Bible Verses About Journey of Israel Through The Desert

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

Bring the tribe of Levi, and make them stand in the sight of Aaron the priest to minister to him, and let them watch,

And observe whatsoever appertaineth to the service of the multitude before the tabernacle of the testimony,

And let them keep the vessels of the tabernacle, serving in the ministry thereof.

And thou shalt give the Levites for a gift,

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

I have taken the Levites from the children of Israel, for every firstborn that openeth the womb among the children of Israel, and the Levites shall be mine.

For every firstborn is mine: since I struck the firstborn in the land of Egypt: I have sanctified to myself whatsoever is firstborn in Israel both of man and beast, they are mine: I am the Lord.

The Lord spoke to Moses in the desert of Sinai, the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, in the first month, saying:

Let the children of Israel make the phase in its due time,

The fourteenth day of this month in the evening, according to all the ceremonies and justifications thereof.

And Moses commanded the children of Israel that they should make the phase.

And they made it in its proper time: the fourteenth day of the month at evening, in mount Sinai. The children of Israel did according to all things that the Lord had commanded Moses.

The sons of Juda by their troops: whose prince was Nahasson the son of Aminadab.

In the tribe of the sons of Issachar, the prince was Nathanael the son of Suar.

In the tribe of Zabulon, the prince was Eliab the son of Helon.

And the tabernacle was taken down, and the sons of Gerson and Merari set forward, bearing it.

And the sons of Ruben also marched, by their troops and ranks, whose prince was Helisur the son of Sedeur.

And in the tribe of Simeon, the prince was Salamiel the son of Surisaddai.

And in the tribe of Gad, the prince was Eliasaph the son of Duel.

Then the Caathites also marched carrying the sanctuary. So long was the tabernacle carried, till they came to the place of setting it up.

The sons of Ephraim also moved their camp by their troops, in whose army the prince was Elisama the son of Ammiud.

And in the tribe of the sons of Manasses, the prince was Gamaliel the son of Phadassur.

And in the tribe of Benjamin, the prince was Abidan the son of Gedeon.

The last of all the camp marched the sons of Dan by their troops, in whose army the prince was Ahiezer the son of Ammisaddai.