Numbers 10:10–28

¹⁰Also at your times of rejoicing—your appointed festivals and New Moon feasts^u—you are to sound the trumpets^v over your burnt offerings^w and fellowship offerings,^x and they will be a memorial for you before your God. I am the Lord your God.^y”

The Israelites Leave Sinai

¹¹On the twentieth day of the second month of the second year,^z the cloud lifted^a from above the tabernacle of the covenant law.^{b 12}Then the Israelites set out from the Desert of Sinai and traveled from place to place until the cloud came to rest in the Desert of Paran.^{c 13}They set out, this first time, at the Lord’s command through Moses.^d

¹⁴The divisions of the camp of Judah went first, under their standard.^e Nahshon son of Amminadab^f was in command. ¹⁵Nethanel son of Zuar was over the division of the tribe^g of Issachar,^{h 16}and Eliab son of Helonⁱ was over the division of the tribe of Zebulun.^{j 17}Then the tabernacle was taken down, and the Gershonites and Merarites, who carried it, set out.^k

¹⁸The divisions of the camp of Reuben^l went next, under their standard.^m Elizur son of Shedeurⁿ was in command. ¹⁹Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai was over the division of the tribe of Simeon,^{o 20}and Eliasaph son of Deuel was over the division of the tribe of Gad.^{p 21}Then the Kohathites^q set out, carrying the holy things.^r The tabernacle was to be set up before they arrived.^s

²²The divisions of the camp of Ephraim^t went next, under their standard. Elishama son of Ammihud^u was in command. ²³Gamaliel son of Pedahzur was over the division of the tribe of Manasseh,^{v 24}and Abidan son of Gideoni was over the division of the tribe of Benjamin.^w

²⁵Finally, as the rear guard^x for all the units, the divisions of the camp of Dan set out under their standard. Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai^y was in command. ²⁶Pagiel son of Okran was over the division of the tribe of Asher,^{z 27}and Ahira son of Enan was over the division of the tribe of Naphtali.^{a 28}This was the order of march for the Israelite divisions as they set out.