Numbers 10

1 And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,

And the Lord 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 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

And whenever you shall gather the assembly, you shall sound, but not 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 priests the sons of Aaron shall sound with the trumpets; and it shall be a perpetual ordinance for you 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 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.

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.”

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.

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, the cloud went up from the tabernacle of witness.

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 children of Israel set forward with their baggage in the wilderness of Sina; and the cloud rested in the wilderness of Pharan.

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

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

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

And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Issachar, [was] Nathanael son of Sogar.

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

And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Zabulon, [was] Eliab the son of Chaelon.

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 they shall take down the tabernacle, and the sons of Gedson shall set forward, and the sons of Merari, who bear the tabernacle.

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

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

And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Symeon, [was] Salamiel son of Surisadai.

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

And over the host of the tribe of the children of Gad, [was] Elisaph the son of Raguel.

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 sons of Caath shall set forward bearing the holy things, and [the others] shall set up the tabernacle until they arrive.

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

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

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

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

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

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 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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.

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 go] to my 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, because you have been with us in the wilderness, and you shall be an elder amongst us.

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 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.

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 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.

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

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

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

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