Numbers 10:17-35

¹⁷And the tabernacle was taken down, which the sons of Gershon and Merari bare, and they went forth.

¹⁸And the sons of Reuben went forth by their companies and order, of which the prince was Elizur, the son of Shedeur.

¹⁹Forsooth in the lineage of the sons of Simeon the prince was Shelumiel, the son of Zurishaddai.

²⁰Soothly in the lineage of the sons of Gad the prince was Eliasaph, the son of Deuel.

²¹And the sons of Kohath went forth, and bare the saintuary; and they raised the tabernacle till to the coming of them.

²²Also the sons of Ephraim, by their companies, moved their tents, in whose host the prince was Elishama, the son of Ammihud.

²³Forsooth in the lineage of the sons of Manasseh the prince was Gamaliel, the son of Pedahzur.

²⁴And in the lineage of the sons of Benjamin the duke was Abidan, the son of Gideoni.

²⁵The sons of Dan, by their com-panies, went forth the last of all the tents, in whose host the prince was Ahiezer, the son of Ammishaddai.

²⁶Soothly in the lineage of the sons of Asher the prince was Pagiel, the son of Ocran.

²⁷And in the lineage of the sons of Naphtali the prince was Ahira, the son of Enan.

²⁸These be the tents and the goings forth of the sons of Israel, by their companies, when they went forth.

²⁹And Moses said to Hobab, the son of Raguel, of Midian, his ally, either father of his wife, We go forth to the place which the Lord shall give to us; come thou with us, that we do well to thee, for the Lord hath promised good things to Israel.

³⁰To whom he answered, I shall not go with thee, but I shall turn again into my land, in which I was born.

³¹And Moses said, Do not thou forsake us, for thou knowest in which places we owe to set tents, and thou shalt be our leader;

³²and when thou shalt come with us, whatever thing shall be best of the riches that the Lord shall give to us, we shall give to thee.

³³And therefore they went forth from the hill or mount of the Lord the way of three days; and the ark of the bond of peace of the Lord went before them, by those three days, and purveyed the places of their tents.

³⁴And the cloud of the Lord was upon, or over, them by day, when they went forth.

³⁵And when the ark was raised, Moses said, Rise thou, Lord, and thine enemies be scattered, and they that hate thee, flee from thy face;