10
1 The
LORD spoke to
Moses, saying,
2 “Make
two trumpets of
silver. You shall
make them of
beaten work. You
shall use them
for the calling
of the
congregation and
for the journeying
of the camps.
3 When
they blow them,
all the
congregation shall
gather themselves
to you at
the door of
the Tent of
Meeting.
4 If they
blow just one, then
the princes, the
heads of
the thousands of
Israel, shall
gather themselves
to you.
5 When you
blow an alarm,
the camps that
lie on the
east side shall
go forward.
6 When
you blow an
alarm the second
time, the camps
that lie on
the south side
shall go forward.
They shall blow an
alarm for their
journeys.
7 But
when the assembly
is to be
gathered together,
you shall blow,
but you shall
not sound an
alarm.
8 “The
sons of Aaron, the
priests, shall
blow the trumpets.
This shall be
to you for
a statute forever
throughout your
generations.
9 When
you go to
war in your
land against the
adversary who oppresses
you, then you
shall sound an
alarm with the
trumpets. Then you
will be remembered
before the LORD
your God, and
you will be
saved from your
enemies.
10 “Also
in the day
of your gladness,
and in your
set feasts, and
in the beginnings
of your months,
you shall blow
the trumpets over
your burnt
offerings, and
over the
sacrifices of your
peace offerings;
and they shall
be to you
for a memorial
before your God.
I am the
LORD your God.”
11 In
the second year,
in the second
month, on the
twentieth day of
the month, the
cloud was taken
up from over
the tabernacle of
the covenant.
12 The
children of Israel
went forward on
their journeys out
of the wilderness
of Sinai; and
the cloud stayed
in the wilderness
of Paran.
13 They
first went forward
according to the
commandment of the
LORD by Moses.
14 First,
the standard of
the camp of
the children of
Judah went forward
according to their
armies. Nahshon
the son of
Amminadab was over
his army.
15 Nethanel
the son of
Zuar was over
the army of
the tribe of
the children of
Issachar.
16 Eliab the
son of Helon
was over the
army of the
tribe of the
children of
Zebulun.
17 The
tabernacle was
taken down; and
the sons of
Gershon and the
sons of Merari,
who bore the
tabernacle, went
forward.
18 The
standard of the
camp of Reuben
went forward
according to their
armies. Elizur the
son of Shedeur
was over his
army.
19 Shelumiel
the son of
Zurishaddai was
over the army
of the tribe
of the children
of Simeon.
20 Eliasaph
the son of
Deuel was over
the army of
the tribe of
the children of
Gad.
21 The
Kohathites set
forward, bearing
the sanctuary.
The others set up
the tabernacle
before they arrived.
22 The
standard of the
camp of the
children of Ephraim
set forward
according to their
armies. Elishama the
son of Ammihud
was over his
army.
23 Gamaliel
the son of
Pedahzur was over
the army of
the tribe of
the children of
Manasseh.
24 Abidan the
son of Gideoni
was over the
army of the
tribe of the
children of
Benjamin.
25 The
standard of the
camp of the
children of Dan,
which was the rear
guard of all the
camps, set forward
according to their
armies. Ahiezer the
son of Ammishaddai
was over his
army.
26 Pagiel
the son of
Ochran was over
the army of
the tribe of
the children
of Asher.
27 Ahira the
son of Enan
was over the
army of the
tribe of the
children of
Naphtali.
28 Thus were
the travels of the
children of
Israel according to
their armies; and
they went forward.
29 Moses
said to Hobab,
the son of
Reuel the
Midianite, Moses’
father-in-law, “We
are journeying to
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 spoken
good concerning
Israel.”
30 He said
to him, “I
will not go;
but I will
depart to my own
land, and to my
relatives.”
31 Moses
said, “Don’t leave
us, please;
because you know
how we are
to encamp in
the wilderness,
and you can
be our eyes.
32 It
shall be, if
you go with
us—yes, it
shall be—that
whatever good the
LORD does to
us, we will
do the same
to you.”
33 They
set forward from
the Mount of
the LORD three
days’ journey.
The ark of the
LORD’s covenant
went before them
three days’
journey, to seek
out a resting
place for them.
34 The
cloud of the
LORD was over
them by day,
when they set
forward from the
camp.
35 When
the ark went
forward, Moses said, “Rise
up, LORD, and
let your enemies
be scattered! Let
those who hate
you flee before
you!”
36 When
it rested, he said,
“Return, LORD, to
the ten thousands
of the thousands
of Israel.”