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The Order of the Camp: Standard of Judah from Sinai to the Jordan

Follow the vanguard division of the twelve tribes led by Nahshon under the lion standard of Judah, carrying the Tabernacle and the Ark of the Covenant through Dophkah, Rephidim, Kadesh-barnea, and Jotbathah to the threshold of the Promised Land.

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Itinerary Stops (6)

  • Stop 1: Mount Sinai (Numbers 7:12; 10:14)

    Nahshon leads the standard of the camp of Judah setting out first whenever the cloud moves.

  • Stop 2: Dophkah (Numbers 33:12)

    The standard of Judah marches through the rocky defiles of Dophkah in the Sinai peninsula.

  • Stop 3: Rephidim (Exodus 17:1-8; Numbers 33:14)

    The camp gathers at Rephidim where water flows from the rock and Joshua repels Amalek.

  • Stop 4: Kadesh-barnea (Numbers 13:1-3, 26)

    Nahshon and the tribal standard establish the forward encampment at Kadesh-barnea.

  • Stop 5: Jotbathah (Numbers 33:33; Deuteronomy 10:7)

    The host refreshes at Jotbathah, a land of flowing streams in the Arabah valley.

  • Stop 6: Shittim (Numbers 25:1; Joshua 3:1)

    Nahshon’s division reaches the final staging ground at Shittim, ready for the Jordan crossing.

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