Numbers 10:10–28

¹⁰Also ^min the day of your gladness, in your appointed feasts, and at the beginning of your months, you shall blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; and they shall be ⁿa memorial for you before your God: I am the Lord your God.”

Departure from Sinai

¹¹Now it came to pass on the twentieth day of the second month, in the second year, that the cloud ^owas taken up from above the tabernacle of the Testimony. ¹²And the children of Israel set out from the ^pWilderness of Sinai on ^qtheir journeys; then the cloud settled down in the ^rWilderness of Paran. ¹³So they started out for the first time ^saccording to the command of the Lord by the hand of Moses.

¹⁴The ²standard of the camp of the children of Judah ^tset out first according to their armies; over their army was ^uNahshon the son of Amminadab. ¹⁵Over the army of the tribe of the children of Issachar was Nethanel the son of Zuar. ¹⁶And over the army of the tribe of the children of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon.

¹⁷Then ^vthe tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari set out, ^wcarrying the tabernacle.

¹⁸And ^xthe standard of the camp of Reuben set out according to their armies; over their army was Elizur the son of Shedeur. ¹⁹Over the army of the tribe of the children of Simeon was Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. ²⁰And over the army of the tribe of the children of Gad was Eliasaph the son of Deuel.

²¹Then the Kohathites set out, carrying the ^yholy things. (The tabernacle would be ³prepared for their arrival.)

²²And ^zthe standard of the camp of the children of Ephraim set out according to their armies; over their army was Elishama the son of Ammihud. ²³Over the army of the tribe of the children of Manasseh was Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. ²⁴And over the army of the tribe of the children of Benjamin was Abidan the son of Gideoni.

²⁵Then ^athe standard of the camp of the children of Dan (the rear guard of all the camps) set out according to their armies; over their army was Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. ²⁶Over the army of the tribe of the children of Asher was Pagiel the son of Ocran. ²⁷And over the army of the tribe of the children of Naphtali was Ahira the son of Enan.

^28bThus was the order of march of the children of Israel, according to their armies, when they began their journey.