¹⁶ And he said, The Lord says, I will make this valley full of water-holes.

¹⁶ The number of all the armies of Reuben together came to a hundred and fifty-one thousand, four hundred and fifty. They go forward second.

¹⁷ Then the Tent of meeting is to go forward, with the tents of the Levites, in the middle of the armies; in the same order as their tents are placed, they are to go forward, every man under his flag.

¹⁸ On the west side will be the flag of the children of Ephraim, with Elishama, the son of Ammihud, as their chief.

³ Then he said, Go out to all your neighbours and get vessels, a very great number of them.