Numbers 10:14-30

¹⁴The tribal divisions of Judah went first, marching out under their flag, with Nahshon, son of Amminadab, in charge.

¹⁵Nethanel, son of Zuar, was in charge of the tribal division of Issachar,

¹⁶and Eliab, son of Helon, was in charge of the tribal division of Zebulun.

¹⁷Then the Tabernacle was dismantled, and the Gershonites and the Merarites set off, carrying it.

¹⁸Then came the divisions of Reuben who marched out under their flag, with Elizur, son of Shedeur, in charge.

¹⁹Shelumiel, son of Zurishaddai, was in charge of the tribal division of Simeon,

²⁰and Eliasaph, son of Deuel, was in charge of the tribal division of Gad.

²¹Then the Kohathites set off, carrying the holy objects. The Tabernacle would be put up before they arrived.

²²Then came the divisions of Ephraim who marched out under their flag, with Elishama, son of Ammihud in charge.

²³Gamaliel, son of Pedahzur, was in charge of the tribal division of Manasseh,

²⁴and Abidan, son of Gideoni, was in charge of the tribal division of Benjamin.

²⁵Lastly came the divisions of Dan who marched out under their flag, defending the rear of all the tribal groups, with Ahiezer, son of Ammishaddai, in charge.

²⁶Pagiel, son of Ocran, was in charge of the tribal division of Asher,

²⁷and Ahira, son of Enan, was in charge of the tribal division of Naphtali.

²⁸This was the order in which the Israelite tribal divisions moved out.

²⁹Moses explained to Hobab, the son of Moses' father-in-law Reuel the Midianite, “We're leaving for the place of which the Lord promised, ‘I'm going to give it to you.’ Come with us, and we'll be good to you, because the Lord has promised good things to Israel.”

³⁰“No, I won't go—I'll return to my own country and my own people,” Hobab replied.