Numbers 10

10And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, ²Make thee two trumpets of silver; of ^aa whole piece shalt thou make them: that thou mayest use them for the ^bcalling of the assembly, and for the journeying of the camps. ³And when ^cthey shall blow with them, all the assembly shall assemble themselves to thee at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. ⁴And if they blow but with one trumpet, then the princes, which are ^dheads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves unto thee. ⁵When ye blow ^ean alarm, then ^fthe camps that lie on the east parts shall go forward. ⁶When ye blow ^ean alarm the second time, then the camps that lie ^gon the south side shall take their journey: they shall blow ^ean alarm for their journeys. ⁷But when the congregation is to be gathered together, ye shall blow, but ye shall not ^hsound an alarm. ⁸ⁱAnd 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. ⁹And ^kif ye go to war in your land against the enemy that ^loppresseth you, then ye shall blow an alarm with the trumpets; and ye shall be ^mremembered before the Lord your God, and ye shall be saved from your enemies. ¹⁰Also ⁿin the day of your gladness, and in your solemn days, and ^oin 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.

¹¹And it came to pass on the twentieth day of the second month, in the second year, that the cloud ^pwas taken up from off the tabernacle of the testimony. ¹²And the children of Israel took ^qtheir journeys out of the ^rwilderness of Sinai; and the cloud rested in the ^swilderness of Paran. ¹³And they first took their journey ^taccording to the commandment of the Lord by the hand of Moses. ^14uIn the first place went the standard of the camp of the children of Judah according to their armies: and over his host was ^xNahshon the son of Amminadab. ¹⁵And over the host of the tribe of the children of Issachar was Nethaneel the son of Zuar. ¹⁶And over the host of the tribe of the children of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon. ¹⁷And ^ythe tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari set forward, ^zbearing the tabernacle.

¹⁸And ^athe standard of the camp of Reuben set forward according to their armies: and over his host was ^bElizur the son of Shedeur. ¹⁹And over the host of the tribe of the children of Simeon was Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. ²⁰And over the host of the tribe of the children of Gad was Eliasaph the son of Deuel. ²¹And the Kohathites set forward, bearing the ^csanctuary: and ^||the other did set up the tabernacle against they came.

²²And ^dthe standard of the camp of the children of Ephraim set forward according to their armies: and over his host was ^eElishama the son of Ammihud. ²³And over the host of the tribe of the children of Manasseh was Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. ²⁴And over the host of the tribe of the children of Benjamin was Abidan the son of Gideoni.

²⁵And ^fthe standard of the camp of the children of Dan set forward, which was ^gthe rereward of all the camps throughout their hosts: and over his host was ^hAhiezer the son of Ammishaddai. ²⁶And over the host of the tribe of the children of Asher was Pagiel the son of Ocran. ²⁷And over the host of the tribe of the children of Naphtali was Ahira the son of Enan. ^28†Thus were the journeyings of the children of Israel according to their armies, when they set forward.

²⁹And Moses said unto Hobab, the son of ⁱRaguel the Midianite, Moses’ father in law, We are journeying unto the place of which the Lord said, ^kI will give it you: come thou with us, and we will do thee good: for ^lthe Lord hath spoken good concerning Israel. ³⁰And he said unto him, I will not go; but I will depart to mine own land, and to my kindred. ³¹And 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 ^minstead of eyes. ³²And it shall be, if thou go with us, yea, it shall be, that ⁿwhat goodness the Lord shall do unto us, the same will we do unto thee.

³³And they departed from ^othe mount of the Lord three days’ journey: and the ark of the covenant of the Lord ^pwent before them in the three days’ journey, to search out ^qa resting place for them. ³⁴And ^rthe cloud of the Lord was upon them by day, when they went out of the camp. ³⁵And it came to pass, when the ark set forward, that Moses said,

^sRise up, Lord, and let thine enemies be scattered;

And let them that hate thee flee before thee.

³⁶And when it rested, he said,

Return, O Lord, unto the ^†many thousands of Israel.