11. On the twentieth day of the second month of that same year, the cloud over the sacred tent moved on.
12. So the Israelites broke camp and left the Sinai Desert. And some time later, the cloud stopped in the Paran Desert.
13. This was the first time the Lord had told Moses to command the people of Israel to move on.
14. Judah and the tribes that camped beside it marched out first, carrying their banner. Nahshon son of Amminadab was the leader of the Judah tribe,
15. Nethanel son of Zuar was the leader of the Issachar tribe,
16. and Eliab son of Helon was the leader of the Zebulun tribe.
17. The sacred tent had been taken down, and the Gershonites and the Merarites carried it, marching behind the Judah camp.
18. Reuben and the tribes that camped beside it marched out second, carrying their banner. Elizur son of Shedeur was the leader of the Reuben tribe,
19. Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai was the leader of the Simeon tribe,
20. and Eliasaph son of Deuel was the leader of the Gad tribe.