Numbers 10

1 And the Lord said to Moses,

And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,

2 Make two silver horns of hammered work, to be used for getting the people together and to give the sign for the moving of the tents.

“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 they are sounded, all the people are to come together to you at the door of 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 If only one of them is sounded, then the chiefs, the heads of the thousands of Israel, are to come to you.

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

5 When a loud note is sounded, the tents placed on the east side are to go forward.

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

6 At the sound of a second loud note, the tents on the south side are to go forward: the loud note will be the sign to go forward.

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

7 But when all the people are to come together, the horn is to be sounded but not loudly.

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

8 The horns are to be sounded by the sons of Aaron, the priests; this is to be a law for you for ever, from generation to generation.

and sons of Aaron, the priests, blow with the trumpets; and they have been for a continuous statute to you throughout your generations.

9 And if you go to war in your land against any who do you wrong, then let the loud note of the horn be sounded; and the Lord your God will keep you in mind and give you salvation from those who are against you.

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 days of joy and on your regular feasts and on the first day of every month, let the horns be sounded over your burned offerings and your peace-offerings; and they will put the Lord in mind of you: 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 Now in the second year, on the twentieth day of the second month, the cloud was taken up from over the Tent of witness.

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 children of Israel went on their journey out of the waste land of Sinai; and the cloud came to rest in the waste land 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 went forward for the first time on their journey as the Lord had given orders by the hand of Moses.

and they journey at first by the command of YHWH in the hand of Moses.

14 First the flag of the children of Judah went forward with their armies: and at the head of his army was Nahshon, the son of Amminadab.

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 And at the head of the army of the children of Issachar was Nethanel, the son of Zuar.

And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Issachar [is] Nathaneel son of Zuar.

16 And at the head of the army of the children of Zebulun was Eliab, the son of Helon.

And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Zebulun [is] Eliab son of Helon.

17 Then the House was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari, who were responsible for moving the House, went forward.

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 flag of the children of Reuben went forward with their armies: and at the head of his army was Elizur, the son of Shedeur.

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

19 And at the head of the army of the children of Simeon was Shelumiel, the son of Zurishaddai.

And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Simeon [is] Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai.

20 At the head of the army of the children of Gad was Eliasaph, the son of Reuel.

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

21 Then the Kohathites went forward with the holy place; the others put up the House ready for their coming.

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

22 Then the flag of the children of Ephraim went forward with their armies: and at the head of his army was Elishama, the son of Ammihud.

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 At the head of the army of the children of Manasseh was Gamaliel, the son of Pedahzur.

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

24 At the head of the army of the children of Benjamin was Abidan, the son of Gideoni.

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

25 And the flag of the children of Dan, whose tents were moved last of all, went forward with their armies: and at the head of his army was Ahiezer, the son of Ammishaddai.

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 At the head of the army of the children of Asher was Pagiel, the son of Ochran.

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

27 And at the head of the army of the children of Naphtali was Ahira, the son of Enan.

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

28 This was the order in which the children of Israel were journeying by armies; so they went forward.

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

29 Then Moses said to Hobab, the son of his father-in-law Reuel the Midianite, We are journeying to that place of which the Lord has said, I will give it to you: so come with us, and it will be for your profit: for the Lord has good things in store for 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 But he said, I will not go with you, I will go back to the land of my birth and to my relations.

And he says to him, “I do not go; but I go to my land and to my family.”

31 And he said, Do not go from us; for you will be eyes for us, guiding us to the right places in the waste land to put up our tents.

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 And if you come with us, we will give you a part in whatever good the Lord does for 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 went forward three days' journey from the mountain of the Lord; and the ark of the Lord's agreement went three days' journey before them, looking for 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 by day the cloud of the Lord went over them, when they went forward from the place where they had put up their tents.

and the cloud of YHWH [is] on them by day, in their journeying from the camp.

35 And when the ark went forward Moses said, Come up, O Lord, and let the armies of those who are against you be broken, and let your haters go in flight 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 said, Take rest, O Lord, and give a blessing to the families of Israel.

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