Numbers 10:11-36

11 And it came to pass in the second year, in the second month, on the twentieth day of the month, the cloud went up from the tabernacle of witness.
12 And the children of Israel set forward with their baggage in the wilderness of Sina; and the cloud rested in the wilderness of Pharan.
13 And the first rank departed by the word of the Lord by the hand of Moses.
14 And they first set in motion the order of the camp of the children of Juda with their host; and over their host Naasson, son of Aminadab.
15 And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Issachar, Nathanael son of Sogar.
16 And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Zabulon, Eliab the son of Chaelon.
17 And they shall take down the tabernacle, and the sons of Gedson shall set forward, and the sons of Merari, who bear the tabernacle.
18 And the order of the camp of Ruben set forward with their host; and over their host Elisur the son of Sediur.
19 And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Symeon, Salamiel son of Surisadai.
20 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Gad, Elisaph the son of Raguel.
21 And the sons of Caath shall set forward bearing the holy things, and shall set up the tabernacle until they arrive.
22 And the order of the camp of Ephraim shall set forward with their forces; and over their forces Elisama the son of Semiud.
23 And over the forces of the tribes of the sons of Manasse, Gamaliel the of Phadassur.
24 And over the forces of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, Abidan the of Gadeoni.
25 And the order of the camp of the sons of Dan shall set forward the last of all the camps, with their forces: and over their forces Achiezer the of Amisadai.
26 And over the forces of the tribe of the sons of Aser, Phageel the son of Echran.
27 And over the forces of the tribe of the sons of Nephthali, Achire the son of Aenan.
28 These the armies of the children of Israel; and they set forward with their forces.
29 And Moses said to Obab the son of Raguel the Madianite, the father-in-law of Moses, We are going forward to the place concerning which the Lord said, This will I give to you: Come with us, and we will do thee good, for the Lord has spoken good concerning Israel.
30 And he said to him, I will not go, but to my land and to my kindred.
31 And he said, Leave us not, because thou hast been with us in the wilderness, and thou shalt be an elder among us.
32 And it shall come to pass if thou wilt go with us, it shall even come to pass that in whatsoever things the Lord shall do us good, we will also do thee good.
33 And they departed from the mount of the Lord a three days' journey; and the ark of the covenant of the Lord went before them a three days' journey to provide rest for them.
34 And the cloud overshadowed them by day, when they departed from the camp.
35 And it came to pass when the ark set forward, that Moses said, Arise, O Lord, and let thine enemies be scattered: let all that hate thee flee.
36 And in the resting he said, Turn again, O Lord, the thousands tens of thousands in Israel.

Numbers 10:11-36 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO NUMBERS 10

This chapter gives an account of the directions given for making two silver trumpets, and of the use of them, the ends and purposes for which they were to be made, Nu 10:1-10; and of the time of taking up of the cloud from the tabernacle, and of the removal of the camp of Israel from the wilderness of Sinai, and of the order of their march, Nu 10:11-28; when Moses most earnestly passed Hobab, his brother in law, to continue with him, Nu 10:29-32; and the chapter is closed with the prayer of Moses at the setting forward of the ark, and the resting of it, Nu 10:33-36.

Footnotes 1

The Brenton translation of the Septuagint is in the public domain.