Numbers 10

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The Two Silver Trumpets

¹Then the LORD said to Moses,

¹And YHWH spoke to Moses, saying,

²“Make two trumpets of hammered silver to be used for calling the congregation and for having the camps set out.

²“Make for yourself two silver trumpets. Of hammered work you shall make them, and you shall make use of them for calling the congregation, and for pulling up the camps.

³When both are sounded, the whole congregation is to assemble before you at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

³And they shall blow both of them, and all the congregation shall gather before you at the door of the Tent of Meeting.

⁴But if only one is sounded, then the leaders, the heads of the clans of Israel, are to gather before you.

⁴But if they blow with one, the leaders, the heads of the divisions of Israel, shall gather to you.

⁵When you sound short blasts, the camps that lie on the east side are to set out.

⁵And you shall blow a short blast, and the camps that lie on the east side shall set out.

⁶When you sound the short blasts a second time, the camps that lie on the south side are to set out. The blasts are to signal them to set out.

⁶And you shall blow a second short blast, and the camps that lie on the south side shall set out. A short blast they shall blow to set out.

⁷To convene the assembly, you are to sound long blasts, not short ones.

⁷And in the assembling of the assembly, you shall blow, and not sound a short blast.

⁸The sons of Aaron, the priests, are to sound the trumpets. This shall be a permanent statute for you and the generations to come.

⁸And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow the trumpets; and these shall be to you as an ordinance forever throughout your generations.

⁹When you enter into battle in your land against an adversary who attacks you, sound short blasts on the trumpets, and you will be remembered before the LORD your God and saved from your enemies.

⁹And when you go into battle in your land against the adversary who oppresses you, you shall sound a short blast with the trumpets, and you will be remembered before the face of YHWH your God, and you will be saved from your enemies.

¹⁰And on your joyous occasions, your appointed feasts, and the beginning of each month, you are to blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings and peace offerings to serve as a reminder for you before your God. I am the LORD your God.”

¹⁰And in the day of your gladness, and in your appointed feasts, and at the beginning of your months, you shall blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings, and they shall be for you a memorial before the face of your God. I am YHWH your God.”

From Sinai to Paran

¹¹On the twentieth day of the second month of the second year, the cloud was lifted from above the tabernacle of the Testimony,

¹¹And it came to pass in the second year, in the second month, on the twentieth of the month, that the cloud was taken up from above the tabernacle of the Testimony.

¹²and the Israelites set out from the Wilderness of Sinai, traveling from place to place until the cloud settled in the Wilderness of Paran.

¹²And the sons of Israel set out on their journeys from the Wilderness of Sinai. And the cloud settled down in the Wilderness of Paran.

¹³They set out this first time according to the LORD’s command through Moses.

¹³And they set out at the first according to the mouth of YHWH by the hand of Moses.

¹⁴First, the divisions of the camp of Judah set out under their standard, with Nahshon son of Amminadab in command.

¹⁴And the standard of the camp of the sons of Judah set out at the first, according to their armies, and over their army was Nahshon son of Amminadab.

¹⁵Nethanel son of Zuar was over the division of the tribe of Issachar,

¹⁵And over the army of the tribe of the sons of Issachar was Nethanel son of Zuar.

¹⁶and Eliab son of Helon was over the division of the tribe of Zebulun.

¹⁶And over the army of the tribe of the sons of Zebulun was Eliab son of Helon.

¹⁷Then the tabernacle was taken down, and the Gershonites and the Merarites set out, transporting it.

¹⁷And the tabernacle was taken down, and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari set out, carrying the tabernacle.

¹⁸Then the divisions of the camp of Reuben set out under their standard, with Elizur son of Shedeur in command.

¹⁸And the standard of the camp of Reuben set out, according to their armies, and over their army was Elizur son of Shedeur.

¹⁹Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai was over the division of the tribe of Simeon,

¹⁹And over the army of the tribe of the sons of Simeon was Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai.

²⁰and Eliasaph son of Deuel was over the division of the tribe of Gad.

²⁰And over the army of the tribe of the sons of Gad was Eliasaph son of Deuel.

²¹Then the Kohathites set out, transporting the holy objects; the tabernacle was to be set up before their arrival.

²¹And the Kohathites set out, carrying the holy things; and the tabernacle was to be prepared for their arrival.

²²Next, the divisions of the camp of Ephraim set out under their standard, with Elishama son of Ammihud in command.

²²And the standard of the camp of the sons of Ephraim set out, according to their armies, and over their army was Elishama son of Ammihud.

²³Gamaliel son of Pedahzur was over the division of the tribe of Manasseh,

²³And over the army of the tribe of the sons of Manasseh was Gamaliel son of Pedah-zur.

²⁴and Abidan son of Gideoni was over the division of the tribe of Benjamin.

²⁴And over the army of the tribe of the sons of Benjamin was Abidan son of Gideoni.

²⁵Finally, the divisions of the camp of Dan set out under their standard, serving as the rear guard for all units, with Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai in command.

²⁵And the standard of the camp of the sons of Dan set out, the rear guard of all the camps, according to their armies, and over their army was Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai.

²⁶Pagiel son of Ocran was over the division of the tribe of Asher,

²⁶And over the army of the tribe of the sons of Asher was Pagiel son of Ocran.

²⁷and Ahira son of Enan was over the division of the tribe of Naphtali.

²⁷And over the army of the tribe of the sons of Naphtali was Ahira son of Enan.

²⁸This was the order of march for the Israelite divisions as they set out.

²⁸These were the order of march of the sons of Israel according to their armies, and they began their journey.

²⁹Then Moses said to Hobab, the son of Moses’ father-in-law Reuel^a the Midianite, “We are setting out for 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 promised good things to Israel.”

²⁹And Moses said to Hobab son of Reuel the Midianite, father-in-law of Moses, “We are setting out for the place of which YHWH said, ‘I will give it to you.’ Come with us and we will treat you well, for YHWH has promised good things to Israel.”

³⁰“I will not go,” Hobab replied. “Instead, I am going back to my own land and my own people.”

³⁰And he said to him, “I will not go. But I will depart to my land and to my relatives.”

³¹“Please do not leave us,” Moses said, “since you know where we should camp in the wilderness, and you can serve as our eyes.

³¹And Moses said, “Please do not leave us, for upon thus you know how we are to camp in the wilderness, and you can be our eyes.

³²If you come with us, we will share with you whatever good things the LORD gives us.”

³²And it shall be, if you go with us, indeed it shall be that whatever good YHWH will do to us, the same we will do to you.”

³³So they set out on a three-day journey from the mountain of the LORD, with the ark of the covenant of the LORD traveling ahead of them for those three days to seek a resting place for them.

³³And they departed from the mountain of YHWH on a journey of three days, and the ark of the covenant of YHWH went before them for the journey three days to search out for them a resting place.

³⁴And the cloud of the LORD was over them by day when they set out from the camp.

³⁴And the cloud of YHWH was above them by day, when they set out from the camp.

³⁵Whenever the ark set out, Moses would say,

“Rise up, O LORD!

May Your enemies be scattered;

may those who hate You flee before You.”

³⁵And it came to pass in the journeying of the ark that Moses said, “Rise up, O YHWH! And let Your enemies be scattered, and let those who hate You flee from your face.”

³⁶And when it came to rest, he would say:

“Return, O LORD,

to the countless thousands of Israel.”

³⁶And in its resting he said, “Return, O YHWH, to the myriads, the thousands of Israel.”