The
Silver Trumpets
10:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
10:2 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.
10:3 And when they shall blow with them, all the assembly
shall assemble themselves to thee at the door of the
tabernacle of the congregation.
10:4 And if they blow but with one trumpet, then the
princes, which are heads of the thousands of Israel, shall
gather themselves unto thee.
10:5 When ye blow an alarm, then the camps that lie on the
east parts shall go forward.
10:6 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.
10:7 But when the congregation is to be gathered together,
ye shall blow, but ye shall not sound an alarm.
10:8 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.
10:9 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.
10:10 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 Leave
Sinai
10:11 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.
10:12 And the children of Israel took their journeys out of
the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud rested in the
wilderness of Paran.
10:13 And they first took their journey according to the
commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses.
10:14 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 Amminadab.
10:15 And over the host of the tribe of the children of
Issachar was Nethaneel the son of Zuar.
10:16 And over the host of the tribe of the children of
Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon.
10:17 And the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of
Gershon and the sons of Merari set forward, bearing the
tabernacle.
10:18 And the standard of the camp of Reuben set forward
according to their armies: and over his host was Elizur the
son of Shedeur.
10:19 And over the host of the tribe of the children of
Simeon was Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
10:20 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Gad
was Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
10:21 And the Kohathites set forward, bearing the
sanctuary: and the other did set up the tabernacle against
they came.
10:22 And the standard of the camp of the children of
Ephraim set forward according to their armies: and over his
host was Elishama the son of Ammihud.
10:23 And over the host of the tribe of the children of
Manasseh was Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
10:24 And over the host of the tribe of the children of
Benjamin was Abidan the son of Gideoni.
10:25 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 Ahiezer the
son of Ammishaddai.
10:26 And over the host of the tribe of the children of
Asher was Pagiel the son of Ocran.
10:27 And over the host of the tribe of the children of
Naphtali was Ahira the son of Enan.
10:28 Thus were the journeyings of the children of Israel
according to their armies, when they set forward.
10:29 And Moses said unto Hobab, the son of Raguel the
Midianite, 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.
10:30 And he said unto him, I will not go; but I will
depart to mine own land, and to my kindred.
10:31 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.
10:32 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.
10:33 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.
10:34 And the cloud of the LORD was upon them by day, when
they went out of the camp.
10:35 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.
10:36 And when it rested, he said, Return, O LORD, unto the
many thousands of Israel.
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