11. In the second year, in the second month, on the twentieth day of the month, the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle of the covenant.
12. The children of Israel went forward on their journeys out of the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud stayed in the wilderness of Paran.
13. They first went forward according to the commandment of the Lord 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.