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They set out, this first time, according to the LORD's command through Moses.

First, the divisions of the camp of Judah set out under their banner, with Nahshon son of Amminadab in command.

Then the divisions of the camp of Reuben set out under their banner, with Elizur son of Shedeur in command.

Next, the divisions of the camp of Ephraim set out under their banner, with Elishama son of Ammihud in command.

Finally, the divisions of the camp of Dan set out under their banner, serving as the rear guard for all units, with Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai in command.

So at the command of the LORD, Moses sent them out from the Wilderness of Paran. All the men were leaders of the Israelites,

"Aaron will be gathered to his people; he will not enter the land I have given the Israelites, because both of you rebelled against My command at the waters of Meribah.

But Balaam replied to the servants of Balak, "If Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not do anything small or great to go beyond the command of the LORD my God.

I have indeed received a command to bless; He has blessed, and I cannot change it.

that even if Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not do anything of my own accord, good or bad, to go beyond the command of the LORD? I will speak whatever the LORD says.

for when the congregation contended in the Wilderness of Zin, both of you rebelled against My command to show My holiness in their sight regarding the waters." Those were the waters of Meribah in Kadesh, in the Wilderness of Zin.

He shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who will seek counsel for him before the LORD by the judgment of the Urim. At his command he and all the Israelites with him, the entire congregation, will go out and come in."

"Command the Israelites and say to them: See that you present to Me at its appointed time the food for My offerings by fire, as a pleasing aroma to Me.

and said, "Your servants have counted the soldiers under our command, and not one of us is missing.

At the LORD's command, Moses recorded the stages of their journey. These are the stages listed by their starting points:

At the LORD's command, Aaron the priest climbed Mount Hor and died there on the first day of the fifth month, in the fortieth year after the Israelites came out of the land of Egypt.

"Command the Israelites and say to them: When you enter the land of Canaan, it will be allotted to you as an inheritance with these boundaries:

"Command the Israelites to give, from the inheritance they will possess, cities for the Levites to live in and pasturelands around the cities.

But you were unwilling to go up; you rebelled against the command of the LORD your God.

So I spoke to you, but you would not listen. You rebelled against the command of the LORD and presumptuously went up into the hill country.