The Priest at the Head of the Community
3Rule of the assembly of all the camps. All of them shall be enlisted by their names: the priests first, 4the levites second, the children of Israel third, and the proselyte fourth; and they shall be inscribed by their [na]mes, 5each one after his brother; the priests first, the levites second, the children of Israel 6third and the proselyte fourth…
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