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Numbers 10:13-28

¹³ And they first took their journey according to the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses. ¹⁴ In the first [place] went the standard of the camp of the children of Judah according to their armies: and over his host [was] Nahshon the son of Amminadab. ¹⁵ And over the host of the tribe of the children of Issachar [was] Nethaneel the son of Zuar. ¹⁶ And over the host of the tribe of the children of Zebulun [was] Eliab the son of Helon. ¹⁷ And the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari set forward, bearing the tabernacle. ¹⁸ And the standard of the camp of Reuben set forward according to their armies: and over his host [was] Elizur the son of Shedeur. ¹⁹ And over the host of the tribe of the children of Simeon [was] Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. ²⁰ And over the host of the tribe of the children of Gad [was] Eliasaph the son of Deuel. ²¹ And the Kohathites set forward, bearing the sanctuary: and [the other] did set up the tabernacle against they came. ²² And the standard of the camp of the children of Ephraim set forward according to their armies: and over his host [was] Elishama the son of Ammihud. ²³ And over the host of the tribe of the children of Manasseh [was] Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. ²⁴ And over the host of the tribe of the children of Benjamin [was] Abidan the son of Gideoni. ²⁵ And the standard of the camp of the children of Dan set forward, [which was] the rereward of all the camps throughout their hosts: and over his host [was] Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. ²⁶ And over the host of the tribe of the children of Asher [was] Pagiel the son of Ocran. ²⁷ And over the host of the tribe of the children of Naphtali [was] Ahira the son of Enan. ²⁸ Thus [were] the journeyings of the children of Israel according to their armies, when they set forward.

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KJV King James Version

¹³ And they first took their journey according to the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses. ¹⁴ In the first [place] went the standard of the camp of the children of Judah according to their armies: and over his host [was] Nahshon the son of Amminadab. ¹⁵ And over the host of the tribe of the children of Issachar [was] Nethaneel the son of Zuar. ¹⁶ And over the host of the tribe of the children of Zebulun [was] Eliab the son of Helon. ¹⁷ And the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari set forward, bearing the tabernacle. ¹⁸ And the standard of the camp of Reuben set forward according to their armies: and over his host [was] Elizur the son of Shedeur. ¹⁹ And over the host of the tribe of the children of Simeon [was] Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. ²⁰ And over the host of the tribe of the children of Gad [was] Eliasaph the son of Deuel. ²¹ And the Kohathites set forward, bearing the sanctuary: and [the other] did set up the tabernacle against they came. ²² And the standard of the camp of the children of Ephraim set forward according to their armies: and over his host [was] Elishama the son of Ammihud. ²³ And over the host of the tribe of the children of Manasseh [was] Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. ²⁴ And over the host of the tribe of the children of Benjamin [was] Abidan the son of Gideoni. ²⁵ And the standard of the camp of the children of Dan set forward, [which was] the rereward of all the camps throughout their hosts: and over his host [was] Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. ²⁶ And over the host of the tribe of the children of Asher [was] Pagiel the son of Ocran. ²⁷ And over the host of the tribe of the children of Naphtali [was] Ahira the son of Enan. ²⁸ Thus [were] the journeyings of the children of Israel according to their armies, when they set forward.

BSB Berean Standard Bible

¹³ They set out this first time according to the LORD’s command through Moses. ¹⁴ First, the divisions of the camp of Judah set out under their standard, with Nahshon son of Amminadab in command. ¹⁵ Nethanel son of Zuar was over the division of the tribe of Issachar, ¹⁶ and Eliab son of Helon was over the division of the tribe of Zebulun. ¹⁷ Then the tabernacle was taken down, and the Gershonites and the Merarites set out, transporting it. ¹⁸ Then the divisions of the camp of Reuben set out under their standard, with Elizur son of Shedeur in command. ¹⁹ Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai was over the division of the tribe of Simeon, ²⁰ and Eliasaph son of Deuel was over the division of the tribe of Gad. ²¹ Then the Kohathites set out, transporting the holy objects; the tabernacle was to be set up before their arrival. ²² Next, the divisions of the camp of Ephraim set out under their standard, with Elishama son of Ammihud in command. ²³ Gamaliel son of Pedahzur was over the division of the tribe of Manasseh, ²⁴ and Abidan son of Gideoni was over the division of the tribe of Benjamin. ²⁵ Finally, the divisions of the camp of Dan set out under their standard, serving as the rear guard for all units, with Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai in command. ²⁶ Pagiel son of Ocran was over the division of the tribe of Asher, ²⁷ and Ahira son of Enan was over the division of the tribe of Naphtali. ²⁸ This was the order of march for the Israelite divisions as they set out.

WEB World English Bible

¹³ They first went forward according to the commandment of Yahweh by Moses. ¹⁴ First, the standard of the camp of the children of Judah went forward according to their armies. Nahshon the son of Amminadab was over his army. ¹⁵ Nethanel the son of Zuar was over the army of the tribe of the children of Issachar. ¹⁶ Eliab the son of Helon was over the army of the tribe of the children of Zebulun. ¹⁷ The tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari, who bore the tabernacle, went forward. ¹⁸ The standard of the camp of Reuben went forward according to their armies. Elizur the son of Shedeur was over his army. ¹⁹ Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai was over the army of the tribe of the children of Simeon. ²⁰ Eliasaph the son of Deuel was over the army of the tribe of the children of Gad. ²¹ The Kohathites set forward, bearing the sanctuary. The others set up the tabernacle before they arrived. ²² The standard of the camp of the children of Ephraim set forward according to their armies. Elishama the son of Ammihud was over his army. ²³ Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur was over the army of the tribe of the children of Manasseh. ²⁴ Abidan the son of Gideoni was over the army of the tribe of the children of Benjamin. ²⁵ The standard of the camp of the children of Dan, which was the rear guard of all the camps, set forward according to their armies. Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai was over his army. ²⁶ Pagiel the son of Ochran was over the army of the tribe of the children of Asher. ²⁷ Ahira the son of Enan was over the army of the tribe of the children of Naphtali. ²⁸ Thus were the travels of the children of Israel according to their armies; and they went forward.

