10:1 The LORD said to Moses:
10:2 “Make two trumpets of hammered silver, and use them for calling the community together and for having the camps set out.
10:3 When both are sounded, the whole community is to assemble before you at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
10:4 If only one is sounded, the leaders–the heads of the clans of Israel–are to assemble before you.
10:5 When a trumpet blast is sounded, the tribes camping on the east are to set out.
10:6 At the sounding of a second blast, the camps on the south are to set out. The blast will be the signal for setting out.
10:7 To gather the assembly, blow the trumpets, but not with the same signal.
10:8 “The sons of Aaron, the priests, are to blow the trumpets. This is to be a lasting ordinance for you and the generations to come.
10:9 When you go into battle in your own land against an enemy who is oppressing you, sound a blast on the trumpets. Then you will be remembered by the LORD your God and rescued from your enemies.
10:10 Also at your times of rejoicing–your appointed feasts and New Moon festivals–you are to sound the trumpets over your burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, and they will be a memorial for you before your God. I am the LORD your God.”
10:11 On the twentieth day of the second month of the second year, the cloud lifted from above the tabernacle of the Testimony.
10:12 Then the Israelites set out from the Desert of Sinai and traveled from place to place until the cloud came to rest in the Desert of Paran.
10:13 They set out, this first time, at the LORD’S command through Moses.
10:14 The divisions of the camp of Judah went first, under their standard. Nahshon son of Amminadab was in command.
10:15 Nethanel son of Zuar was over the division of the tribe of Issachar,
10:16 and Eliab son of Helon was over the division of the tribe of Zebulun.
10:17 Then the tabernacle was taken down, and the Gershonites and Merarites, who carried it, set out.
10:18 The divisions of the camp of Reuben went next, under their standard. Elizur son of Shedeur was in command.
10:19 Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai was over the division of the tribe of Simeon,
10:20 and Eliasaph son of Deuel was over the division of the tribe of Gad.
10:21 Then the Kohathites set out, carrying the holy things. The tabernacle was to be set up before they arrived.
10:22 The divisions of the camp of Ephraim went next, under their standard. Elishama son of Ammihud was in command.
10:23 Gamaliel son of Pedahzur was over the division of the tribe of Manasseh,
10:24 and Abidan son of Gideoni was over the division of the tribe of Benjamin.
10:25 Finally, as the rear guard for all the units, the divisions of the camp of Dan set out, under their standard. Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai was in command.
10:26 Pagiel son of Ocran was over the division of the tribe of Asher,
10:27 and Ahira son of Enan was over the division of the tribe of Naphtali.
10:28 This was the order of march for the Israelite divisions as they set out.
10:29 Now Moses said to Hobab son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses’ father-in-law, “We are setting out for the place about 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.”
10:30 He answered, “No, I will not go; I am going back to my own land and my own people.”
10:31 But Moses said, “Please do not leave us. You know where we should camp in the desert, and you can be our eyes.
10:32 If you come with us, we will share with you whatever good things the LORD gives us.”
10:33 So they set out from the mountain of the LORD and traveled for three days. The ark of the covenant of the LORD went before them during those three days to find them a place to rest.
10:34 The cloud of the LORD was over them by day when they set out from the camp.
10:35 Whenever the ark set out, Moses said, “Rise up, O LORD! May your enemies be scattered; may your foes flee before you.”
10:36 Whenever it came to rest, he said, “Return, O LORD, to the countless thousands of Israel.”
10:1 Then Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
10:2 Make yourself two trumpets of silver; of beaten work you shall make them; and you shall use them for summoning the assembly and for the setting out of the camps.
10:3 And when they blow them, all the assembly shall gather themselves to you at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting.
10:4 But if they blow only one, then the leaders, the heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves to you.
10:5 And when you blow an alarm, the camps that are encamped on the east side shall set out.
10:6 And when you blow an alarm the second time, the camps that are encamped on the south side shall set out. They shall blow an alarm for them to set out.
10:7 But when the congregation is to be gathered together, you shall blow, but you shall not sound an alarm.
10:8 And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow the trumpets; and this shall be for you a perpetual statute throughout your generations.
10:9 And when you go to war in your land against the adversary who oppresses you, then you shall sound an alarm with the trumpets, so that you may be remembered before Jehovah your God and be saved from your enemies.
10:10 Also on your days of rejoicing and at your appointed feasts and at 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 a reminder on your behalf before your God; I am Jehovah your God.
10:11 Now it was in the second year, in the second month, on the twentieth day of the month, that the cloud was taken up from over the Tabernacle of the Testimony.
10:12 And the children of Israel set out on their journeys from the wilderness of Sinai. Then the cloud settled down in the wilderness of Paran.
10:13 And they set out for the first time according to the commandment of Jehovah through Moses.
10:14 And the standard of the camp of the children of Judah set out first according to their companies; and over the entire company was Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
10:15 And over the company of the tribe of the children of Issachar was Nethanel the son of Zuar.
10:16 And over the company of the tribe of the children of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon.
10:17 And the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari, who carried the tabernacle, set out.
10:18 And the standard of the camp of Reuben set out according to their companies; and over the entire company was Elizur the son of Shedeur.
10:19 And over the company of the tribe of the children of Simeon was Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
10:20 And over the company of the tribe of the children of Gad was Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
10:21 And the Kohathites, who carried the holy things, set out; and the tabernacle was set up before their arrival.
10:22 And the standard of the camp of the children of Ephraim set out according to their companies; and over the entire company was Elishama the son of Ammihud.
10:23 And over the company of the tribe of the children of Manasseh was Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
10:24 And over the company of the tribe of the children of Benjamin was Abidan the son of Gideoni.
10:25 And the standard of the camp of the children of Dan, which was the rear guard of all the camps, set out according to their companies; and over the entire company was Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
10:26 And over the company of the tribe of the children of Asher was Pagiel the son of Ochran.
10:27 And over the company of the tribe of the children of Naphtali was Ahira the son of Enan.
10:28 This was the order in which the children of Israel set out according to their companies, when they set out.
10:29 And Moses said to Hobab the son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses’ father-in-law, We are setting out to the place concerning which Jehovah said, I will give it to you. Come with us, and we will treat you well, for Jehovah has promised good to Israel.
10:30 But he said to him, I will not go; but rather I will go to my own land and to my relatives.
10:31 So Moses said, Please do not leave us, for you know where we can encamp in the wilderness, and you will be eyes for us.
10:32 And if you go with us, whatever good Jehovah does for us, we will do for you.
10:33 So they set out from the mountain of Jehovah three days’ journey, with the Ark of the Covenant of Jehovah setting out before them three days’ journey, to seek out a resting place for them.
10:34 And the cloud of Jehovah was over them by day when they set out from the camp.
10:35 And when the Ark set out, Moses said, Rise up, O Jehovah, and let Your enemies be scattered; / And let those who hate You flee before You.
10:36 And when it came to rest, he said, Return, O Jehovah, to the ten thousand thousands of Israel.