Whenever the tent is ready for travel, the descendants of Levi are to take it down. When it's time to encamp, the descendants of Levi are to set it up. Any unauthorized person who approaches it is to be executed.

Then the Israelis are to encamp around the tent, arranged according to their company and the standard of their army.

But the descendants of Levi are to encamp on all sides of the Tent of Meeting so that divine wrath won't fall on the congregation of Israel. The descendants of Levi are to take care of the Tent of Meeting."

"Every single Israeli is to encamp beneath his standard with the emblem of his ancestral house. The Israelis are to encamp in front of and surrounding the Tent of Meeting."

"The tribe of Issachar is to encamp beside Judah. The leader of Issachar is to be Zuar's son Nethanel.

"The tribe of Manasseh is to encamp beside them. The leader of Manasseh is to be Pedahzur's son Gamaliel.

"The tribe of Asher is to encamp beside them. The leader of Asher is to be Ochran's son Pagiel.

Whenever the cloud above the tent ascended, the Israelis would travel and encamp in the place where the cloud settled.

So the Israelis did everything just as the LORD had commanded Moses; that is, they encamped under their standard as each person traveled with his own tribe and ancestral house.

The families of the descendants of Gershon encamped behind the tent toward the west.

The descendants of Kohath encamped beside the tent toward the south.

The leader of the tribe and family of Merari was Abihail's son Zuriel. The descendants of Merari encamped beside the tent toward the north.

In front of the tent and east of the Tent of Meeting, Moses, Aaron, and Aaron's sons encamped facing the east. They were tasked to perform the duties of the sanctuary and care for the needs of the Israelis. Any unauthorized person who approached was to be executed.

When you sound an alarm, the ones encamped on the east side are to begin to travel.

When you sound the alarm the second time, those encamped on the south are to begin to travel. Alarms are to be sounded for their travels.

After that, the people traveled from Hazeroth and encamped in the Wilderness of Paran.

After this, the Israelis traveled and encamped at Oboth.

Then they traveled from Oboth and encamped at Iye-abarim, in the wilderness that is in the vicinity of Moab's eastern border.

From there, they traveled and encamped in the valley of Zered.

The Israelis continued their travels, eventually encamping on the plains of Moab beside the Jordan River opposite Jericho.

looked up, and saw Israel encamped in their respective tribal order. Just then, the spirit of God came upon him.

While Israel remained encamped in Shittim, the people began to commit sexual immorality with Moabite women,