Numbers 10
The Lord instructed Moses to make two silver trumpets to signal the Israelites to gather or move their camp. The trumpets were to be sounded in different ways to signal different actions, such as moving the camp or gathering for war or celebrations. The sons of Aaron were to sound the trumpets, and this was to be an everlasting ordinance. The Israelites then set out from the desert of Sinai, following the cloud, with each tribe moving in a specific order, led by their respective leaders.
1And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying2"Make for yourself two trumpets of ductile silver, with which you may be able to call together the multitude when the camp is to be moved3And when you sound the trumpets, all the multitude shall gather to you at the door of the tabernacle of the covenant4If you sound it only once, the leaders and the heads of the multitude of Israel shall come to you5But if the sound of the trumpets is prolonged, but with interruptions, those who are toward the east side shall move the camp first6Then, at the second sounding of the trumpet with the same cadence, those who live toward the south shall take up their tents. And the remainder shall act in like manner, when the trumpets shall reverberate for a departure7But when the people are to be gathered together, the sound of the trumpets shall be simple, and the sounds shall not be separated8Now it is the sons of Aaron the priest who shall sound the trumpets. And this shall be an everlasting ordinance, in your generations9If you go forth to war from your land, against the enemies who set out against you, you shall sound the trumpets repeatedly, and there shall be a remembrance of you before the Lord your God, so that you may be rescued from the hands of your enemies10If at any time you will have a banquet, and on feast days, and on the first days of the months, you shall sound the trumpets over the holocausts and the peace-offering victims, so that they may be for you as a remembrance by your God. I am the Lord your God.11In the second year, in the second month, on the twentieth day of the month, the cloud was lifted up from the tabernacle of the covenant12And the sons of Israel set out by their companies from the desert of Sinai, and the cloud rested in the wilderness of Paran13And the first to move their camp, according to the command of the Lord by the hand of Moses14were the sons of Judah by their companies, whose leader was Nahshon the son of Amminadab15In the tribe of the sons of Issachar, the leader was Nathanael the son of Zuar16In the tribe of Zebulon, the leader was Eliab the son of Helon17And the tabernacle was taken down, because the sons of Gershon and Merari, who carry it, were departing18And the sons of Ruben also set out, by their companies and ranks, whose leader was Elizur the son of Shedeur19And in the tribe of Simeon, the leader was Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai20And in the tribe of Gad, the leader was Eliasaph the son of Reuel21Then the Kohathites also set out, carrying the Sanctuary. The tabernacle was carried, all the while, until they arrived at the place for setting it up22The sons of Ephraim also moved their camp by their companies, and the leader of their army was Elishama the son of Ammihud23And in the tribe of the sons of Manasseh, the leader was Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur24And in the tribe of Benjamin, the leader was Abidan the son of Gideoni25The last of all the camp to set out were the sons of Dan by their companies, and the leader of their army was Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai26And in the tribe of the sons of Asher, the leader was Pagiel the son of Ochran27And in the tribe of the sons of Naphtali, the leader was Ahira the son of Enan28These were the camps and departures of the sons of Israel by their companies, when they went forth29And Moses said to Hobab the son of Raguel the Midianite, his kinsman: "We are setting out to the place which the Lord will give to us. Come with us, so that we may do good to you. For the Lord has promised good things to Israel.30And he answered him, "I will not go with you, but I will return to my own land, in which I was born.31And he said: "Do not choose to leave us. For you know in which places in the desert we ought to make camp, and so you shall be our guide32And if you come with us, whatever will be best among the riches which the Lord will deliver to us, we will give to you.33Therefore, they set out from the Mountain of the Lord on a journey of three days. And the ark of the covenant of the Lord preceded them, for three days, in order to provide a place for the camp34Likewise, the cloud of the Lord was over them, throughout the day, while they proceeded35And when the ark was lifted up, Moses said, "Rise up, O Lord, and let your enemies be scattered, and let those who hate you flee from your face.36And when it was set down, he said: "Return, O Lord, to the multitude of the army of Israel.
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