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2.17 as they encamp, so shall they set forward, every man in his place, by their standards.

On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of Ephraim according to their hosts; the prince of the children of Ephraim being Elishama the son of Ammihud, and his host, and those that were numbered of them, forty thousand and five hundred; and next unto him shall be the tribe of Manasseh; the prince of the children of Manasseh being Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur, and his host, and those that were numbered of them, thirty and two thousand and two hundred; and the tribe of Benjamin; the prince of the children of Benjamin being Abidan the son of Gideoni, and his host, and those that were numbered of them, thirty and five thousand and four hundred; all that were numbered of the camp of Ephraim being a hundred thousand and eight thousand and a hundred, according to their hosts; and they shall set forth third.

On the north side shall be the standard of the camp of Dan according to their hosts; the prince of the children of Dan being Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai, and his host, and those that were numbered of them, threescore and two thousand and seven hundred; and those that pitch next unto him shall be the tribe of Asher; the prince of the children of Asher being Pagiel the son of Ochran, and his host, and those that were numbered of them, forty and one thousand and five hundred; and the tribe of Naphtali; the prince of the children of Naphtali being Ahira the son of Enan, and his host, and those that were numbered of them, fifty and three thousand and four hundred; all that were numbered of the camp of Dan being a hundred thousand and fifty and seven thousand and six hundred; they shall set forth hindmost by their standards.'

These are they that were numbered of the children of Israel by their fathers' houses; all that were numbered of the camps according to their hosts were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty. But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel; as the commanded Moses. Thus did the children of Israel: according to all that the commanded Moses, so they pitched by their standards, and so they set forward, each one according to its families, and according to its fathers' houses.

Now these are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that the spoke with Moses in mount Sinai. And these are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the first-born, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests that were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest's office. And Nadab and Abihu died before the, when they offered strange fire before the , in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children; and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest's office in the presence of Aaron their father.

And the spoke unto Moses, saying: 'Bring the tribe of Levi near, and set them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto him. And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole congregation before the tent of meeting, to do the service of the tabernacle. And they shall keep all the furniture of the tent of meeting, and the charge of the children of Israel, to do the service of