¹⁰You must also blow the trumpets when you are happy. Blow them at your appointed feasts. Blow them at your New Moon Feasts. Blow them when you sacrifice your burnt offerings. Blow them when you sacrifice your friendship offerings. They will remind me of you. I am the Lord your God.”

The People of Israel Leave the Sinai Desert

¹¹It was the 20th day of the second month of the second year. On that day the cloud began to move. It went up from above the holy tent where the tablets of the covenant were kept.

¹²Then the people of Israel started out from the Desert of Sinai. They traveled from place to place. They kept going until the cloud came to rest in the Desert of Paran. ¹³The first time they started out, the Lord commanded Moses to tell them to do it. And they did it.

¹⁴The companies of the camp of Judah went first. They went out under their flag. Nahshon was their commander. He was the son of Amminadab. ¹⁵Nethanel was over the company of the tribe of Issachar. Nethanel was the son of Zuar. ¹⁶Eliab was over the company of the tribe of Zebulun. Eliab was the son of Helon.

¹⁷The holy tent was taken down. The men of Gershon and Merari started out. They carried the tent.

¹⁸The companies of the camp of Reuben went next. They went out under their flag. Elizur was their commander. He was the son of Shedeur. ¹⁹Shelumiel was over the company of the tribe of Simeon. Shelumiel was the son of Zurishaddai. ²⁰Eliasaph was over the company of the tribe of Gad. Eliasaph was the son of Deuel.

²¹The men of Kohath started out. They carried the holy things. The holy tent had to be set up before they arrived.

²²The companies of the camp of Ephraim went next. They went out under their flag. Elishama was their commander. He was the son of Ammihud. ²³Gamaliel was over the company of the tribe of Manasseh. Gamaliel was the son of Pedahzur. ²⁴Abidan was over the company of the tribe of Benjamin. Abidan was the son of Gideoni.

²⁵Finally, the companies of the camp of Dan started out. They marched out under their flag. They followed behind all of the other companies and guarded them. Ahiezer was their commander. He was the son of Ammishaddai. ²⁶Pagiel was over the company of the tribe of Asher. Pagiel was the son of Ocran. ²⁷Ahira was over the company of the tribe of Naphtali. Ahira was the son of Enan.

²⁸As the companies of Israel started out, that was the order they marched in.

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