Numbers 10

1 Then the LORD said to Moses,

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

2 “Make two trumpets of hammered silver to be used for calling the congregation and for having the camps set out.

Make to yourself two silver trumpets: you shall make them of beaten work; and they shall be to you for the purpose of calling the assembly, and of removing the camps.

3 When both are sounded, the whole congregation is to assemble before you at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

And you shall sound with them, and all the congregation shall be gathered to the door of the tabernacle of witness.

4 But if only one is sounded, then the leaders, the heads of the clans of Israel, are to gather before you.

And if they shall sound with one, all the rulers even the princes of Israel shall come to you.

5 When you sound short blasts, the camps that lie on the east side are to set out.

And you shall sound an alarm, and the camps pitched eastward shall begin to move.

6 When you sound the short blasts a second time, the camps that lie on the south side are to set out. The blasts are to signal them to set out.

And you shall sound a second alarm, and the camps pitched southward shall move; and you shall sound a third alarm, and the camps pitched westward shall move forward; and you shall sound a fourth alarm, and they that encamp toward the north shall move forward: they shall sound an alarm at their departure.

7 To convene the assembly, you are to sound long blasts, not short ones.

And whenever you shall gather the assembly, you shall sound, but not an alarm.

8 The sons of Aaron, the priests, are to sound the trumpets. This shall be a permanent statute for you and the generations to come.

And the priests the sons of Aaron shall sound with the trumpets; and it shall be a perpetual ordinance for you throughout your generations.

9 When you enter into battle in your land against an adversary who attacks you, sound short blasts on the trumpets, and you will be remembered before the LORD your God and saved from your enemies.

And if you shall go forth to war in your land against your enemies that are opposed to you, then shall you sound with the trumpets; and you shall be had in remembrance before the Lord, and you shall be saved from your enemies.

10 And on your joyous occasions, your appointed feasts, and the beginning of each month, you are to blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings and fellowship offerings to serve as a reminder for you before your God. I am the LORD your God.”

And in the days of your gladness, and in your feasts, and in your new moons, you shall sound with the trumpets at your whole burnt offerings, and at the sacrifices of your peace-offerings; and there shall be a memorial for you before your God: I [am] the Lord your God.

11 On the twentieth day of the second month of the second year, the cloud was lifted from above the tabernacle of the Testimony,

And it came to pass in the second year, in the second month, on the twentieth day of the month, the cloud went up from the tabernacle of witness.

12 and the Israelites set out from the Wilderness of Sinai, traveling from place to place until the cloud settled in the Wilderness of Paran.

And the children of Israel set forward with their baggage in the wilderness of Sina; and the cloud rested in the wilderness of Pharan.

13 They set out this first time according to the LORD’s command through Moses.

And the first rank departed by the word of the Lord by the hand of Moses.

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

And they first set in motion the order of the camp of the children of Juda with their host; and over their host [was] Naasson, son of Aminadab.

15 Nethanel son of Zuar was over the division of the tribe of Issachar,

And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Issachar, [was] Nathanael son of Sogar.

16 and Eliab son of Helon was over the division of the tribe of Zebulun.

And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Zabulon, [was] Eliab the son of Chaelon.

17 Then the tabernacle was taken down, and the Gershonites and the Merarites set out, transporting it.

And they shall take down the tabernacle, and the sons of Gedson shall set forward, and the sons of Merari, who bear the tabernacle.

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

And the order of the camp of Ruben set forward with their host; and over their host [was] Elisur the son of Sediur.

19 Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai was over the division of the tribe of Simeon,

And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Symeon, [was] Salamiel son of Surisadai.

20 and Eliasaph son of Deuel was over the division of the tribe of Gad.

And over the host of the tribe of the children of Gad, [was] Elisaph the son of Raguel.

21 Then the Kohathites set out, transporting the holy objects; the tabernacle was to be set up before their arrival.

And the sons of Caath shall set forward bearing the holy things, and [the others] shall set up the tabernacle until they arrive.

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

And the order of the camp of Ephraim shall set forward with their forces; and over their forces [was] Elisama the son of Semiud.

23 Gamaliel son of Pedahzur was over the division of the tribe of Manasseh,

And over the forces of the tribes of the sons of Manasse, [was] Gamaliel the [son] of Phadassur.

24 and Abidan son of Gideoni was over the division of the tribe of Benjamin.

And over the forces of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, [was] Abidan the [son] of Gadeoni.

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

And the order of the camp of the sons of Dan shall set forward the last of all the camps, with their forces: and over their forces [was] Achiezer the [son] of Amisadai.

26 Pagiel son of Ocran was over the division of the tribe of Asher,

And over the forces of the tribe of the sons of Aser, [was] Phageel the son of Echran.

27 and Ahira son of Enan was over the division of the tribe of Naphtali.

And over the forces of the tribe of the sons of Nephthali, [was] Achire the son of Aenan.

28 This was the order of march for the Israelite divisions as they set out.

These [are] the armies of the children of Israel; and they set forward with their forces.

29 Then Moses said to Hobab, the son of Moses’ father-in-law Reuel the Midianite, “We are setting out for the place of which the LORD said: ‘I will give it to you.’ Come with us, and we will treat you well, for the LORD has promised good things to Israel.”

And Moses said to Obab the son of Raguel the Madianite, the father-in-law of Moses, We are going forward to the place concerning which the Lord said, This will I give to you: Come with us, and we will do you good, for the Lord has spoken good concerning Israel.

30 “I will not go,” Hobab replied. “Instead, I am going back to my own land and my own people.”

And he said to him, I will not go, but [I will go] to my land and to my kindred.

31 “Please do not leave us,” Moses said, “since you know where we should camp in the wilderness, and you can serve as our eyes.

And he said, Leave us not, because you have been with us in the wilderness, and you shall be an elder among us.

32 If you come with us, we will share with you whatever good things the LORD gives us.”

And it shall come to pass if you will go with us, it shall even come to pass that in whatever things the Lord shall do us good, we will also do you good.

33 So they set out on a three-day journey from the mountain of the LORD, with the ark of the covenant of the LORD traveling ahead of them for those three days to seek a resting place for them.

And they departed from the mount of the Lord a three days' journey; and the ark of the covenant of the Lord went before them a three days' journey to provide rest for them.

34 And the cloud of the LORD was over them by day when they set out from the camp.

And the cloud overshadowed them by day, when they departed from the camp.

35 Whenever the ark set out, Moses would say, “Rise up, O LORD! May Your enemies be scattered; may those who hate You flee before You.”

And it came to pass when the ark set forward, that Moses said, Arise, O Lord, and let your enemies be scattered: let all that hate you flee.

36 And when it came to rest, he would say: “Return, O LORD, to the countless thousands of Israel.”

And in the resting he said, Turn again, O Lord, the thousands [and] tens of thousands in Israel.