Numbers 10:14
In the first place went the standard of the camp of the children of Judah according to their armies: and over his host was Nahshon the son of Amminadab. In the first place went the standard of the camp of the children of Judah according to their armies: and over his host was Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
In Israel's ordered march the standard of the camp of Judah went in the first place according to their armies. The tribes did not move as a mixed multitude but each carried its own identifying standard. Each tribe marched beneath its own banner in the position and order God directed. Judah's place at the front set the pattern for the disciplined movement of all the hosts behind it.