Numbers 10

1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

And the Lord spoke to 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 beaten silver, wherewith thou mayest call together the multitude when the camp is to be removed.

3 And you shall sound with them, and all the congregation shall be gathered to the door of the tabernacle of witness.

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 shall sound with one, all the rulers even the princes of Israel shall come to you.

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

5 And you shall sound an alarm, and the camps pitched eastward shall begin to move.

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 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 toward the north shall move forward: they shall sound an alarm at their departure.

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 whenever you shall gather the assembly, you shall sound, but not 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 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 priest shall sound the trumpets: and this shall be an ordinance for ever in 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.

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 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.

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 day of the month, the cloud went up from the tabernacle of witness.

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 with their baggage in the wilderness of Sina; and the cloud rested in the wilderness of Pharan.

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 the first rank departed by the word of the Lord by the hand of Moses.

And the first went forward according to the commandment of the Lord 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.

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 sons of Issachar, [was] Nathanael son of Sogar.

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 sons of Zabulon, [was] Eliab the son of Chaelon.

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

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

18 And the order of the camp of Ruben set forward with their host; and over their host [was] Elisur the son of Sediur.

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 sons of Symeon, [was] Salamiel son of Surisadai.

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] Elisaph the son of Raguel.

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

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 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 order of the camp of Ephraim shall set forward with their forces; and over their forces [was] Elisama the son of Semiud.

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 forces of the tribes of the sons of Manasse, [was] Gamaliel the [son] of Phadassur.

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

24 And over the forces of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, [was] Abidan the [son] of Gadeoni.

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

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.

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 forces of the tribe of the sons of Aser, [was] Phageel the son of Echran.

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

27 And over the forces of the tribe of the sons of Nephthali, [was] Achire the son of Aenan.

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

28 These [are] the armies of the children of Israel; and they set forward with their forces.

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 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.

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 [I will go] to my land and to my kindred.

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 us not, because you have been with us in the wilderness, and you shall be an elder among us.

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 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 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 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 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 overshadowed them by day, when they departed from 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, Arise, O Lord, and let your enemies be scattered: let all that hate you flee.

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 in the resting he said, Turn again, O Lord, the thousands [and] tens of thousands in Israel.

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