Numbers 10

1 And Yahweh spake unto Moses, saying:

And YHWH speaks 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 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;

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

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

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

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

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 you have blown—a second shout, and the camps which are encamping southward have journeyed; they blow a shout for their journeys.

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

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

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 sons of Aaron, the priests, blow with the trumpets; and they have been for a continuous statute to 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 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.

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 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.”

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 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,

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 sons of Israel journey in their journeys from the wilderness of Sinai, and the cloud dwells 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.

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

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 [is] Nathaneel son of Zuar.

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 Zebulun [is] Eliab 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 Dwelling Place has been taken down, and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari have journeyed, carrying the Dwelling Place.

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 standard of the camp of Reuben has journeyed, by their hosts, and over its host [is] Elizur son of Shedeur.

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 Simeon [is] Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai.

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 sons of Gad [is] Eliasaph son of Deuel.

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

And the Kohathites have journeyed, carrying the Dwelling Place, and the [others] have raised up the Dwelling Place until their coming in.

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 standard of the camp of the sons of Ephraim has journeyed, by their hosts, and over its host [is] Elishama son of Ammihud.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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.”

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 says to him, “I do not go; but I go to my land and to my family.”

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 says, “Please do not forsake us, because you have known our encamping in the wilderness, and you have been to us for 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.

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.”

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 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;

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

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

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

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