Numbers 2:18

Numbers 2:18 says, On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of Ephraim according to their armies: and the captain of the sons of Ephraim shall be Elishama the son of Ammihud.  The tribe of Ephraim, Joseph's son, was to be the west side, with Elishama as their captain.  Verse nineteen adds, And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty thousand and five hundred.  We are once again given the number of men capable of going to war in his tribe.  Verse twenty states, And by him shall be the tribe of Manasseh: and the captain of the children of Manasseh shall be Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.  Verse twenty-one adds, And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and two thousand and two hundred.  Next to the tribe of Ephraim was the tribe of Manasseh, Joseph's other son, and all of his host, which included those who had been numbered.  Verse twenty-two says, Then the tribe of Benjamin: and the captain of the sons of Benjamin shall be Abidan the son of Gideoni.  Verse twenty-three adds, And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred.  These was the descendants of Joseph's only brother who was not a half-brother.  Verse twenty-four states, All that were numbered of the camp of Ephraim were an hundred thousand and eight thousand and an hundred, throughout their armies. And they shall go forward in the third rank.  Then we are given the total number of the camp of Ephraim, which included all three tribes.  They were to go forward as the third rank.  God planned for everything to move and work in an orderly fashion, and He still does I believe.