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10.19 Zurishaddai. And over the host of the tribe of the children of Gad was Eliasaph the son of Deuel. And the Kohathites the bearers of the sanctuary set forward, that the tabernacle might be set up against their coming. And the standard of the camp of the children of Ephraim set forward according to their hosts; and over his host was Elishama the son of Ammihud. And over the host of the tribe of the children of Manasseh was Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. And over the host of the tribe of the children of Benjamin was Abidan the son of Gideoni. And the standard of the camp of the children of Dan, which was the rearward of all the camps, set forward according to their hosts; and over his host was Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. And over the host of the tribe of the children of Asher was Pagiel the son of Ochran. And over the host of the tribe of the children of Naphtali was Ahira the son of Enan. Thus were the journeyings of the children of Israel according to their hosts.—And they set forward.

And Moses said unto Hobab, the son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses' father-in-law: 'We are journeying unto the place of which the said: I will give it you; come thou with us, and we will do thee good; for the  hath spoken good concerning Israel.' And he said unto him: 'I will not go; but I will depart to mine own land, and to my kindred.' And he said: 'Leave us not, I pray thee; forasmuch as thou knowest how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and thou shalt be to us instead of eyes. And it shall be, if thou go with us, yea, it shall be, that what good soever the shall do unto us, the same will we do unto thee.'

And they set forward from the mount of the three days' journey; and the ark of the covenant of the  went before them three days' journey, to seek out a resting-place for them. And the cloud of the was over them by day, when they set forward from the camp.

And it came to pass, when the ark set forward, that Moses said: 'Rise up, O, and let Thine enemies be scattered; and let them that hate Thee flee before Thee.' And when it rested, he said: 'Return, O , unto the ten thousands of the families of Israel.'

And the people were as murmurers, speaking evil in the ears of the ; and when the heard it, His anger was kindled; and the fire of the  burnt among them, and devoured in the uttermost part of the camp. And the people cried unto Moses; and Moses prayed unto the, and the fire abated. And the name of that place was called Taberah, because the fire of the burnt among them.

And the mixed multitude that was among them fell a lusting; and the children of Israel also wept on their part, and said: 'Would that we were given flesh to eat! We remember the fish, which we were wont to eat in Egypt for nought; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlic; but now our soul is dried away; there is nothing at all; we have nought save this manna to look to.'—Now the manna was like coriander seed, and the appearance thereof as the appearance of bdellium. The people went about, and gathered it, and ground it in mills, or beat it in mortars, and seethed it in pots, and made cakes of it; and the taste of it was as the taste of a