Numbers 10

1 Then the LORD said to Moses,

And YHWH speaks 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 two trumpets of silver for yourself; you make them of beaten work, and they have been for you for the convocation of the congregation, and for the journeying of the camps;

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

and they have blown with them, and all the congregation has assembled to you at the opening of the Tent of Meeting.

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 blow with one, then the princes, heads of the thousands of Israel, have assembled to you;

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

and you have blown—a shout, and the camps which are encamping eastward have journeyed.

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 have blown—a second shout, and the camps which are encamping southward have journeyed; they blow a shout for their journeys.

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

And in the assembling of the assembly you blow, and do not shout;

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 sons of Aaron, the priests, blow with the trumpets; and they have been for a continuous statute to 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 when you go into battle in your land against the adversary who is distressing you, then you have shouted with the trumpets, and you have been remembered before your God YHWH, and you have been 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 day of your gladness, and in your appointed times, and in the beginnings of your months, you have also blown with the trumpets over your burnt-offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace-offerings, and they have been for a memorial to you before your God; I [am] your God YHWH.”

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 comes to pass, in the second year, in the second month, on the twentieth of the month, the cloud has gone up from off the Dwelling Place of the Testimony,

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 sons of Israel journey in their journeys from the wilderness of Sinai, and the cloud dwells in the wilderness of Paran;

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

and they journey at first by the command of YHWH in 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 the standard of the camp of the sons of Judah journeys in the first [place], by their hosts, and over its host [is] Nahshon son of Amminadab.

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 [is] Nathaneel son of Zuar.

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 Zebulun [is] Eliab son of Helon.

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

And the Dwelling Place has been taken down, and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari have journeyed, carrying the Dwelling Place.

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

And the standard of the camp of Reuben has journeyed, by their hosts, and over its host [is] Elizur son of Shedeur.

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 Simeon [is] Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai.

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

And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Gad [is] Eliasaph son of Deuel.

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

And the Kohathites have journeyed, carrying the Dwelling Place, and the [others] have raised up the Dwelling Place until their coming in.

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

And the standard of the camp of the sons of Ephraim has journeyed, by their hosts, and over its host [is] Elishama son of Ammihud.

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

And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Manasseh [is] Gamalial son of Pedahzur.

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

And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Benjamin [is] Abidan son of Gideoni.

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 standard of the camp of the sons of Dan has journeyed (rearward to all the camps), by their hosts, and over its host [is] Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai.

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

And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Asher [is] Pagiel son of Ocran.

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

And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Naphtali [is] Ahira son of Enan.

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

These [are] the journeys of the sons of Israel by their hosts when they journey.

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 says to Hobab son of Raguel the Midianite, father-in-law of Moses, “We are journeying to the place of which YHWH has said, I give it to you; go with us, and we have done good to you, for YHWH 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 says to him, “I do not go; but I go to my land and to my family.”

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 says, “Please do not forsake us, because you have known our encamping in the wilderness, and you have been to us for eyes;

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

and it has come to pass, when you go with us—indeed, it has come to pass—that good which YHWH does kindly with us, we have done it kindly to you.”

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 journey from the mountain of YHWH a journey of three days; and the Ark of the Covenant of YHWH is journeying before them [for] the journey of three days, to spy out a resting place for them;

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

and the cloud of YHWH [is] on them by day, in their journeying 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 comes to pass in the journeying of the Ark, that Moses says, “Rise, O YHWH, and Your enemies are scattered, and those hating You flee from Your presence.”

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

And in its resting he says, “Return, O YHWH, [to] the myriads, the thousands of Israel.”