13. They set out for the first time on the command of Yahweh in the hand of Moses.
14. The standard of the camp of the descendants of Judah set out for the first time according to their divisions, with Nahshon son of Amminadab over its division.
15. And Nathanel son of Zuar was over the division of the descendants of Issachar;
16. Eliab son of Helon was over the division of the tribe of the descendants of Zebulun.
17. The tabernacle was taken down, and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari, the bearers of the tabernacle, set out.
18. And the standard of the camp of Reuben according to their divisions; Elizur son of Shedeur was over their division.
19. Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai was over the division of the sons of the tribe of Simeon.
20. Eliasaph son of Deuel was over the division of the tribe of the descendants of Gad.
21. The Kohathites, the bearers of the sanctuary, set out, and they set up the tabernacle before they arrived.
22. And the stand of the camp of the descendants of Ephraim set out according to their divisions; Elishama son of Ammihud was over its division.
23. Gamaliel son of Pedahzur was over the division of the tribe of the descendants of Manasseh.
24. Abidan son of Gideoni was over the division of the tribe of the descendants of Benjamin.
25. Then the standard of the camp of the descendants of Dan, who formed a rear guard for all the camps, set out according to their divisions; Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai was over its division.
26. Pagiel son of Ocran was over the division of the tribe of the descendants of Asher.
27. Ahira son of Enan was over the division of the tribe of the descendants of Naphtali.
28. These were the departures of the Israelites according to their divisions; and so they set out.
29. Moses said to Hobab son of Reuel the Midianite, the father-in-law of Moses, “We are setting out to the place that Yahweh said, ‘I will give it to you’; go with us, and we will treat you well because Yahweh promised good concerning Israel.”
30. But he said to him, “I will not go. I will only go to my land and to my family.”
31. He said, “Please, do not abandon us because you know our encampment in the desert, and you should be our guide.