24 Bible Verses about Camping During The Exodus

And Moses said, "Oh nay, leave us not, for thou knowest where is best for us to pitch in the wilderness: and thou shalt be our eyes.

which goeth the way before you to search you out a place to pitch your tents in; in fire by night - that ye might see what way to go - and in a cloud by day.

And the angel of God which went before the host of Israel, removed and went behind them. And the clouden pillar that was before them removed and stood behind them

and went between the host of the Egyptians and the host of Israel. It was a dark cloud, and gave light by night: so that all the night long the one could not come at the other.

"The children of Israel shall pitch: every man by his own standard, with the banners of their father's houses, away from the presence of the tabernacle of witness. On the east side, toward the rising of the sun, shall they of the standard of the host of Judah pitch with their arms; and Nahshon the son of Amminadab shall be captain over the sons of Judah: and his host, and the number of them, seventy four thousand and six hundred.read more.
And next unto him shall the tribe of Issachar pitch; and Nethanel the son of Zuar captain over the children of Issachar: his host, and the number of them, fifty four thousand and four hundred. And then the tribe of Zebulun; with Eliab the son of Helon, captain over the children of Zebulun: and his host, in the number of them, fifty seven thousand and four hundred. So that all they that pertain unto the host of Judah, are a hundred thousand eighty six thousand and four hundred in their companies: and these shall go in the forefront, when they journey. "And on the south side, the standard of the host of Reuben shall lie with their companies; and the captain over the sons of Reuben, Elizur the son of Shedeur: and his host, and the number of them, forty six thousand, and five hundred. And fast by him shall the tribe of Simeon pitch; and the captain over the sons of Simeon, Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai: and his host, and the number of them, forty nine thousand and three hundred. And the tribe of Gad also; and the captain over the sons of Gad, Eliasaph the son of Deuel: and his host, and the number of them, forty five thousand six hundred and fifty. So that all the number that pertain unto the host of Reuben, are a hundred thousand, fifty one thousand, four hundred and fifty, with their companies: and they shall be the second in the journey. "And the tabernacle of witness, with the host of the Levites, shall go in the midst of the hosts: as they lie in their tents, even so shall they proceed in the journey, every man in his quarter about their standards. "On the west side, the standard and the host of Ephraim shall lie with their companies; and the captain over the sons of Ephraim, Elishama the son of Ammihud: and his host, and the number of them, forty thousand and five hundred. And fast by him, the tribe of Manasseh; and the captain over the sons of Manasseh, Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur: and his host, and the number of them, thirty two thousand and two hundred. And the tribe of Benjamin also; and the captain over the sons of Benjamin, Abidan the son of Gedeoni: and his host and the number of them thirty five thousand and four hundred. All the number that pertained unto the host of Ephraim, were a hundred thousand eight thousand and a hundred in their hosts: and they shall be the third in the journey. "And the standard and the host of Dan shall lie on the north side with their companies; and the captain over the children of Dan, Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai: and his host, and the number of them, sixty two thousand and seven hundred. And fast by him shall the tribe of Asher pitch; and the captain over the sons of Asher, Pagiel the son of Ochran: and his host, and the number of them, forty one thousand and five hundred. And the tribe of Naphtali also; and the captain over the children of Naphtali, Ahira the son of Enan: and his host, and the number of them, fifty three thousand and four hundred. So that the whole number, of all that pertained unto the host of Dan, was a hundred thousand fifty seven thousand and six hundred. And they shall be the last in the journey with their standards." These are the sums of the children of Israel in the houses of their fathers, even all the numbers of the hosts with their companies: six hundred thousand three thousand five hundred and fifty. And yet the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel, as the LORD commanded Moses. And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, and so they pitched with their standards, and so they journeyed: every man in his kindred, and in the household of his father.

and lift up his eyes and looked upon Israel as he lay with his tribes, and the spirit of God came upon him.

At the mouth of the LORD the children of Israel journeyed, and at the mouth of the LORD they pitched. And as long as the cloud abode upon the habitation, they lay still,

If it chanced that the cloud abode any space of time upon the habitation, then they kept their tents at the mouth of the LORD: and they journeyed also at the commandment of the LORD.

At the mouth of the LORD they rested, and at the commandment of the LORD they journeyed. And thus they kept the watch of the LORD, at the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses.

And when the cloud was taken up from of the tabernacle, then the children of Israel journeyed: and where the cloud abode, there the children of Israel pitched their tents.

But thou shalt appoint the Levites unto the habitation of witness, and to all the apparel thereof and unto all that longeth thereto. For they shall bear the tabernacle and all the ordinance thereof, and they shall minister it and shall pitch their tents round about it.

But the Levites shall pitch round about the habitation of witness, that there fall no wrath upon the congregation of the children of Israel, and the Levites shall wait upon the habitation of witness."

And the children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man in his own company and every man by his own standard throughout all their hosts.

And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, and so they pitched with their standards, and so they journeyed: every man in his kindred, and in the household of his father.

And the kindreds of the Gershonites pitched behind the habitation westward.

And the kindred of the children of Kohath, pitched on the south side of the dwelling.

And the captain of the most ancient house among the kindreds of the Merarites, was Zuriel the son of Abihail, which pitched on the north side of the dwelling.

"But on the forefront of the habitation and before the tabernacle of witness eastward, shall Moses and Aaron and his sons pitch and wait on the sanctuary in the stead of the children of Israel. And the stranger that cometh nigh shall die for it."

And they took their journey from Succoth: and pitched their tents in Etham in the edge of the wilderness.

"Bid the children of Israel that they turn and pitch their tents before the entering of Pihahiroth, between Migdol and the sea toward Baalzephon: even before that shall ye pitch upon the sea.

And the children of Israel removed and pitched in Oboth.

And they removed thence, and pitched upon the river of Zered.

And they departed thence and pitched on the other side of Arnon, which river is in the wilderness, and cometh out of the coasts of the Amorites: for Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.

And the children of Israel removed, and pitched in the fields of Moab, on the other side of Jordan, by Jericho.