Numbers 10

¹ Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying: ² "Make for yourself two bugles of silver. Out of a stiff shell shall you make them. And they will become yours for the calling of the congregation and for the journeying of the camps. ³ When they blow long on both of them, then the whole congregation will congregate with you at the opening of the tent of appointment. ⁴ Yet should they blow long on just one, then the princes, heads of the thousands of Israel, will congregate with you. ⁵ When you blow a short blast then the camps encamping eastward will journey. ⁶ When you blow the second blast then the camps encamping southward will journey. When you blow the third blast then the camps encamping westward will journey. When you blow the fourth blast then the camps encamping northward will journey. Short blasts shall they blow for their decampings; ⁷ yet when the assembly is to assemble you shall blow long and not sound short blasts. ⁸ The sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow the bugles. And they will be to you as an eonian statute throughout your generations. ⁹ In case you enter a war in your land with the foe who is distressing you then you will blast on the bugles, and you will be remembered before Yahweh your Elohim, and you will be saved from your enemies. ¹⁰ And in the day of your rejoicing, in your appointments and at the beginnings of your months you will blow on bugles over your ascent offerings and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; and they will be to you for a memorial before your Elohim. I, Yahweh, am your Elohim." ¹¹ It came to be in the second year, in the second month on the twentieth of the month that the cloud was taken up off the tabernacle of the testimony. ¹² So the sons of Israel decamped for their journeys from the wilderness of Sinai, until the cloud tabernacled in the wilderness of Paran. ¹³ Thus they decamped for the first time at the bidding of Yahweh by means of Moses. ¹⁴ The standard of the camp of the sons of Judah decamped first by their militia hosts; and over his host was Nahshon son of Amminadab. ¹⁵ Over the host of the stock of the sons of Issachar was Nathanael son of Zuar. ¹⁶ And over the host of the stock of the sons of Zebulun was Eliab son of Helon. ¹⁷ Then the tabernacle was taken down, and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari decamped, the carriers of the tabernacle. ¹⁸ Next the standard of the camp of Reuben decamped by their militia hosts; and over his host was Elizur son of Shedeur. ¹⁹ Over the host of the stock of the sons of Simeon was Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai. ²⁰ And over the host of the stock of the sons of Gad was Eliasaph son of Reuel. ²¹ Then the Kohathites decamped, the carriers of the holy things. (The others would set up the tabernacle previous to their coming.) ²² The standard of the camp of the sons of Ephraim decamped by their militia hosts; and over his host was Elishama son of Ammihud. ²³ Over the host of the stock of the sons of Manasseh was Gamaliel son of Pedahzur. ²⁴ And over the host of the stock of the sons of Benjamin was Abidan son of Gideoni. ²⁵ Then the standard of the camp of the sons of Dan decamped as rear guard for all the camps by their militia hosts; and over his host was Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai. ²⁶ Over the host of the stock of the sons of Asher was Pagiel son of Ocran. ²⁷ And over the host of the stock of the sons of Naphtali was Ahira son of Enan. ²⁸ This was the order for the journey of the sons of Israel by their militia hosts when they journeyed on. ²⁹ Moses said to Hobab son of Reuel the Midianite, father-in-law of Moses: "We are journeying to the place of which Yahweh said: It shall I give to you. Go with us and we will do good to you, for Yahweh has pronounced good things for Israel." ³⁰ Yet he said to him: "I shall not go, but rather to my land and to my kindred shall I go." ³¹ Then he said: "Do not, I pray, forsake us, because you know where we are to encamp in the wilderness you will be as eyes for us. ³² And it will come to be in case you go with us, when that good comes by which Yahweh shall do good to us, we also will do good to you." ³³ They journeyed from the mount of Yahweh a way of three days while the coffer of the covenant of Yahweh was journeying before them a way of three days to explore a resting place for them. ³⁴ And the cloud of Yahweh was over them by day on their journey from the camp. ³⁵ It came to be whenever the coffer journeyed Moses said: "Arise, Yahweh, that Your enemies may scatter and those hating You may flee from Your presence." ³⁶ And whenever it stopped he said: "Dwell, Yahweh, with the myriads of Israel's thousands."