17. Then the Tent would be taken down, and the clans of Gershon and Merari, who carried it, would start out.
18. Next, those under the banner of the division led by the tribe of Reuben would start out, company by company, with Elizur son of Shedeur in command.
19. Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai was in command of the tribe of Simeon,
20. and Eliasaph son of Deuel was in command of the tribe of Gad.
21. Then the Levite clan of Kohath would start out, carrying the sacred objects. By the time they arrived at the next camp, the Tent had been set up again.
22. Next, those under the banner of the division led by the tribe of Ephraim would start out, company by company, with Elishama son of Ammihud in command.
23. Gamaliel son of Pedahzur was in command of the tribe of Manasseh,
24. and Abidan son of Gideoni was in command of the tribe of Benjamin.
25. Finally, those under the banner of the division led by the tribe of Dan, serving as the rearguard of all the divisions, would start out, company by company, with Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai in command.