20. And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Gad was Eliasaph, the son of Deuel.
21. Then the Kohathites set forward, bearing the sanctuary, and while they were coming, the others set up the tabernacle.
22. After them the standard of the camp of the sons 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 sons of Manasseh was Gamaliel, the son of Pedahzur.
24. And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Benjamin was Abidan, the son of Gideoni.
25. Then the standard of the camp of the sons of Dan set forward according to their armies, gathering together all the camps, and over his host was Ahiezer, the son of Ammishaddai.
26. And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Asher was Pagiel, the son of Ocran.
27. And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Naphtali was Ahira, the son of Enan.
28. Thus were the journeyings of the sons of Israel according to their armies when they set forward.
29. Then 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 to you. Come thou with us, and we will do thee good; for the Lord has spoken good concerning Israel.
30. And he said unto him, I will not go; but I will depart to my own land and to my kindred.
31. And he said, Leave us not, I pray thee; for thou knowest how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and thou shalt be to us instead of eyes.
32. And it shall be, if thou go with us, that when we come into the goodness that the Lord shall do unto us, that we will do thee good.
33. Thus they departed from the mount of the Lord three days’ journey, and the ark of the covenant of the Lord went before them in the three days’ journey, searching out a resting place for them.