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 thee two trumpets of beaten silver, wherewith thou mayest call together the multitude when the camp is to be removed.

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 when thou shalt sound the trumpets, all the multitude shall gather unto thee to the door of the tabernacle of the covenant.

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

If thou sound but once, the princes and the heads of the multitude of Israel shall come to thee.

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

But if the sound of the trumpets be longer, and with interruptions, they that are on the east side, shall first 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,

And at the second sounding and like noise of the trumpet, they who lie on the south side shall take up their tents. And after this manner shall the rest do, when the trumpets shall sound for a march.

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

But when the people is to be gathered together, the sound of the trumpets shall be plain, and they shall not make a broken sound.

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 sons of Aaron the priest shall sound the trumpets: and this shall be an ordinance for ever in 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,

If you go forth to war out of your land against the enemies that fight against you, you shall sound aloud with the trumpets, and there shall be a remembrance of you before the Lord your God, that you may be delivered out of the hands of 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.

If at any time you shall have a banquet, and on your festival days, and on the first days of your months, you shall sound the trumpets over the holocausts, and the sacrifices of peace offerings, that they may be to you for a remembrance of 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;

The second year, in the second month, the twentieth day of the month, the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle of the covenant.

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 marched by their troops from the desert of Sinai, 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 went forward according to the commandment 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;

The sons of Juda by their troops: whose prince was Nahasson the son of Aminadab.

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

In the tribe of the sons of Issachar, the prince was Nathanael the son of Suar.

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

In the tribe of Zabulon, the prince 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.

And the tabernacle was taken down, and the sons of Gerson and Merari set forward, bearing it.

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 sons of Ruben also marched, by their troops and ranks, whose prince was Helisur the son of Sedeur.

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

And in the tribe of Simeon, the prince was Salamiel the son of Surisaddai.

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

And in the tribe of Cad, the prince was Eliasaph the son of Duel.

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

Then the Caathites also marched carrying the sanctuary. So long was the tabernacle carried, till they same to the place of setting it up.

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;

The sons of Ephraim also moved their camp by their troops, in whose army the prince was Elisama the son of Ammiud.

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

And in the tribe of the sons of Manasses, the prince was Gamaliel the son of Phadassur.

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

And in the tribe of Benjamin, the prince was Abidan the son of Gedeon.

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;

The last of all the camp marched the sons of Dan by their troops, in whose army the prince was Ahiezer the son of Ammisaddai.

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

And in the tribe of the sons of Aser, the prince was Phegiel the son of Ochran.

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

And in the tribe of the sons of Nephtali, the prince 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 of the camps, and marches of the children of Israel by their troops, when they set 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.

And Moses said to Hobab the son of Raguel the Madianite, his kinsman: We are going towards the place which the Lord will give us: come with us, that we may do thee good: for the Lord hath 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.

But he answered him: I will not go with thee, but I will return to my country, wherein I was born.

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 leave us: for thou knowest in what places we should encamp in the wilderness, and thou shalt be our guide.

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 thou comest with us, we will give thee what is the best of the riches which the Lord shall deliver to 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 marched from the mount of the Lord three days’ journey, and the ark of the covenant of the Lord went before them, for three days providing a place for the camp.

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

The cloud also of the Lord was over them by day when they marched.

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 was lifted up, Moses said: Arise, O Lord, and let thy enemies be scattered, and let them that hate thee, flee from before thy face.

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

And when it was set down, he said: Return, O Lord, to the multitude of the host of Israel.