Numbers 10

1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

2 Make to yourself two silver trumpets: you shall make them of beaten work; and they shall be to you for the purpose of calling the assembly, and of removing the camps.

Make thee two trumpets of silver; of a whole piece shalt thou make them; that thou mayest use them for the calling of the assembly, and for the journeying of the camps.

3 And you shall sound with them, and all the congregation shall be gathered to the door of the tabernacle of witness.

And when they shall blow with them, all the assembly shall assemble themselves to thee at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

4 And if they shall sound with one, all the rulers even the princes of Israel shall come to you.

And if they blow [but] with one [trumpet], then the princes, [who are] heads of the thousands of Israel, shall assemble themselves to thee.

5 And you shall sound an alarm, and the camps pitched eastward shall begin to move.

When ye blow an alarm, then the camps that lie on the east parts shall go forward.

6 And you shall sound a second alarm, and the camps pitched southward shall move; and you shall sound a third alarm, and the camps pitched westward shall move forward; and you shall sound a fourth alarm, and they that encamp toward the north shall move forward: they shall sound an alarm at their departure.

When ye blow an alarm the second time, then the camps that lie on the south side shall take their journey: they shall blow an alarm for their journeys.

7 And whenever you shall gather the assembly, you shall sound, but not an alarm.

But when the congregation is to be convened, ye shall blow, but ye shall not sound an alarm.

8 And the priests the sons of Aaron shall sound with the trumpets; and it shall be a perpetual ordinance for you throughout your generations.

And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow with the trumpets; and they shall be to you for an ordinance for ever throughout your generations.

9 And if you shall go forth to war in your land against your enemies that are opposed to you, then shall you sound with the trumpets; and you shall be had in remembrance before the Lord, and you shall be saved from your enemies.

And if ye go to war in your land against the enemy that oppresseth you, then ye shall blow an alarm with the trumpets; and ye shall be remembered before the LORD your God, and ye shall be saved from your enemies.

10 And in the days of your gladness, and in your feasts, and in your new moons, you shall sound with the trumpets at your whole burnt offerings, and at the sacrifices of your peace-offerings; and there shall be a memorial for you before your God: I [am] the Lord your God.

Also in the day of your gladness, and in your solemn days, and in the beginnings of your months, ye shall blow with the trumpets over your burnt-offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace-offerings; that they may be to you for a memorial before your God: I [am] the LORD your God.

11 And it came to pass in the second year, in the second month, on the twentieth day of the month, the cloud went up from the tabernacle of witness.

And it came to pass on the twentieth [day] of the second month, in the second year, that the cloud was taken up from off the tabernacle of the testimony.

12 And the children of Israel set forward with their baggage in the wilderness of Sina; and the cloud rested in the wilderness of Pharan.

And the children of Israel took their journeys from the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud rested in the wilderness of Paran.

13 And the first rank departed by the word of the Lord by the hand of Moses.

And they first took their journey according to the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses.

14 And they first set in motion the order of the camp of the children of Juda with their host; and over their host [was] Naasson, son of Aminadab.

In the first [place] went the standard of the camp of the children of Judah according to their armies: and over his host [was] Nahshon the son of Amminadab.

15 And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Issachar, [was] Nathanael son of Sogar.

And over the host of the tribe of the children of Issachar [was] Nethaneel the son of Zuar.

16 And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Zabulon, [was] Eliab the son of Chaelon.

And over the host of the tribe of the children of Zebulun [was] Eliab the son of Helon.

17 And they shall take down the tabernacle, and the sons of Gedson shall set forward, and the sons of Merari, who bear the tabernacle.

And the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari moved forward, bearing the tabernacle.

18 And the order of the camp of Ruben set forward with their host; and over their host [was] Elisur the son of Sediur.

And the standard of the camp of Reuben moved forward according to their armies: and over his host [was] Elizur the son of Shedeur.

19 And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Symeon, [was] Salamiel son of Surisadai.

And over the host of the tribe of the children of Simeon [was] Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.

20 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Gad, [was] Elisaph the son of Raguel.

And over the host of the tribe of the children of Gad [was] Eliasaph the son of Deuel.

21 And the sons of Caath shall set forward bearing the holy things, and [the others] shall set up the tabernacle until they arrive.

And the Kohathites moved forward, bearing the sanctuary: and [the other] set up the tabernacle against they came.

22 And the order of the camp of Ephraim shall set forward with their forces; and over their forces [was] Elisama the son of Semiud.

And the standard of the camp of the children of Ephraim moved forward according to their armies: and over his host [was] Elishama the son of Ammihud.

23 And over the forces of the tribes of the sons of Manasse, [was] Gamaliel the [son] of Phadassur.

And over the host of the tribe of the children of Manasseh [was] Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.

24 And over the forces of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, [was] Abidan the [son] of Gadeoni.

And over the host of the tribe of the children of Benjamin [was] Abidan the son of Gideoni.

25 And the order of the camp of the sons of Dan shall set forward the last of all the camps, with their forces: and over their forces [was] Achiezer the [son] of Amisadai.

And the standard of the camp of the children of Dan moved forward, [which was] the rear-ward of all the camps throughout their hosts: and over his host [was] Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.

26 And over the forces of the tribe of the sons of Aser, [was] Phageel the son of Echran.

And over the host of the tribe of the children of Asher [was] Pagiel the son of Ocran.

27 And over the forces of the tribe of the sons of Nephthali, [was] Achire the son of Aenan.

And over the host of the tribe of the children of Naphtali [was] Ahira the son of Enan.

28 These [are] the armies of the children of Israel; and they set forward with their forces.

Thus [were] the journeyings of the children of Israel according to their armies, when they moved forward.

29 And Moses said to Obab the son of Raguel the Madianite, the father-in-law of Moses, We are going forward to the place concerning which the Lord said, This will I give to you: Come with us, and we will do you good, for the Lord has spoken good concerning Israel.

And Moses said to Hobab, the son of Raguel the Midianite, Moses's father-in-law, We are journeying to the place of which the LORD said, I will give it to you: come thou with us, and we will do thee good: for the LORD hath spoken good concerning Israel.

30 And he said to him, I will not go, but [I will go] to my land and to my kindred.

And he said to him, I will not go; but I will depart to my own land, and to my kindred.

31 And he said, Leave us not, because you have been with us in the wilderness, and you shall be an elder among us.

And he said, Leave us not, I pray thee; forasmuch as thou knowest how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and thou mayest be to us instead of eyes.

32 And it shall come to pass if you will go with us, it shall even come to pass that in whatever things the Lord shall do us good, we will also do you good.

And it shall be, if thou wilt go with us, yea, it shall be, that what goodness the LORD shall do to us, the same will we do to thee.

33 And they departed from the mount of the Lord a three days' journey; and the ark of the covenant of the Lord went before them a three days' journey to provide rest for them.

And they departed from the mount of the LORD three days' journey: and the ark of the covenant of the LORD went before them in the three days' journey, to seek a resting-place for them.

34 And the cloud overshadowed them by day, when they departed from the camp.

And the cloud of the LORD [was] upon them by day, when they went out of the camp.

35 And it came to pass when the ark set forward, that Moses said, Arise, O Lord, and let your enemies be scattered: let all that hate you flee.

And it came to pass, when the ark moved forward, that Moses said, Arise, LORD, and let thy enemies be scattered; and let them that hate thee flee before thee.

36 And in the resting he said, Turn again, O Lord, the thousands [and] tens of thousands in Israel.

And when it rested, he said, Return, O LORD, to the many thousands of Israel.