Numbers 10:20-36

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.

³¹“Please don't abandon us now,” Moses said, “because you're the one who knows where we should camp in the desert and you can guide us.

³²If you come with us, whatever good things the Lord blesses us with we'll share with you.”

³³They left the mountain of the Lord to go on a three-day journey The Ark of the Lord's Agreement led the way for them during these three days to find a place for them to camp.

³⁴The cloud of the Lord was above them during day as they moved on from the camp.

³⁵Whenever the Ark was carried out, Moses would call out, “Stand up, Lord, and may your enemies be scattered, and may those who hate you run away from you.”

³⁶Whenever it was set down, he would call out, “Return, Lord, to the thousands and thousands of the people of Israel.”