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Numbers 10 :: Revised Standard Version (RSV)

Num 10:1The LORD said to Moses,
Num 10:2"Make two silver trumpets; of hammered work you shall make them; and you shall use them for summoning the congregation, and for breaking camp.
Num 10:3And when both are blown, all the congregation shall gather themselves to you at the entrance of the tent of meeting.
Num 10:4But if they blow only one, then the leaders, the heads of the tribes of Israel, shall gather themselves to you.
Num 10:5When you blow an alarm, the camps that are on the east side shall set out.
Num 10:6And when you blow an alarm the second time, the camps that are on the south side shall set out. An alarm is to be blown whenever they are to set out.
Num 10:7But when the assembly is to be gathered together, you shall blow, but you shall not sound an alarm.
Num 10:8And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow the trumpets. The trumpets shall be to you for a perpetual statute throughout your generations.
Num 10:9And when you go to war in your land against the adversary who oppresses you, then you shall sound an alarm with the trumpets, that you may be remembered before the LORD your God, and you shall be saved from your enemies.
Num 10:10On the day of your gladness also, and at your appointed feasts, and at the beginnings of your months, you shall blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; they shall serve you for remembrance before your God: I am the LORD your God."

The Tribes Leave Sinai

Num 10:11In the second year, in the second month, on the twentieth day of the month, the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle of the testimony,
Num 10:12and the people of Israel set out by stages from the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud settled down in the wilderness of Paran.
Num 10:13They set out for the first time at the command of the LORD by Moses.
Num 10:14The standard of the camp of the men of Judah set out first by their companies; and over their host was Nahshon the son of Ammin'adab.
Num 10:15And over the host of the tribe of the men of Is'sachar was Nethan'el the son of Zu'ar.
Num 10:16And over the host of the tribe of the men of Zeb'ulun was Eli'ab the son of Helon.
Num 10:17And when the tabernacle was taken down, the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merar'i, who carried the tabernacle, set out.
Num 10:18And the standard of the camp of Reuben set out by their companies; and over their host was Eli'zur the son of Shed'eur.
Num 10:19And over the host of the tribe of the men of Simeon was Shelu'mi-el the son of Zurishad'dai.
Num 10:20And over the host of the tribe of the men of Gad was Eli'asaph the son of Deu'el.
Num 10:21Then the Ko'hathites set out, carrying the holy things, and the tabernacle was set up before their arrival.
Num 10:22And the standard of the camp of the men of E'phraim set out by their companies; and over their host was Eli'shama the son of Ammi'hud.
Num 10:23And over the host of the tribe of the men of Manas'seh was Gama'liel the son of Pedah'zur.
Num 10:24And over the host of the tribe of the men of Benjamin was Abi'dan the son of Gideo'ni.
Num 10:25Then the standard of the camp of the men of Dan, acting as the rear guard of all the camps, set out by their companies; and over their host was Ahie'zer the son of Ammishad'dai.
Num 10:26And over the host of the tribe of the men of Asher was Pa'giel the son of Ochran.
Num 10:27And over the host of the tribe of the men of Naph'tali was Ahi'ra the son of Enan.
Num 10:28This was the order of march of the people of Israel according to their hosts, when they set out.
Num 10:29And Moses said to Hobab the son of Reu'el the Mid'ianite, Moses' father-in-law, "We are setting out for the place of which the LORD said, 'I will give it to you'; come with us, and we will do you good; for the LORD has promised good to Israel."
Num 10:30But he said to him, "I will not go; I will depart to my own land and to my kindred."
Num 10:31And he said, "Do not leave us, I pray you, for you know how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and you will serve as eyes for us.
Num 10:32And if you go with us, whatever good the LORD will do to us, the same will we do to you."
Num 10:33So they set out from the mount of the LORD three days' journey; and the ark of the covenant of the LORD went before them three days' journey, to seek out a resting place for them.
Num 10:34And the cloud of the LORD was over them by day, whenever they set out from the camp.
Num 10:35And whenever the ark set out, Moses said, "Arise, O LORD, and let thy enemies be scattered; and let them that hate thee flee before thee."
Num 10:36And when it rested, he said, "Return, O LORD, to the ten thousand thousands of Israel."
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