Numbers 10

1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

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

and they have blown with them, and all the company have met together unto thee, unto the opening 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 with one they blow, then have the princes, heads of the thousands of Israel, met together unto thee;

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

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

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

7 And whenever you shall gather the assembly, you shall sound, but not an alarm.

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

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 sons of Aaron, the priests, blow with the trumpets; and they have been to you for a statute age-during to 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 journey in their journeyings from the wilderness of Sinai, and the cloud doth tabernacle in the wilderness of Paran;

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

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

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 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 [is] Nathaneel 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 [is] 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.

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

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

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

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 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 [is] Gamalial 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 [is] 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.

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 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 [is] Pagiel son of Ocran.

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 [is] Ahira son of Enan.

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

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

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 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 said to him, I will not go, but [I will go] to my land and to my kindred.

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

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 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 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 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 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.

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 And the cloud overshadowed them by day, when they departed from the camp.

and the cloud of Jehovah [is] on them by day, in their journeying from 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 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 in the resting he said, Turn again, O Lord, the thousands [and] tens of thousands in Israel.

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