Numbers Chapter 10 (NIV)

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undefined The Silver TrumpetsThe Lord said to Moses:

undefined “Make two trumpets of hammered silver, and use them for calling the community together and for having the camps set out.

undefined When both are sounded, the whole community is to assemble before you at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

undefined If only one is sounded, the leaders—the heads of the clans of Israel—are to assemble before you.

undefined When a trumpet blast is sounded, the tribes camping on the east are to set out.

undefined At the sounding of a second blast, the camps on the south are to set out. The blast will be the signal for setting out.

undefined To gather the assembly, blow the trumpets, but not with the same signal.

undefined “The sons of Aaron, the priests, are to blow the trumpets. This is to be a lasting ordinance for you and the generations to come.

undefined When you go into battle in your own land against an enemy who is oppressing you, sound a blast on the trumpets. Then you will be remembered by the Lord your God and rescued from your enemies.

undefined Also at your times of rejoicing—your appointed feasts and New Moon festivals—you are to sound the trumpets over your burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, and they will be a memorial for you before your God. I am the Lord your God.”

undefined The Israelites Leave SinaiOn the twentieth day of the second month of the second year, the cloud lifted from above the tabernacle of the Testimony.

undefined Then the Israelites set out from the Desert of Sinai and traveled from place to place until the cloud came to rest in the Desert of Paran.

undefined They set out, this first time, at the Lord’s command through Moses.

undefined The divisions of the camp of Judah went first, under their standard. Nahshon son of Amminadab was in command.

undefined Nethanel son of Zuar was over the division of the tribe of Issachar,

undefined and Eliab son of Helon was over the division of the tribe of Zebulun.

undefined Then the tabernacle was taken down, and the Gershonites and Merarites, who carried it, set out.

undefined The divisions of the camp of Reuben went next, under their standard. Elizur son of Shedeur was in command.

undefined Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai was over the division of the tribe of Simeon,

undefined and Eliasaph son of Deuel was over the division of the tribe of Gad.

undefined Then the Kohathites set out, carrying the holy things. The tabernacle was to be set up before they arrived.

undefined The divisions of the camp of Ephraim went next, under their standard. Elishama son of Ammihud was in command.

undefined Gamaliel son of Pedahzur was over the division of the tribe of Manasseh,

undefined and Abidan son of Gideoni was over the division of the tribe of Benjamin.

undefined Finally, as the rear guard for all the units, the divisions of the camp of Dan set out, under their standard. Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai was in command.

undefined Pagiel son of Ocran was over the division of the tribe of Asher,

undefined and Ahira son of Enan was over the division of the tribe of Naphtali.

undefined This was the order of march for the Israelite divisions as they set out.

undefined Now Moses said to Hobab son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses’ father-in-law, “We are setting out for the place about which the Lord said, ‘I will give it to you.’ Come with us and we will treat you well, for the Lord has promised good things to Israel.”

undefined He answered, “No, I will not go; I am going back to my own land and my own people.”

undefined But Moses said, “Please do not leave us. You know where we should camp in the desert, and you can be our eyes.

undefined If you come with us, we will share with you whatever good things the Lord gives us.”

undefined So they set out from the mountain of the Lord and traveled for three days. The ark of the covenant of the Lord went before them during those three days to find them a place to rest.

undefined The cloud of the Lord was over them by day when they set out from the camp.

undefined Whenever the ark set out, Moses said,“Rise up, O Lord!May your enemies be scattered;may your foes flee before you.”

undefined Whenever it came to rest, he said,“Return, O Lord,to the countless thousands of Israel.”

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