Numbers 10

1 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

2 Make thee two trumpets of silver; of beaten work shalt thou make them; and they shall serve for the calling together of the assembly, and for the journeying of the camps.

Make thee two trumpets of beaten silver, wherewith thou mayest call together the multitude when the camp is to be removed.

3 And when they shall blow with them, the whole assembly shall gather to thee at the entrance of the tent of meeting.

And when thou shalt sound the trumpets, all the multitude shall gather unto thee to the door of the tabernacle of the covenant.

4 And if they blow with one, then the princes, the heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather unto thee.

If thou sound but once, the princes and the heads of the multitude of Israel shall come to thee.

5 And when ye blow an alarm, the camps that lie eastward shall set forward.

But if the sound of the trumpets be longer, and with interruptions, they that are on the east side, shall first go forward.

6 And when ye blow an alarm the second time, the camps that lie southward shall set forward; they shall blow an alarm on their setting forward.

And at the second sounding and like noise of the trumpet, they who lie on the south side shall take up their tents. And after this manner shall the rest do, when the trumpets shall sound for a march.

7 And when the congregation is to be gathered together, ye shall blow, but ye shall not blow an alarm:

But when the people is to be gathered together, the sound of the trumpets shall be plain, and they shall not make a broken sound.

8 the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow with the trumpets; and they shall be to you for an everlasting statute throughout your generations.

And the sons of Aaron the priest shall sound the trumpets: and this shall be an ordinance for ever in your generations.

9 And if ye go to war in your land against the enemy that oppresseth you, then ye shall blow an alarm with the trumpets; and ye shall be remembered before Jehovah your God, and ye shall be saved from your enemies.

If you go forth to war out of your land against the enemies that fight against you, you shall sound aloud with the trumpets, and there shall be a remembrance of you before the Lord your God, that you may be delivered out of the hands of your enemies.

10 And in the day of your gladness, and in your set feasts, and in your new moons, ye shall blow with the trumpets over your burnt-offerings and over your sacrifices of peace-offering; and they shall be to you for a memorial before your God: I am Jehovah your God.

If at any time you shall have a banquet, and on your festival days, and on the first days of your months, you shall sound the trumpets over the holocausts, and the sacrifices of peace offerings, that they may be to you for a remembrance of your God. I am the Lord your God.

11 And it came to pass in the second year, in the second month, on the twentieth of the month, that the cloud was taken up from off the tabernacle of the testimony.

The second year, in the second month, the twentieth day of the month, the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle of the covenant.

12 And the children of Israel set forward according to their journeys out of the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud stood still in the wilderness of Paran.

And the children of Israel marched by their troops from the desert of Sinai, and the cloud rested in the wilderness of Pharan.

13 And they first took their journey, according to the commandment of Jehovah through Moses.

And the first went forward according to the commandment of the Lord by the hand of Moses.

14 The standard of the camp of the children of Judah set forward first according to their hosts, and over his host was Nahshon the son of Amminadab;

The sons of Juda by their troops: whose prince was Nahasson the son of Aminadab.

15 and over the host of the tribe of the children of Issachar was Nethaneel the son of Zuar;

In the tribe of the sons of Issachar, the prince was Nathanael the son of Suar.

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

In the tribe of Zabulon, the prince was Eliab the son of Helon.

17 And the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari set forward bearing the tabernacle.

And the tabernacle was taken down, and the sons of Gerson and Merari set forward, bearing it.

18 And the standard of the camp of Reuben set forward according to their hosts, and over his host was Elizur the son of Shedeur;

And the sons of Ruben also marched, by their troops and ranks, whose prince was Helisur the son of Sedeur.

19 and over the host of the tribe of the children of Simeon was Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai;

And in the tribe of Simeon, the prince was Salamiel the son of Surisaddai.

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

And in the tribe of Cad, the prince was Eliasaph the son of Duel.

21 And the Kohathites set forward bearing the sanctuary: and [the others] set up the tabernacle whilst they came.

Then the Caathites also marched carrying the sanctuary. So long was the tabernacle carried, till they same to the place of setting it up.

22 And the standard of the camp of the children of Ephraim set forward according to their hosts, and over his host was Elishama the son of Ammihud;

The sons of Ephraim also moved their camp by their troops, in whose army the prince was Elisama the son of Ammiud.

23 and over the host of the tribe of the children of Manasseh was Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur;

And in the tribe of the sons of Manasses, the prince was Gamaliel the son of Phadassur.

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

And in the tribe of Benjamin, the prince was Abidan the son of Gedeon.

25 And the standard of the camp of the children of Dan set forward, the rear-guard of all the camps according to their hosts, and over his host was Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai;

The last of all the camp marched the sons of Dan by their troops, in whose army the prince was Ahiezer the son of Ammisaddai.

26 and over the host of the tribe of the children of Asher was Pagiel the son of Ocran;

And in the tribe of the sons of Aser, the prince was Phegiel the son of Ochran.

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

And in the tribe of the sons of Nephtali, the prince was Ahira the son of Enan.

28 These were the settings forward of the children of Israel according to their hosts: so did they set forward.

This was the order of the camps, and marches of the children of Israel by their troops, when they set forward.

29 And Moses said to Hobab, the son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses' father-in-law, We are journeying to the place of which Jehovah said, I will give it unto you: come with us, and we will do thee good; for Jehovah has spoken good concerning Israel.

And Moses said to Hobab the son of Raguel the Madianite, his kinsman: We are going towards the place which the Lord will give us: come with us, that we may do thee good: for the Lord hath promised good things to Israel.

30 And he said to him, I will not go; but to mine own land, and to my kindred will I go.

But he answered him: I will not go with thee, but I will return to my country, wherein I was born.

31 And he said, Leave me not, I pray thee, because thou knowest where we are to encamp in the wilderness, and thou wilt be to us for eyes.

And he said: Do not leave us: for thou knowest in what places we should encamp in the wilderness, and thou shalt be our guide.

32 And it shall be, if thou come with us, that whatever good Jehovah doeth unto us, so will we do to thee.

And if thou comest with us, we will give thee what is the best of the riches which the Lord shall deliver to us.

33 And they set forward from the mountain of Jehovah [and went] three days' journey; and the ark of the covenant of Jehovah went before them in the three days' journey, to search out a resting-place for them.

So they marched from the mount of the Lord three days’ journey, and the ark of the covenant of the Lord went before them, for three days providing a place for the camp.

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

The cloud also of the Lord was over them by day when they marched.

35 And it came to pass when the ark set forward, that Moses said, Rise up, Jehovah, and let thine enemies be scattered; And let them that hate thee flee before thy face.

And when the ark was lifted up, Moses said: Arise, O Lord, and let thy enemies be scattered, and let them that hate thee, flee from before thy face.

36 And when it rested, he said, Return, Jehovah, unto the myriads of the thousands of Israel.

And when it was set down, he said: Return, O Lord, to the multitude of the host of Israel.