Our parasha describes Bnei Yisrael preparing to go to the Land of Israel, detailing procedure of encamping and moving with the different tribal positions and trumpets. What does it mean to travel "by the direction of God"?

Later on in the Parsha, the Torah describes Moshe as “raising” the Leviim as a sacrifice  to consecrate them as Leviim.  What did it mean? Many commentaries look at this act as part of the miraculous atmosphere of the Divine Service in the desert.