Numbers 10

1 And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,

And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

2 “Make two trumpets of silver for yourself; you make them of beaten work, and they have been for you for the convocation of the congregation, and for the journeying of the camps;

Make thee two trumpets of silver, of beaten work thou shall make them. And thou shall use them for the calling of the congregation, and for the journeying of the camps.

3 and they have blown with them, and all the congregation has assembled to you at the opening of the Tent of Meeting.

And when they shall blow them, all the congregation shall gather themselves to thee at the door of the tent of meeting.

4 And if they blow with one, then the princes, heads of the thousands of Israel, have assembled to you;

And if they blow but one, then the rulers, the heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves to thee.

5 and you have blown—a shout, and the camps which are encamping eastward have journeyed.

And when ye blow an alarm, the camps that lie on the east side shall take their journey.

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

And when ye blow an alarm the second time, the camps that lie on the south side shall take their journey. They shall blow an alarm for their journeys.

7 And in the assembling of the assembly you blow, and do not shout;

But when the assembly is to be gathered together, ye shall blow, but ye shall not sound an alarm.

8 and sons of Aaron, the priests, blow with the trumpets; and they have been for a continuous statute to you throughout your generations.

And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow the trumpets, and they shall be to you for a statute forever throughout your generations.

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

And when ye go to war in your land against the adversary that oppresses you, then ye shall sound an alarm with the trumpets. And ye shall be remembered before Jehovah your God, and ye shall be saved from your enemies.

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

Also in the day of your gladness, and in your set feasts, and in the beginnings of your months, ye shall blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings. And they shall be to you for a memorial before your God: I am Jehovah your God.

11 And it comes to pass, in the second year, in the second month, on the twentieth of the month, the cloud has gone up from off the Dwelling Place of the Testimony,

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

12 and the sons of Israel journey in their journeys from the wilderness of Sinai, and the cloud dwells in the wilderness of Paran;

And the sons of Israel set forward according to their journeys out of the wilderness of Sinai, and the cloud abode in the wilderness of Paran.

13 and they journey at first by the command of YHWH in the hand of Moses.

And they first took their journey according to the commandment of Jehovah by Moses.

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

And in the first place the standard of the camp of the sons of Judah set forward according to their armies, and over his army was Nahshon the son of Amminadab.

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

And over the army of the tribe of the sons of Issachar was Nethanel the son of Zuar.

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

And over the army of the tribe of the sons of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon.

17 And the Dwelling Place has been taken down, and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari have journeyed, carrying the Dwelling Place.

And the tabernacle was taken down, and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari, who bore the tabernacle, set forward.

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

And the standard of the camp of Reuben set forward according to their armies, and over his army was Elizur the son of Shedeur.

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

And over the army of the tribe of the sons of Simeon was Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.

20 And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Gad [is] Eliasaph son of Deuel.

And over the army of the tribe of the sons of Gad was Eliasaph the son of Deuel.

21 And the Kohathites have journeyed, carrying the Dwelling Place, and the [others] have raised up the Dwelling Place until their coming in.

And the Kohathites set forward, bearing the sanctuary, and the others set up the tabernacle until their coming.

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

And the standard of the camp of the sons of Ephraim set forward according to their armies, and over his army was Elishama the son of Ammihud.

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

And over the army of the tribe of the sons of Manasseh was Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.

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

And over the army of the tribe of the sons of Benjamin was Abidan the son of Gideoni.

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

And the standard of the camp of the sons of Dan, which was the rearward of all the camps, set forward according to their armies, and over his army was Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.

26 And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Asher [is] Pagiel son of Ocran.

And over the army of the tribe of the sons of Asher was Pagiel the son of Ochran.

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

And over the army of the tribe of the sons of Naphtali was Ahira the son of Enan.

28 These [are] the journeys of the sons of Israel by their hosts when they journey.

Thus were the journeys of the sons of Israel according to their armies, and they set forward.

29 And Moses says to Hobab son of Raguel the Midianite, father-in-law of Moses, “We are journeying to the place of which YHWH has said, I give it to you; go with us, and we have done good to you, for YHWH has spoken good concerning Israel.”

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 to you. Come thou with us, and we will do thee good, for Jehovah has spoken good concerning Israel.

30 And he says to him, “I do not go; but I go to my land and to my family.”

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

31 And he says, “Please do not forsake us, because you have known our encamping in the wilderness, and you have been to us for eyes;

And he said, Leave us not, I pray thee, inasmuch as thou know how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and thou shall be to us instead of eyes.

32 and it has come to pass, when you go with us—indeed, it has come to pass—that good which YHWH does kindly with us, we have done it kindly to you.”

And it shall be, if thou go with us, yea, it shall be, that whatever good Jehovah shall do to us, the same we will do to thee.

33 And they journey from the mountain of YHWH a journey of three days; and the Ark of the Covenant of YHWH is journeying before them [for] the journey of three days, to spy out a resting place for them;

And they set forward from the mount of Jehovah three days' journey. And the ark of the covenant of Jehovah went before them three days' journey, to seek out a resting-place for them.

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

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

35 And it comes to pass in the journeying of the Ark, that Moses says, “Rise, O YHWH, and Your enemies are scattered, and those hating You flee from Your presence.”

And it came to pass, when the ark set forward, that Moses said, Rise up, O Jehovah, and let thine enemies be scattered, and let those who hate thee flee before thee.

36 And in its resting he says, “Return, O YHWH, [to] the myriads, the thousands of Israel.”

And when it rested, he said, Return, O Jehovah, to the ten thousands of the thousands of Israel.