Numbers 10

1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

2 “Make for yourself two trumpets of ductile silver, with which you may be able to call together the multitude when the camp is to be moved.

'Make to thee two trumpets of silver; beaten work thou dost make them, and they have been to thee for the convocation of the company, and for the journeying of the camps;

3 And when you sound the trumpets, all the multitude shall gather to you at the door of the tabernacle of the covenant.

and they have blown with them, and all the company have met together unto thee, unto the opening of the tent of meeting.

4 If you sound it only once, the leaders and the heads of the multitude of Israel shall come to you.

And if with one they blow, then have the princes, heads of the thousands of Israel, met together unto thee;

5 But if the sound of the trumpets is prolonged, but with interruptions, those who are toward the east side shall move the camp first.

'And ye have blown — a shout, and the camps which are encamping eastward have journeyed.

6 Then, at the second sounding of the trumpet with the same cadence, those who live toward the south shall take up their tents. And the remainder shall act in like manner, when the trumpets shall reverberate for a departure.

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

7 But when the people are to be gathered together, the sound of the trumpets shall be simple, and the sounds shall not be separated.

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

8 Now it is the sons of Aaron the priest who shall sound the trumpets. And this shall be an everlasting ordinance, in your generations.

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

9 If you go forth to war from your land, against the enemies who set out against you, you shall sound the trumpets repeatedly, and there shall be a remembrance of you before the Lord your God, so that you may be rescued from the hands of your enemies.

'And when ye go into battle in your land against the adversary who is distressing you, then ye have shouted with the trumpets, and ye have been remembered before Jehovah your God, and ye have been saved from your enemies.

10 If at any time you will have a banquet, and on feast days, and on the first days of the months, you shall sound the trumpets over the holocausts and the peace-offering victims, so that they may be for you as a remembrance by your God. I am the Lord your God.”

'And in the day of your gladness, and in your appointed seasons, and in the beginnings of your months, ye have blown also with the trumpets over your burnt-offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace-offerings, and they have been to you for a memorial before your God; I, Jehovah, [am] your God.'

11 In the second year, in the second month, on the twentieth day of the month, the cloud was lifted up from the tabernacle of the covenant.

And it cometh to pass — in the second year, in the second month, in the twentieth of the month — the cloud hath gone up from off the tabernacle of the testimony,

12 And the sons of Israel set out by their companies from the desert of Sinai, and the cloud rested in the wilderness of Paran.

and the sons of Israel journey in their journeyings from the wilderness of Sinai, and the cloud doth tabernacle in the wilderness of Paran;

13 And the first to move their camp, according to the command of the Lord by the hand of Moses,

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

14 were the sons of Judah by their companies, whose leader was Nahshon the son of Amminadab.

And the standard of the camp of the sons of Judah journeyeth in the first [place], by their hosts, and over its host [is] Nahshon son of Amminadab.

15 In the tribe of the sons of Issachar, the leader was Nathanael the son of Zuar.

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

16 In the tribe of Zebulon, the leader was Eliab the son of Helon.

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

17 And the tabernacle was taken down, because the sons of Gershon and Merari, who carry it, were departing.

And the tabernacle hath been taken down, and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari have journeyed, bearing the tabernacle.

18 And the sons of Ruben also set out, by their companies and ranks, whose leader was Elizur the son of Shedeur.

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

19 And in the tribe of Simeon, the leader was Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.

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

20 And in the tribe of Gad, the leader 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 also set out, carrying the Sanctuary. The tabernacle was carried, all the while, until they arrived at the place for setting it up.

And the Kohathites have journeyed, bearing the tabernacle, and the [others] have raised up the tabernacle until their coming in.

22 The sons of Ephraim also moved their camp by their companies, and the leader of their army was Elishama the son of Ammihud.

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

23 And in the tribe of the sons of Manasseh, the leader was Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.

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

24 And in the tribe of Benjamin, the leader was Abidan the son of Gideoni.

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

25 The last of all the camp to set out were the sons of Dan by their companies, and the leader of their army was Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.

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

26 And in the tribe of the sons of Asher, the leader 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 in the tribe of the sons of Naphtali, the leader was Ahira the son of Enan.

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

28 These were the camps and departures of the sons of Israel by their companies, when they went forth.

These [are] journeyings of the sons of Israel by their hosts — and they journey.

29 And Moses said to Hobab the son of Raguel the Midianite, his kinsman: “We are setting out to the place which the Lord will give to us. Come with us, so that we may do good to you. For the Lord has promised good things to Israel.”

And Moses saith to Hobab son of Raguel the Midianite, father-in-law of Moses, 'We are journeying unto the place of which Jehovah hath said, I give it to you; go with us, and we have done good to thee; for Jehovah hath spoken good concerning Israel.'

30 And he answered him, “I will not go with you, but I will return to my own land, in which I was born.”

And he saith unto him, 'I do not go; but unto my land and unto my kindred do I go.'

31 And he said: “Do not choose to leave us. For you know in which places in the desert we ought to make camp, and so you shall be our guide.

And he saith, 'I pray thee, forsake us not, because thou hast known our encamping in the wilderness, and thou hast been to us for eyes;

32 And if you come with us, whatever will be best among the riches which the Lord will deliver to us, we will give to you.”

and it hath come to pass when thou goest with us, yea, it hath come to pass — that good which Jehovah doth kindly with us — it we have done kindly to thee.'

33 Therefore, they set out from the Mountain of the Lord on a journey of three days. And the ark of the covenant of the Lord preceded them, for three days, in order to provide a place for the camp.

And they journey from the mount of Jehovah a journey of three days; and the ark of the covenant of Jehovah is journeying before them the journey of three days, to spy out for them a resting-place;

34 Likewise, the cloud of the Lord was over them, throughout the day, while they proceeded.

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

35 And when the ark was lifted up, Moses said, “Rise up, O Lord, and let your enemies be scattered, and let those who hate you flee from your face.”

And it cometh to pass in the journeying of the ark, that Moses saith, 'Rise, O Jehovah, and Thine enemies are scattered, and those hating Thee flee from Thy presence.'

36 And when it was set down, he said: “Return, O Lord, to the multitude of the army of Israel.”

And in its resting he saith, 'Return, O Jehovah, [to] the myriads, the thousands of Israel.'