11. On the twentieth day of the second month of the second year, the cloud lifted from above the tabernacle of the covenant law.
12. Then the Israelites set out from the Desert of Sinai and travelled from place to place until the cloud came to rest in the Desert of Paran.
13. They set out, this first time, at the Lord’s command through Moses.
14. The divisions of the camp of Judah went first, under their standard. Nahshon son of Amminadab was 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 Merarites, who carried it, set out.
18. The divisions of the camp of Reuben went next, under their standard. Elizur son of Shedeur was in command.
19. Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai was over the division of the tribe of Simeon,