Bemiḏbar (Numbers) 10

Num 10:1 And יהוה spoke to Mosheh, saying,
Num 10:2 “Make two silver trumpets for yourself, make them of beaten
work. And you shall use them for calling the congregation and for breaking
camp.
Num 10:3 “And when they blow both of them, all the congregation shall
meet before you at the door of the Tent of Meeting.
Num 10:4 “And if they blow one, then the leaders, the heads of the thousands
of Yisra’ĕl, shall gather to you.
Num 10:5 “And when you blow a shout, the camps that lie on the east side
shall depart.
Num 10:6 “And when you blow a shout the second time, then the camps that
lie on the south side shall depart – they blow a shout for them to depart.
Num 10:7 “And when the assembly is to be assembled, you blow, but do not
shout.
Num 10:8 “And the sons of Aharon, the priests, blow with the trumpets. And
it shall be to you for a law forever throughout your generations.
Num 10:9 “And when you go into battle in your land against the enemy that
distresses you, then you shall shout with the trumpets, and you shall be
remembered before יהוה your Elohim, and you shall be saved from your
enemies.
Num 10:10 “And in the day of your gladness, and in your appointed times,
and at the beginning of your months, you shall blow the trumpets over your
burnt offerings and over your peace offerings. And they shall be a
remembrance for you before your Elohim. I am יהוה your Elohim.”
Num 10:11 And it came to be on the twentieth day of the second month, in
the second year, that the cloud was taken up from above the Dwelling Place
of the Witness.
Num 10:12 And the children of Yisra’ĕl departed, setting out from the
Wilderness of Sinai. And the cloud dwelt on it in the Wilderness of Paran.
Num 10:13 Thus they departed the first time, according to the command of
יהוה by the hand of Mosheh.
Num 10:14 And the banner of the camp of the children of Yehuḏah departed
first according to their divisions. And over their army was Naḥshon, son of
Amminaḏaḇ.
Num 10:15 And over the army of the tribe of the children of Yissasḵar was
Nethanĕ’l, son of Tsu‛ar.
Num 10:16 And over the army of the tribe of the children of Zeḇulun was
Eliyaḇ, son of Ḥĕlon.
Num 10:17 And the Dwelling Place was taken down. And the sons of
Gĕreshon and the sons of Merari departed, bearing the Dwelling Place.
Num 10:18 And the banner of the camp of Re’uḇĕn departed according to
their divisions. And over their army was Elitsur, son of Sheḏĕy’ur.
Num 10:19 And over the army of the tribe of the children of Shim‛on was
Shelumi’ĕl, son of Tsurishaddai.
Num 10:20 And over the army of the tribe of the children of Gaḏ was
Elyasaph, the son of Deu’ĕl.
Num 10:21 And the Qehathites departed, bearing the set-apart objects, while
the Dwelling Place was set up before they came.
Num 10:22 And the banner of the camp of the children of Ephrayim departed
according to their divisions. And over their army was Elishama, son of
Ammihuḏ.
Num 10:23 And over the army of the tribe of the children of Menashsheh
was Gamli’ĕl, son of Peḏahtsur.
Num 10:24 And over the army of the tribe of the children of Binyamin was
Aḇiḏan, son of Giḏ‛oni.
Num 10:25 Then the banner of the camp of the children of Dan, which
formed the rear guard of all the camps, departed according to their divisions.
And over their army was Aḥi‛ezer, son of Ammishaddai.
Num 10:26 And over the army of the tribe of the children of Ashĕr was
Paḡ‛i’ĕl, the son of Oḵran.
Num 10:27 And over the army of the tribe of the children of Naphtali was
Aḥira, the son of Ĕnan.
Num 10:28 Such was the order of setting out of the children of Yisra’ĕl,
according to their divisions, when they departed.
Num 10:29 And Mosheh said to Ḥoḇaḇ, the son of Re‛uw’ĕl the Miḏyanite,
Mosheh’s father-in-law, “We are setting out for the place of which יהוה said,
‘I give it to you.’ Come with us, and we shall do good to you, for יהוה has
spoken good concerning Yisra’ĕl.”
Num 10:30 And he replied to him, “I am not going, but I am going to my own
land and to my relatives.”
Num 10:31 Then he said, “Please do not leave us, because you know how
we are to camp in the wilderness, and you shall be our eyes.
Num 10:32 “And it shall be, when you go with us, then it shall be that
whatever good יהוה does to us, the same we shall do to you.”
Num 10:33 So they set out from the mountain of יהוה on a journey of three
days. And the ark of the covenant of יהוה went before them for the three days’
journey, to seek out a resting place for them.
Num 10:34 And the cloud of יהוה was above them by day when they went out
from the camp.
Num 10:35 And it came to be, whenever the ark set out, that Mosheh said,
“Rise up, O יהוה ! And let Your enemies be scattered, and let those who hate
You flee before You.”
Num 10:36 And when it rested, he said, “Return, O יהוה, to the countless
thousands of Yisra’ĕl.”