Numbers 2

YHWH commands the Israelites to arrange their camps around the Tabernacle in a specific order, with Judah positioned to the east and given pride of place as the first to break camp, followed by Reuben to the south, Ephraim to the west, and Dan to the north.[1][3] This divinely ordained arrangement transforms the former slaves into an orderly, disciplined nation with each tribe assigned a precise position under its banner and tribal leader.[2][3]

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אֵ֛לֶּה 𐤀𐤋𐤄 eleh These these ones these ones HPdxcp פְּקוּדֵ֥י 𐤐𐤒𐤅𐤃𐤉 pequdey numbered accounted ones of accounted ones of HVqsmpc בְנֵֽי 𐤁𐤍𐤉 veney Bene (Bemba) sons sons of sons of HNcmpc יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 yiserael Israel El-Contends Yiserael HNp לְ/בֵ֣ית 𐤋/𐤁𐤉𐤕 leveyt according to house to a house of to a house of HR/Ncmsc אֲבֹתָ֑/ם 𐤀𐤁𐤕/𐤌 avotam of their fathers their fathers their fathers HNcmpc/Sp3mp כָּל 𐤊𐤋 kal kila (Swahili) all entirety of all of HNcmsc פְּקוּדֵ֤י 𐤐𐤒𐤅𐤃𐤉 pequdey-2 numbered accounted ones of accounted ones of HVqsmpc הַֽ/מַּחֲנֹת֙ 𐤄/𐤌𐤇𐤍𐤕 hamachanot the camps the encampments the encampments HTd/Ncbpa לְ/צִבְאֹתָ֔/ם 𐤋/𐤑𐤁𐤀𐤕/𐤌 letsiveotam of their armies to their hosts to their hosts HR/Ncbpc/Sp3mp שֵׁשׁ 𐤔𐤔 shesh six six six HAcfsa מֵא֥וֹת 𐤌𐤀𐤅𐤕 meot hundred hundreds hundreds HAcbpa אֶ֨לֶף֙ 𐤀𐤋𐤐 elef thousand thousand-unit thousand-unit HAcbsa וּ/שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת 𐤅/𐤔𐤋𐤔𐤕 usheloshet and three and three-of and three-of HC/Acmsc אֲלָפִ֔ים 𐤀𐤋𐤐𐤉𐤌 alafim thousands thousands thousands HAcbpa וַ/חֲמֵ֥שׁ 𐤅/𐤇𐤌𐤔 vachamesh and five and five and five HC/Acfsa מֵא֖וֹת 𐤌𐤀𐤅𐤕 meot-2 hundred hundreds hundreds HAcbpa וַ/חֲמִשִּֽׁים 𐤅/𐤇𐤌𐤔𐤉𐤌 vachamishim and fifty and fifty and fifty HC/Acbpa
Verse 34
וַֽ/יַּעֲשׂ֖וּ 𐤅/𐤉𐤏𐤔𐤅 vayaasu and they did and they did and they did HC/Vqw3mp בְּנֵ֣י 𐤁𐤍𐤉 beney Bene (Bemba) the sons of sons of sons of HNcmpc יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 yiserael Israel El-Contends Yiserael HNp כְּ֠/כֹל 𐤊/𐤊𐤋 kekhol kila (Swahili) according to all as the whole as all HR/Ncmsa אֲשֶׁר 𐤀𐤔𐤓 asher that that-which that HTr צִוָּ֨ה 𐤑𐤅𐤄 tsivah commanded he commanded he commanded HVpp3ms יְהוָ֜ה 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 yehvah Nyambe (Lozi) the LORD Yahweh Yahweh HNp אֶת 𐤀𐤕 et direct object marker object-marker [·] HTo מֹשֶׁ֗ה 𐤌𐤔𐤄 mosheh Moses Mosheh Mosheh HNp כֵּֽן 𐤊𐤍 ken cine (Bemba) so thus thus HTm חָנ֤וּ 𐤇𐤍𐤅 chanu they encamped they encamped they encamped HVqp3cp לְ/דִגְלֵי/הֶם֙ 𐤋/𐤃𐤂𐤋𐤉/𐤄𐤌 ledigeleyhem by their banners to their standards by their standards HR/Ncmpc/Sp3mp וְ/כֵ֣ן 𐤅/𐤊𐤍 vekhen cine (Bemba) and so and thus and thus HC/Tm נָסָ֔עוּ 𐤍𐤎𐤏𐤅 nasau they journeyed they broke camp they moved HVqp3cp אִ֥ישׁ 𐤀𐤉𐤔 ish each man man man HNcmsa לְ/מִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֖י/ו 𐤋/𐤌𐤔𐤐𐤇𐤕𐤉/𐤅 lemishepechotayv by his families to his clans to his clans HR/Ncfpc/Sp3ms עַל 𐤏𐤋 al by upon upon HR בֵּ֥ית 𐤁𐤉𐤕 beyt the house of house-of house of HNcmsc אֲבֹתָֽי/ו 𐤀𐤁𐤕𐤉/𐤅 avotayv his fathers his fathers his fathers HNcmpc/Sp3ms