Numbers Chapter 10

Numbers Chapter 10
1 And the Lord spake unto Moses,
saying,
2 Make thee two trumpets of silver: of
an whole piece shalt thou make them,
that thou mayest use them for the
assembling of the congregation, and for
the departure of the camp.
3 And when they shall blow with them,
all the congregation shall assemble to
thee before the door of the tabernacle of
the congregation.
4 But if they blow with one, then the
princes, or heads over the thousands of
Israel shall come unto thee.
5 But if ye blow an alarm, then the camp
of them that pitch on the east part, shall
go forward.
6 If ye blow an alarm the second time,
then the host of them that lie on the south
side shall march: for they shall blow an
alarm when they remove. 7 But in
assembling the congregation, ye shall
blow without an alarm. 8 And the sons
of Aaron the priest shall blow the
trumpets, and ye shall have them as a
law forever in your generations.
9 And when ye go to war in your land
against the enemy that vexeth you, ye
shall blow an alarm with the trumpets,
and ye shall be remembered before the
Lord your God, and shall be saved from
your enemies.
10 Also in the day of your gladness, and
in your feast days, and in the beginning
of your months, ye shall also blow the
trumpets over your burnt sacrifices, and
over your peace offerings, that they may
be a remembrance for you before your
God: I am the Lord your God.
11 And in the second year, in the second
month, and in the twentieth day of the
month the cloud was taken up from the
tabernacle of the testimony. 12 And the
children of Israel departed on their
journeys out of the desert of Sinai, and
the cloud rested in the wilderness of
Paran.
13 So they first took their journey at the
commandment of the Lord, by the hand
of Moses.
14 In the first place went the standard of
the host of the children of Judah,
according to their armies: and Nahshon
the son of Amminadab was over his
band.
15 And over the band of the tribe of the
children of Issachar was Nethanel the
son of Zuar.
16 And over the band of the tribe of the
children of Zebulun was Eliab the son of
Helon.
17 When the tabernacle was taken down,
then the sons of Gershon, and the sons of
Merari went forward bearing the
tabernacle.
18 After, departed the standard of the
host of Reuben according to their
armies, and over his band was Elizur the
son of Shedeur. 19 And over the band of
the tribe of the children of Simeon was
Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
20 And over the band of the tribe of the
children of Gad was Eliasaph the son of
Deuel.
21 The Kohathites also went forward
and bear the sanctuary, and the former
did set up the tabernacle against they
came. 22 Then the standard of the host of
the children of Ephraim went forward
according to their armies, and over his
band was Elishama the son of Ammihud.
23 And over the band of the tribe of the
sons of Manasseh was Gamaliel the son
of Pedahzur.
24 And over the band of the tribe of the
sons of Benjamin was Abidan the son of
Gideoni.
25 Last, the standard of the host of the
children of Dan marched, gathering all
the hosts according to their armies: and
over his band was Ahiezer the son of
Ammishaddai.
26 And over the band of the tribe of the
children of Asher was Pagiel the son of
Ocran.
27 And over the band of the tribe of the
children of Naphtali was Ahira the son
of Enan.
28 These were the removings of the
children of Israel according to their
armies, when they marched.
29 After, Moses said unto Hobab the son
of Raguel [Jethro] the Midianite, the
father in law of Moses, We go into 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
promised good unto Israel.
30 And he answered him, I will not go:
but I will depart to mine own country,
and to my kindred.
31 Then he said, I pray thee, leave us
not: for thou knowest our camping
places in the wilderness: therefore thou
mayest be our guide.
32 And if thou go with us, what
goodness the Lord shall show unto us,
the same will we show unto thee.
33 So 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 when the ark went forward,
Moses said, Rise up, Lord, and let thine
enemies be scattered, and let them that
hate thee, flee before thee. 36 And when
it rested, he said, Return, O Lord, to the
many thousands of Israel.