Numbers 10

The Silver Trumpets

10The LORD said to Moses,H3068H1696H4872H5592"Make two trumpets of hammered silver to use for calling the people together and for breaking camp.H6213H8147H2689H3701H4749H6213H1961H4744H5712H4550H42643When long blasts are sounded on both trumpets, the whole community is to gather around you at the entrance to the Tent of my presence.H8628H2004H5712H3259H6607H168H41504But when only one trumpet is sounded, then only the leaders of the clans are to gather around you.H8628H259H5387H7218H505H3478H32595When short blasts are sounded, the tribes camped on the east will move out.H8628H8643H4264H2583H6924H52656When short blasts are sounded a second time, the tribes on the south will move out. So short blasts are to be sounded to break camp,H8628H8643H8145H4264H2583H8486H5265H8628H8643H45507but in order to call the community together, long blasts are to be sounded.H6951H6950H8628H73218The trumpets are to be blown by Aaron's sons, the priests. "The following rule is to be observed for all time to come.H1121H175H3548H8628H2689H2708H5769H17559When you are at war in your land, defending yourselves against an enemy who has attacked you, sound the signal for battle on these trumpets. I, the LORD your God, will help you and save you from your enemies.H935H4421H776H6862H6887H7321H2689H2142H6440H3068H430H3467H34110Also on joyful occasions - at your New Moon Festivals and your other religious festivals - you are to blow the trumpets when you present your burnt offerings and your fellowship offerings. Then I will help you. I am the LORD your God."H3117H8057H4150H7218H2320H8628H2689H5930H2077H8002H2146H6440H430H3068H430

The Israelites Break Camp

11On the twentieth day of the second month in the second year after the people left Egypt, the cloud over the Tent of the LORD's presence lifted,H6242H8145H2320H8145H8141H6051H5927H4908H571512and the Israelites started on their journey out of the Sinai Desert. The cloud came to rest in the wilderness of Paran.H1121H3478H5265H4550H4057H5514H6051H7931H4057H629013They began to march at the command of the LORD through Moses,H7223H5265H6310H3068H3027H487214and each time they moved, they were in the same order. Those under the banner of the division led by the tribe of Judah started out first, company by company, with Nahshon son of Amminadab in command.H7223H5265H1714H4264H1121H3063H6635H5177H1121H599215Nethanel son of Zuar was in command of the tribe of Issachar,H6635H4294H1121H3485H5417H1121H668616and Eliab son of Helon was in command of the tribe of Zebulun.H6635H4294H1121H2074H446H1121H249717Then the Tent would be taken down, and the clans of Gershon and Merari, who carried it, would start out.H4908H3381H1121H1648H1121H4847H5265H5375H490818Next, those under the banner of the division led by the tribe of Reuben would start out, company by company, with Elizur son of Shedeur in command.H1714H4264H7205H5265H6635H6635H468H1121H770719Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai was in command of the tribe of Simeon,H6635H4294H1121H8095H8017H1121H670120and Eliasaph son of Deuel was in command of the tribe of Gad.H6635H4294H1121H1410H460H1121H184521Then the Levite clan of Kohath would start out, carrying the sacred objects. By the time they arrived at the next camp, the Tent had been set up again.H6956H5265H5375H4720H6965H4908H93522Next, those under the banner of the division led by the tribe of Ephraim would start out, company by company, with Elishama son of Ammihud in command.H1714H4264H1121H669H5265H6635H6635H476H1121H598923Gamaliel son of Pedahzur was in command of the tribe of Manasseh,H6635H4294H1121H4519H1583H1121H630124and Abidan son of Gideoni was in command of the tribe of Benjamin.H6635H4294H1121H1144H27H1121H144125Finally, those under the banner of the division led by the tribe of Dan, serving as the rear guard of all the divisions, would start out, company by company, with Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai in command.H1714H4264H1121H1835H5265H622H4264H6635H6635H295H1121H599626Pagiel son of Ochran was in command of the tribe of Asher,H6635H4294H1121H836H6295H1121H591827and Ahira son of Enan was in command of the tribe of Naphtali.H6635H4294H1121H5321H299H1121H588128This, then, was the order of march, company by company, whenever the Israelites broke camp and set out.H428H4550H1121H3478H6635H526529Moses said to his brother-in-law Hobab son of Jethro the Midianite, "We are about to start out for the place which the LORD said he would give us. He has promised to make Israel prosperous, so come with us, and we will share our prosperity with you."H4872H559H2246H1121H7467H4084H4872H2859H5265H4725H3068H559H5414H3212H2895H3068H1696H2896H347830Hobab answered, "No, I am going back to my native land."H559H3212H3212H776H413831"Please don't leave us," Moses said. "You know where we can camp in the wilderness, and you can be our guide.H559H5800H3651H3045H2583H4057H586932If you come with us, we will share with you all the blessings that the LORD gives us."H3212H2896H3068H3190H2895

The People Set Out

33When the people left Sinai, the holy mountain, they traveled three days. The LORD's Covenant Box always went ahead of them to find a place for them to camp.H5265H2022H3068H7969H3117H1870H727H1285H3068H5265H6440H7969H3117H1870H8446H449634As they moved on from each camp, the cloud of the LORD was over them by day.H6051H3068H3119H5265H426435Whenever the Covenant Box started out, Moses would say, "Arise, LORD; scatter your enemies and put to flight those who hate you!"H727H5265H4872H559H6965H3068H341H6327H8130H5127H644036And whenever it stopped, he would say, "Return, LORD, to the thousands of families of Israel."H5117H559H7725H3068H7233H505H3478