Numbers 10

The Silver Trumpets
1	And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
2	Make thee two trumpets of silver; of a whole piece shalt thou make them: that thou mayest use them for the calling of the assembly, and for the journeying of the camps.
3	And when they shall blow with them, all the assembly shall assemble themselves to thee at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
4	And if they blow but with one trumpet, then the princes, which are heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves unto thee.
5	When ye blow an alarm, then the camps that lie on the east parts shall go forward.
6	When ye blow an alarm the second time, then the camps that lie on the south side shall take their journey: they shall blow an alarm for their journeys.
7	But when the congregation is to be gathered together, ye shall blow, but ye shall not sound an alarm.
8	And 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.
9	And if ye go to war in your land against the enemy that oppresseth you, then ye shall blow an alarm with the trumpets; and ye shall be remembered before the LORD your God, and ye shall be saved from your enemies.
10	Also in the day of your gladness, and in your solemn days, and in 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.
The Israelites Depart from Sinai
11	¶ And it came to pass on the twentieth day of the second month, in the second year, that the cloud was taken up from off the tabernacle of the testimony.
12	And the children of Israel took their journeys out of the wilderness of Si’nai; and the cloud rested in the wilderness of Paran.
13	And they first took their journey according to the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses.
14	In the first place went the standard of the camp of the children of Judah according to their armies: and over his host was Nahshon the son of Ammin’adab.
15	And over the host of the tribe of the children of Is’sachar was Nethan’e-el the son of Zu’ar.
16	And over the host of the tribe of the children of Zeb’ulun was Eli’ab the son of Helon.
17	¶ And the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Mera’ri set forward, bearing the tabernacle.
18	And the standard of the camp of Reuben set forward according to their armies: and over his host was Eli’zur the son of Shede’ur.
19	And over the host of the tribe of the children of Simeon was Shelu’mi-el the son of Zurishad’dai.
20	And over the host of the tribe of the children of Gad was Eli’asaph the son of Deu’el.
21	¶ And the Ko’hathites set forward, bearing the sanctuary: and the other did set up the tabernacle against they came.
22	And the standard of the camp of the children of E’phra-im set forward according to their armies: and over his host was Elish’ama the son of Ammi’hud.
23	And over the host of the tribe of the children of Manas’seh was Gama’li-el the son of Pedah’zur.
24	And over the host of the tribe of the children of Benjamin was Ab’idan the son of Gide-o’ni.
25	¶ And the standard of the camp of the children of Dan set forward, which was the rearward of all the camps throughout their hosts: and over his host was Ahi-e’zer the son of Ammishad’dai.
26	And over the host of the tribe of the children of Asher was Pag’i-el the son of Ocran.
27	And over the host of the tribe of the children of Naph’tali was Ahi’ra the son of Enan.
28	Thus were the journeyings of the children of Israel according to their armies, when they set forward.
29	¶ And Moses said unto Hobab, the son of Ragu’el the Mid’i-anite, Moses’ father-in-law, We are journeying unto the place of which the LORD said, I will give it you: come thou with us, and we will do thee good: for the LORD hath spoken good concerning Israel.
30	And he said unto him, I will not go; but I will depart to mine own land, and to my kindred. Ex. 18.27
31	And 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 instead of eyes.
32	And it shall be, if thou go with us, yea, it shall be, that what goodness the LORD shall do unto us, the same will we do unto thee.
33	¶ And they departed from the mount of the LORD three days’ journey: and the ark of the covenant of the LORD went before them in the three days’ journey, to search out a resting place for them.
34	And the cloud of the LORD was upon them by day, when they went out of the camp.
35	¶ And it came to pass, when the ark set forward, that Moses said, Rise up, LORD, and let thine enemies be scattered; and let them that hate thee flee before thee. Ps. 68.1
36	And when it rested, he said, Return, O LORD, unto the many thousands of Israel.

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