM.2.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="NUM.2.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">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 Ammihud. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NUM.2.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">His division numbers 40,500.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NUM.2.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="NUM.2.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">The tribe of Manasseh will be next to them. The leader of the people of Manasseh is Gamaliel son of Pedahzur. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="NUM.2.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">His division numbers 32,200.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="NUM.2.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="NUM.2.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">The tribe of Benjamin will be next. The leader of the people of Benjamin is Abidan son of Gideoni. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="NUM.2.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">His division numbers 35,400.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="NUM.2.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="NUM.2.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">All the men assigned to the camp of Ephraim, according to their divisions, number 108,100. They will set out third.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="NUM.2.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="NUM.2.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">On the north will be the divisions of the camp of Dan under their standard. The leader of the people of Dan is Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="NUM.2.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">His division numbers 62,700.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="NUM.2.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="NUM.2.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">The tribe of Asher will camp next to them. The leader of the people of Asher is Pagiel son of Okran. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="NUM.2.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">His division numbers 41,500.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="NUM.2.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="NUM.2.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">The tribe of Naphtali will be next. The leader of the people of Naphtali is Ahira son of Enan. </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="NUM.2.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">His division numbers 53,400.</span></span></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="NUM.2.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="NUM.2.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">All the men assigned to the camp of Dan number 157,600. They will set out last, under their standards.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="pi1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="NUM.2.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="NUM.2.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">These are the Israelites, counted according to their families. All the men in the camps, by their divisions, number 603,550. </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="NUM.2.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">The Levites, however, were not counted along with the other Israelites, as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> commanded Moses.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="NUM.2.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="NUM.2.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">So the Israelites did everything the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> commanded Moses; that is the way they encamped under their standards, and that is the way they set out, each of them with their clan and family.</span></span></div>
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