Numbers 10
1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
And Yahweh spake unto Moses, saying:
2 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.
Make thee two trumpets of silver, of beaten work, shalt thou make them, —and they shall be unto thee for calling the assembly, and for setting forward the camps.
3 And you shall sound with them, and all the congregation shall be gathered to the door of the tabernacle of witness.
As soon as they blow therewith, so soon shall all the assembly assemble themselves unto thee, unto the entrance of the tent of meeting.
4 And if they shall sound with one, all the rulers even the princes of Israel shall come to you.
And, if, only once, they blow, then shall the princes, the heads of the thousands of Israel, gather themselves unto thee.
5 And you shall sound an alarm, and the camps pitched eastward shall begin to move.
But when ye blow an alarm, then shall set forward the camps that are encamped eastwards;
6 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 towards the north shall move forward: they shall sound an alarm at their departure.
and when ye blow a second alarm, then shall set forward the camps that are encamped southwards, —an alarm, shall they blow for setting them forward,
7 And whenever you shall gather the assembly, you shall sound, but not an alarm.
But in calling together the convocation, ye shall blow but shall not sound an alarm.
8 And the priests the sons of Aaron shall sound with the trumpets; and it shall be a perpetual ordinance for you throughout your generations.
And, the sons of Aaron the priests, shall blow with the trumpets, —and it shall be unto you for a statute age-abiding, unto your generations.
9 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.
And when ye go into war in your land against the assailant that assaileth you, then shall ye blow an alarm with the trumpets, —and bring yourselves to mind before Yahweh your God, and be saved, from your enemies,
10 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.
And in your day of rejoicing and in your appointed seasons and in the beginnings of your months, then shall ye blow with the trumpets, over your ascending-sacrifices, and over your peace-offerings, —so shall they be unto you for a memorial before your God. I—Yahweh, am your God.
11 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.
And so it came to pass in the second year, in the second month on the twentieth of the month, that the cloud lifted itself up, from off the habitation of the testimony;
12 And the children of Israel set forward with their baggage in the wilderness of Sina; and the cloud rested in the wilderness of Pharan.
and the sons of Israel set forward by their removals from the desert of Sinai, and then the cloud abode in the desert of Paran.
13 And the first rank departed by the word of the Lord by the hand of Moses.
Thus then did they set forward for the first time, —at the bidding of Yahweh, by the hand of Moses.
14 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.
So the standard of the camp of the sons of Judah set forward first, by their hosts, and over his own host, was Nahshon, son of Amminadab;
15 And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Issachar, [was] Nathanael son of Sogar.
and, over the host of the tribe of the sons of Issachar, Nethanel, son of Zuar;
16 And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Zabulon, [was] Eliab the son of Chaelon.
and, over the host of the tribe of the sons of Zebulun, Eliab, son of Helon.
17 And they shall take down the tabernacle, and the sons of Gedson shall set forward, and the sons of Merari, who bear the tabernacle.
Then was taken down the habitation, —and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari set forward bearing the habitation.
18 And the order of the camp of Ruben set forward with their host; and over their host [was] Elisur the son of Sediur.
Then set forward the standard of the camp of Reuben, by their hosts, —and over his own host, Elizur, son of Shedeur;
19 And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Symeon, [was] Salamiel son of Surisadai.
and, over the host of the tribe of the sons of Simeon, Shelumiel, son of Zurishaddai;
20 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Gad, [was] Elisaph the son of Raguel.
and, over the host of the tribe of the sons of Gad, Eliasaph, son of Deuel.
21 And the sons of Caath shall set forward bearing the holy things, and [the others] shall set up the tabernacle until they arrive.
Then set forward the Kohathites, bearing the sanctuary, —and so the habitation was reared by the time they came in.
22 And the order of the camp of Ephraim shall set forward with their forces; and over their forces [was] Elisama the son of Semiud.
Then set forward the standard of the camp of the sons of Ephraim by their hosts, —and over his own host, was Elishama son of Ammihud;
23 And over the forces of the tribes of the sons of Manasse, [was] Gamaliel the [son] of Phadassur.
and, over the host of the tribe of the sons of Manasseh, Gamaliel, son of Pedahzur;
24 And over the forces of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, [was] Abidan the [son] of Gadeoni.
and, over the host of the tribe of the sons of Benjamin, Abidan, son of Gideoni.
25 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.
Then set forward the standard of the camp of the sons of Dan, bringing up the rear of all the camps, by their hosts, —and over his own host, Ahiezur, son of Ammishaddai;
26 And over the forces of the tribe of the sons of Aser, [was] Phageel the son of Echran.
and, over the host of the tribe of the sons of Asher, Pagiel, son of Ochran;
27 And over the forces of the tribe of the sons of Nephthali, [was] Achire the son of Aenan.
and, over the host of the tribe of the sons of Naphtali, Ahira, son of Enan.
28 These [are] the armies of the children of Israel; and they set forward with their forces.
These, were the settings-forward of the sons of Israel by their hosts, —thus did they set forward.
29 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.
Then said Moses to Hobab, son of Raguel the Midianite, father-in-law of Moses: Setting forward, are we unto the place of which Yahweh hath said, The same, will I give unto you, —Oh come with us and we will do thee good, for, Yahweh, hath spoken good, concerning Israel.
30 And he said to him, I will not go, but [I will go] to my land and to my kindred.
And he said unto him, I will not go, —but unto my own land, and unto my own kindred, will I go.
31 And he said, Leave us not, because you have been with us in the wilderness, and you shall be an elder amongst us.
Then said he: I beseech thee, do not forsake us, —for, on this account, hast thou come to know of our encamping in the desert, so shalt thou be unto us as eyes;
32 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.
and it shall be if thou wilt go with us, —yea it shall be that with the very good wherewith Yahweh shall do us good, will we do good unto thee.
33 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.
So then they went forward, from the mountain of Yahweh, a journey of three days, —and the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, was going before them a journey of three days, to search out for them a resting-place,
34 And the cloud overshadowed them by day, when they departed from the camp.
And the cloud of Yahweh, was over them by day, —when they set forward out of the camp.
35 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.
And it came to pass when the ark set forward, that Moses said: Arise, O Yahweh! and scattered be thy foes, Let them that hate thee flee before thee;
36 And in the resting he said, Turn again, O Lord, the thousands [and] tens of thousands in Israel.
But when it rested, he said, —Return, O Yahweh! unto the myriads of the thousands of Israel.