ASV American Standard Version

¹³ And they first took their journey according to the commandment of Jehovah by Moses. ¹⁴ And in the first place the standard of the camp of the children of Judah set forward according to their hosts: and over his host was Nahshon the son of Amminadab. ¹⁵ And over the host of the tribe of the children of Issachar was Nethanel the son of Zuar. ¹⁶ And over the host of the tribe of the children of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon. ¹⁷ And the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari, who bare the tabernacle, set forward. ¹⁸ And the standard of the camp of Reuben set forward according to their hosts: and over his host was Elizur the son of Shedeur. ¹⁹ And over the host of the tribe of the children of Simeon was Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. ²⁰ And over the host of the tribe of the children of Gad was Eliasaph the son of Deuel. ²¹ And the Kohathites set forward, bearing the sanctuary: and the others did set up the tabernacle against their coming. ²² And the standard of the camp of the children of Ephraim set forward according to their hosts: and over his host was Elishama the son of Ammihud. ²³ And over the host of the tribe of the children of Manasseh was Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. ²⁴ And over the host of the tribe of the children of Benjamin was Abidan the son of Gideoni. ²⁵ And the standard of the camp of the children of Dan, which was the rearward of all the camps, set forward according to their hosts: and over his host was Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. ²⁶ And over the host of the tribe of the children of Asher was Pagiel the son of Ochran. ²⁷ And over the host of the tribe of the children of Naphtali was Ahira the son of Enan. ²⁸ Thus were the journeyings of the children of Israel according to their hosts; and they set forward.

YLT Young’s Literal Translation

¹³ and they journey at first, by the command of Jehovah, in the hand of Moses. ¹⁴ And the standard of the camp of the sons of Judah journeyeth in the first place, by their hosts, and over its host is Nahshon son of Amminadab. ¹⁵ And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Issachar is Nathaneel son of Zuar. ¹⁶ And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Zebulun is Eliab son of Helon; ¹⁷ And the tabernacle hath been taken down, and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari have journeyed, bearing the tabernacle. ¹⁸ And the standard of the camp of Reuben hath journeyed, by their hosts, and over its host is Elizur son of Shedeur. ¹⁹ And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Simeon is Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai. ²⁰ And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Gad is Eliasaph son of Deuel; ²¹ And the Kohathites have journeyed, bearing the tabernacle, and the others have raised up the tabernacle until their coming in. ²² And the standard of the camp of the sons of Ephraim hath journeyed, by their hosts, and over its host is Elishama son of Ammihud. ²³ And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Manasseh is Gamalial son of Pedahzur. ²⁴ And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Benjamin is Abidan son of Gideoni. ²⁵ And the standard of the camp of the sons of Dan hath journeyed (rearward to all the camps), by their hosts, and over its host is Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai. ²⁶ And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Asher is Pagiel son of Ocran. ²⁷ And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Naphtali is Ahira son of Enan. ²⁸ These are journeyings of the sons of Israel by their hosts—and they journey.

Surrounding context — Numbers 10

10 Also in the day of your gladness, and in your solemn days, and in the beginnings of your months, ye shall blow with the trumpets over your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; that they may be to you for a memorial before your God: I [am] the LORD your God.

11 And it came to pass on the twentieth [day] of the second month, in the second year, that the cloud was taken up from off the tabernacle of the testimony.

12 And the children of Israel took their journeys out of the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud rested in the wilderness of Paran.

13 And they first took their journey according to the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses.

14 In the first [place] went the standard of the camp of the children of Judah according to their armies: and over his host [was] Nahshon the son of Amminadab.

15 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Issachar [was] Nethaneel the son of Zuar.

16 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Zebulun [was] Eliab the son of Helon.

17 And the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari set forward, bearing the tabernacle.

18 And the standard of the camp of Reuben set forward according to their armies: and over his host [was] Elizur the son of Shedeur.

19 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Simeon [was] Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.

20 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Gad [was] Eliasaph the son of Deuel.

21 And the Kohathites set forward, bearing the sanctuary: and [the other] did set up the tabernacle against they came.

22 And the standard of the camp of the children of Ephraim set forward according to their armies: and over his host [was] Elishama the son of Ammihud.

23 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Manasseh [was] Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.

24 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Benjamin [was] Abidan the son of Gideoni.

25 And the standard of the camp of the children of Dan set forward, [which was] the rereward of all the camps throughout their hosts: and over his host [was] Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.

26 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Asher [was] Pagiel the son of Ocran.

27 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Naphtali [was] Ahira the son of Enan.

28 Thus [were] the journeyings of the children of Israel according to their armies, when they set forward.

29 And Moses said unto Hobab, the son of Raguel the Midianite, Moses’ father in law, We are journeying unto the place of which the LORD said, I will give it you: come thou with us, and we will do thee good: for the LORD hath spoken good concerning Israel.

30 And he said unto him, I will not go; but I will depart to mine own land, and to my kindred.

31 And he said, Leave us not, I pray thee; forasmuch as thou knowest how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and thou mayest be to us instead of eyes.

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