Numbers 10

1 And Yahweh spake unto Moses, saying:

Then the LORD said to Moses,

2 Make thee two trumpets of silver, of beaten work, shalt thou make them, —and they shall be unto thee for calling the assembly, and for setting forward the camps.

“Make two trumpets of hammered silver to be used for calling the congregation and for having the camps set out.

3 As soon as they blow therewith, so soon shall all the assembly assemble themselves unto thee, unto the entrance of the tent of meeting.

When both are sounded, the whole congregation is to assemble before you at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

4 And, if, only once, they blow, then shall the princes, the heads of the thousands of Israel, gather themselves unto thee.

But if only one is sounded, then the leaders, the heads of the clans of Israel, are to gather before you.

5 But when ye blow an alarm, then shall set forward the camps that are encamped eastwards;

When you sound short blasts, the camps that lie on the east side are to set out.

6 and when ye blow a second alarm, then shall set forward the camps that are encamped southwards, —an alarm, shall they blow for setting them forward,

When you sound the short blasts a second time, the camps that lie on the south side are to set out. The blasts are to signal them to set out.

7 But in calling together the convocation, ye shall blow but shall not sound an alarm.

To convene the assembly, you are to sound long blasts, not short ones.

8 And, the sons of Aaron the priests, shall blow with the trumpets, —and it shall be unto you for a statute age-abiding, unto your generations.

The sons of Aaron, the priests, are to sound the trumpets. This shall be a permanent statute for you and the generations to come.

9 And when ye go into war in your land against the assailant that assaileth you, then shall ye blow an alarm with the trumpets, —and bring yourselves to mind before Yahweh your God, and be saved, from your enemies,

When you enter into battle in your land against an adversary who attacks you, sound short blasts on the trumpets, and you will be remembered before the LORD your God and saved from your enemies.

10 And in your day of rejoicing and in your appointed seasons and in the beginnings of your months, then shall ye blow with the trumpets, over your ascending-sacrifices, and over your peace-offerings, —so shall they be unto you for a memorial before your God. I—Yahweh, am your God.

And on your joyous occasions, your appointed feasts, and the beginning of each month, you are to blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings and fellowship offerings to serve as a reminder for you before your God. I am the LORD your God.”

11 And so it came to pass in the second year, in the second month on the twentieth of the month, that the cloud lifted itself up, from off the habitation of the testimony;

On the twentieth day of the second month of the second year, the cloud was lifted from above the tabernacle of the Testimony,

12 and the sons of Israel set forward by their removals from the desert of Sinai, and then the cloud abode in the desert of Paran.

and the Israelites set out from the Wilderness of Sinai, traveling from place to place until the cloud settled in the Wilderness of Paran.

13 Thus then did they set forward for the first time, —at the bidding of Yahweh, by the hand of Moses.

They set out this first time according to the LORD’s command through Moses.

14 So the standard of the camp of the sons of Judah set forward first, by their hosts, and over his own host, was Nahshon, son of Amminadab;

First, the divisions of the camp of Judah set out under their standard, with Nahshon son of Amminadab in command.

15 and, over the host of the tribe of the sons of Issachar, Nethanel, son of Zuar;

Nethanel son of Zuar was over the division of the tribe of Issachar,

16 and, over the host of the tribe of the sons of Zebulun, Eliab, son of Helon.

and Eliab son of Helon was over the division of the tribe of Zebulun.

17 Then was taken down the habitation, —and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari set forward bearing the habitation.

Then the tabernacle was taken down, and the Gershonites and the Merarites set out, transporting it.

18 Then set forward the standard of the camp of Reuben, by their hosts, —and over his own host, Elizur, son of Shedeur;

Then the divisions of the camp of Reuben set out under their standard, with Elizur son of Shedeur in command.

19 and, over the host of the tribe of the sons of Simeon, Shelumiel, son of Zurishaddai;

Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai was over the division of the tribe of Simeon,

20 and, over the host of the tribe of the sons of Gad, Eliasaph, son of Deuel.

and Eliasaph son of Deuel was over the division of the tribe of Gad.

21 Then set forward the Kohathites, bearing the sanctuary, —and so the habitation was reared by the time they came in.

Then the Kohathites set out, transporting the holy objects; the tabernacle was to be set up before their arrival.

22 Then set forward the standard of the camp of the sons of Ephraim by their hosts, —and over his own host, was Elishama son of Ammihud;

Next, the divisions of the camp of Ephraim set out under their standard, with Elishama son of Ammihud in command.

23 and, over the host of the tribe of the sons of Manasseh, Gamaliel, son of Pedahzur;

Gamaliel son of Pedahzur was over the division of the tribe of Manasseh,

24 and, over the host of the tribe of the sons of Benjamin, Abidan, son of Gideoni.

and Abidan son of Gideoni was over the division of the tribe of Benjamin.

25 Then set forward the standard of the camp of the sons of Dan, bringing up the rear of all the camps, by their hosts, —and over his own host, Ahiezur, son of Ammishaddai;

Finally, the divisions of the camp of Dan set out under their standard, serving as the rear guard for all units, with Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai in command.

26 and, over the host of the tribe of the sons of Asher, Pagiel, son of Ochran;

Pagiel son of Ocran was over the division of the tribe of Asher,

27 and, over the host of the tribe of the sons of Naphtali, Ahira, son of Enan.

and Ahira son of Enan was over the division of the tribe of Naphtali.

28 These, were the settings-forward of the sons of Israel by their hosts, —thus did they set forward.

This was the order of march for the Israelite divisions as they set out.

29 Then said Moses to Hobab, son of Raguel the Midianite, father-in-law of Moses: Setting forward, are we unto the place of which Yahweh hath said, The same, will I give unto you, —Oh come with us and we will do thee good, for, Yahweh, hath spoken good, concerning Israel.

Then Moses said to Hobab, the son of Moses’ father-in-law Reuel the Midianite, “We are setting out for the place of which the LORD said: ‘I will give it to you.’ Come with us, and we will treat you well, for the LORD has promised good things to Israel.”

30 And he said unto him, I will not go, —but unto my own land, and unto my own kindred, will I go.

“I will not go,” Hobab replied. “Instead, I am going back to my own land and my own people.”

31 Then said he: I beseech thee, do not forsake us, —for, on this account, hast thou come to know of our encamping in the desert, so shalt thou be unto us as eyes;

“Please do not leave us,” Moses said, “since you know where we should camp in the wilderness, and you can serve as our eyes.

32 and it shall be if thou wilt go with us, —yea it shall be that with the very good wherewith Yahweh shall do us good, will we do good unto thee.

If you come with us, we will share with you whatever good things the LORD gives us.”

33 So then they went forward, from the mountain of Yahweh, a journey of three days, —and the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, was going before them a journey of three days, to search out for them a resting-place,

So they set out on a three-day journey from the mountain of the LORD, with the ark of the covenant of the LORD traveling ahead of them for those three days to seek a resting place for them.

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

And the cloud of the LORD was over them by day when they set out from the camp.

35 And it came to pass when the ark set forward, that Moses said: Arise, O Yahweh! and scattered be thy foes, Let them that hate thee flee before thee;

Whenever the ark set out, Moses would say, “Rise up, O LORD! May Your enemies be scattered; may those who hate You flee before You.”

36 But when it rested, he said, —Return, O Yahweh! unto the myriads of the thousands of Israel.

And when it came to rest, he would say: “Return, O LORD, to the countless thousands of Israel.”