Numbers 10

1 And Yahweh spake unto Moses, saying:

And 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 silver horns of hammered work, to be used for getting the people together and to give the sign for the moving of the tents.

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 they are sounded, all the people are to come together to you at the door of 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.

If only one of them is sounded, then the chiefs, the heads of the thousands of Israel, are to come to you.

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

When a loud note is sounded, the tents placed on the east side are to go forward.

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,

At the sound of a second loud note, the tents on the south side are to go forward: the loud note will be the sign to go forward.

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

But when all the people are to come together, the horn is to be sounded but not loudly.

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 horns are to be sounded by the sons of Aaron, the priests; this is to be a law for you for ever, from generation to generation.

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,

And if you go to war in your land against any who do you wrong, then let the loud note of the horn be sounded; and the Lord your God will keep you in mind and give you salvation from those who are against you.

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 days of joy and on your regular feasts and on the first day of every month, let the horns be sounded over your burned offerings and your peace-offerings; and they will put the Lord in mind of you: 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;

Now in the second year, on the twentieth day of the second month, the cloud was taken up from over the Tent of witness.

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 children of Israel went on their journey out of the waste land of Sinai; and the cloud came to rest in the waste land of Paran.

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

They went forward for the first time on their journey as the Lord had given orders by the hand of 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 flag of the children of Judah went forward with their armies: and at the head of his army was Nahshon, the son of Amminadab.

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

And at the head of the army of the children of Issachar was Nethanel, the son of Zuar.

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

And at the head of the army of the children of Zebulun was Eliab, the son of Helon.

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

Then the House was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari, who were responsible for moving the House, went forward.

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 flag of the children of Reuben went forward with their armies: and at the head of his army was Elizur, the son of Shedeur.

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

And at the head of the army of the children of Simeon was Shelumiel, the son of Zurishaddai.

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

At the head of the army of the children of Gad was Eliasaph, the son of Reuel.

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

Then the Kohathites went forward with the holy place; the others put up the House ready for their coming.

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;

Then the flag of the children of Ephraim went forward with their armies: and at the head of his army was Elishama, the son of Ammihud.

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

At the head of the army of the children of Manasseh was Gamaliel, the son of Pedahzur.

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

At the head of the army of the children of Benjamin was Abidan, the son of Gideoni.

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;

And the flag of the children of Dan, whose tents were moved last of all, went forward with their armies: and at the head of his army was Ahiezer, the son of Ammishaddai.

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

At the head of the army of the children of Asher was Pagiel, the son of Ochran.

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

And at the head of the army of the children of Naphtali was Ahira, the son of Enan.

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

This was the order in which the children of Israel were journeying by armies; so they went forward.

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 his father-in-law Reuel the Midianite, We are journeying to that place of which the Lord has said, I will give it to you: so come with us, and it will be for your profit: for the Lord has good things in store for Israel.

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

But he said, I will not go with you, I will go back to the land of my birth and to my relations.

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;

And he said, Do not go from us; for you will be eyes for us, guiding us to the right places in the waste land to put up our tents.

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.

And if you come with us, we will give you a part in whatever good the Lord does for 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 went forward three days' journey from the mountain of the Lord; and the ark of the Lord's agreement went three days' journey before them, looking for 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 by day the cloud of the Lord went over them, when they went forward from the place where they had put up their tents.

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;

And when the ark went forward Moses said, Come up, O Lord, and let the armies of those who are against you be broken, and let your haters go in flight 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 said, Take rest, O Lord, and give a blessing to the families of Israel.