Numbers 10

1 And the Lord said to Moses,

And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

2 Make two silver horns of hammered work, to be used for getting the people together and to give the sign for the moving of the tents.

'Make to thee two trumpets of silver; beaten work thou dost make them, and they have been to thee for the convocation of the company, and for the journeying of the camps;

3 When they are sounded, all the people are to come together to you at the door of the Tent of meeting.

and they have blown with them, and all the company have met together unto thee, unto the opening of the tent of meeting.

4 If only one of them is sounded, then the chiefs, the heads of the thousands of Israel, are to come to you.

And if with one they blow, then have the princes, heads of the thousands of Israel, met together unto thee;

5 When a loud note is sounded, the tents placed on the east side are to go forward.

'And ye have blown — a shout, and the camps which are encamping eastward have journeyed.

6 At the sound of a second loud note, the tents on the south side are to go forward: the loud note will be the sign to go forward.

'And ye have blown — a second shout, and the camps which are encamping southward have journeyed; a shout they blow for their journeys.

7 But when all the people are to come together, the horn is to be sounded but not loudly.

'And in the assembling of the assembly ye blow, and do not shout;

8 The horns are to be sounded by the sons of Aaron, the priests; this is to be a law for you for ever, from generation to generation.

and sons of Aaron, the priests, blow with the trumpets; and they have been to you for a statute age-during to your generations.

9 And if you go to war in your land against any who do you wrong, then let the loud note of the horn be sounded; and the Lord your God will keep you in mind and give you salvation from those who are against you.

'And when ye go into battle in your land against the adversary who is distressing you, then ye have shouted with the trumpets, and ye have been remembered before Jehovah your God, and ye have been saved from your enemies.

10 And on days of joy and on your regular feasts and on the first day of every month, let the horns be sounded over your burned offerings and your peace-offerings; and they will put the Lord in mind of you: I am the Lord your God.

'And in the day of your gladness, and in your appointed seasons, and in the beginnings of your months, ye have blown also with the trumpets over your burnt-offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace-offerings, and they have been to you for a memorial before your God; I, Jehovah, [am] your God.'

11 Now in the second year, on the twentieth day of the second month, the cloud was taken up from over the Tent of witness.

And it cometh to pass — in the second year, in the second month, in the twentieth of the month — the cloud hath gone up from off the tabernacle of the testimony,

12 And the children of Israel went on their journey out of the waste land of Sinai; and the cloud came to rest in the waste land of Paran.

and the sons of Israel journey in their journeyings from the wilderness of Sinai, and the cloud doth tabernacle in the wilderness of Paran;

13 They went forward for the first time on their journey as the Lord had given orders by the hand of Moses.

and they journey at first, by the command of Jehovah, in the hand of Moses.

14 First the flag of the children of Judah went forward with their armies: and at the head of his army was Nahshon, the son of Amminadab.

And the standard of the camp of the sons of Judah journeyeth in the first [place], by their hosts, and over its host [is] Nahshon son of Amminadab.

15 And at the head of the army of the children of Issachar was Nethanel, the son of Zuar.

And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Issachar [is] Nathaneel son of Zuar.

16 And at the head of the army of the children of Zebulun was Eliab, the son of Helon.

And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Zebulun [is] Eliab son of Helon;

17 Then the House was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari, who were responsible for moving the House, went forward.

And the tabernacle hath been taken down, and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari have journeyed, bearing the tabernacle.

18 Then the flag of the children of Reuben went forward with their armies: and at the head of his army was Elizur, the son of Shedeur.

And the standard of the camp of Reuben hath journeyed, by their hosts, and over its host [is] Elizur son of Shedeur.

19 And at the head of the army of the children of Simeon was Shelumiel, the son of Zurishaddai.

And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Simeon [is] Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai.

20 At the head of the army of the children of Gad was Eliasaph, the son of Reuel.

And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Gad [is] Eliasaph son of Deuel;

21 Then the Kohathites went forward with the holy place; the others put up the House ready for their coming.

And the Kohathites have journeyed, bearing the tabernacle, and the [others] have raised up the tabernacle until their coming in.

22 Then the flag of the children of Ephraim went forward with their armies: and at the head of his army was Elishama, the son of Ammihud.

And the standard of the camp of the sons of Ephraim hath journeyed, by their hosts, and over its host [is] Elishama son of Ammihud.

23 At the head of the army of the children of Manasseh was Gamaliel, the son of Pedahzur.

And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Manasseh [is] Gamalial son of Pedahzur.

24 At the head of the army of the children of Benjamin was Abidan, the son of Gideoni.

And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Benjamin [is] Abidan son of Gideoni.

25 And the flag of the children of Dan, whose tents were moved last of all, went forward with their armies: and at the head of his army was Ahiezer, the son of Ammishaddai.

And the standard of the camp of the sons of Dan hath journeyed (rearward to all the camps), by their hosts, and over its host [is] Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai.

26 At the head of the army of the children of Asher was Pagiel, the son of Ochran.

And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Asher [is] Pagiel son of Ocran.

27 And at the head of the army of the children of Naphtali was Ahira, the son of Enan.

And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Naphtali [is] Ahira son of Enan.

28 This was the order in which the children of Israel were journeying by armies; so they went forward.

These [are] journeyings of the sons of Israel by their hosts — and they journey.

29 Then Moses said to Hobab, the son of his father-in-law Reuel the Midianite, We are journeying to that place of which the Lord has said, I will give it to you: so come with us, and it will be for your profit: for the Lord has good things in store for Israel.

And Moses saith to Hobab son of Raguel the Midianite, father-in-law of Moses, 'We are journeying unto the place of which Jehovah hath said, I give it to you; go with us, and we have done good to thee; for Jehovah hath spoken good concerning Israel.'

30 But he said, I will not go with you, I will go back to the land of my birth and to my relations.

And he saith unto him, 'I do not go; but unto my land and unto my kindred do I go.'

31 And he said, Do not go from us; for you will be eyes for us, guiding us to the right places in the waste land to put up our tents.

And he saith, 'I pray thee, forsake us not, because thou hast known our encamping in the wilderness, and thou hast been to us for eyes;

32 And if you come with us, we will give you a part in whatever good the Lord does for us.

and it hath come to pass when thou goest with us, yea, it hath come to pass — that good which Jehovah doth kindly with us — it we have done kindly to thee.'

33 So they went forward three days' journey from the mountain of the Lord; and the ark of the Lord's agreement went three days' journey before them, looking for a resting-place for them;

And they journey from the mount of Jehovah a journey of three days; and the ark of the covenant of Jehovah is journeying before them the journey of three days, to spy out for them a resting-place;

34 And by day the cloud of the Lord went over them, when they went forward from the place where they had put up their tents.

and the cloud of Jehovah [is] on them by day, in their journeying from the camp.

35 And when the ark went forward Moses said, Come up, O Lord, and let the armies of those who are against you be broken, and let your haters go in flight before you.

And it cometh to pass in the journeying of the ark, that Moses saith, 'Rise, O Jehovah, and Thine enemies are scattered, and those hating Thee flee from Thy presence.'

36 And when it came to rest, he said, Take rest, O Lord, and give a blessing to the families of Israel.

And in its resting he saith, 'Return, O Jehovah, [to] the myriads, the thousands of Israel.'