Numbers 10

1 And Yahweh spake unto Moses, saying:

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

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 to thyself two silver trumpets: thou shalt make them of beaten work; and they shall be to thee for the purpose of calling the assembly, and of removing the camps.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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,

And ye shall sound a second alarm, and the camps pitched southward shall move; and ye shall sound a third alarm, and the camps pitched westward shall move forward; and ye shall sound a fourth alarm, and they that encamp toward the north shall move forward: they shall sound an alarm at their departure.

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

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

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.

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 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 ye shall go forth to war in your land against your enemies that are opposed to you, then shall ye sound with the trumpets; and ye shall be had in remembrance before the Lord, and ye shall be 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 in the days of your gladness, and in your feasts, and in your new moons, ye 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 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;

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

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

And the first rank departed by the word of the Lord 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;

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, Nethanel, 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, Eliab, son of Helon.

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

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

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 Then set forward the standard of the camp of Reuben, by their hosts, —and over his own host, 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, 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, Eliasaph, son of Deuel.

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

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

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, Gamaliel, 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, Abidan, son of Gideoni.

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

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 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, Pagiel, son of Ochran;

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, Ahira, son of Enan.

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

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

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

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.

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 thee good, for the Lord has spoken good concerning Israel.

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

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

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, Leave us not, because thou hast been with us in the wilderness, and thou shalt be an elder among us.

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 it shall come to pass if thou wilt go with us, it shall even come to pass that in whatsoever things the Lord shall do us good, we will also do thee good.

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,

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

And the cloud overshadowed them by day, when they departed 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;

And it came to pass when the ark set forward, that Moses said, Arise, O Lord, and let thine enemies be scattered: let all that hate thee flee.

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

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