The Two Silver Trumpets 1 DRA And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: BSB BSB: Then the LORD said to Moses,
2 DRA Make thee two trumpets of beaten silver, wherewith thou mayest call together the multitude when the camp is to be removed. BSB BSB: “Make two trumpets of hammered silver to be used for calling the congregation and for having the camps set out.
3 DRA And when thou shalt sound the trumpets, all the multitude shall gather unto thee to the door of the tabernacle of the covenant. BSB BSB: When both are sounded, the whole congregation is to assemble before you at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
4 DRA If thou sound but once, the princes and the heads of the multitude of Israel shall come to thee. BSB BSB: But if only one is sounded, then the leaders, the heads of the clans of Israel, are to gather before you.
5 DRA But if the sound of the trumpets be longer, and with interruptions, they that are on the east side, shall first go forward. BSB BSB: When you sound short blasts, the camps that lie on the east side are to set out.
6 DRA And at the second sounding and like noise of the trumpet, they who lie on the south side shall take up their tents. And after this manner shall the rest do, when the trumpets shall sound for a march. BSB BSB: When you sound the short blasts a second time, the camps that lie on the south side are to set out. The blasts are to signal them to set out.
7 DRA But when the people is to be gathered together, the sound of the trumpets shall be plain, and they shall not make a broken sound. BSB BSB: To convene the assembly, you are to sound long blasts, not short ones.
8 DRA And the sons of Aaron the priest shall sound the trumpets: and this shall be an ordinance for ever in your generations. BSB BSB: The sons of Aaron, the priests, are to sound the trumpets. This shall be a permanent statute for you and the generations to come.
9 DRA If you go forth to war out of your land against the enemies that fight against you, you shall sound aloud with the trumpets, and there shall be a remembrance of you before the Lord your God, that you may be delivered out of the hands of your enemies. BSB BSB: When you enter into battle in your land against an adversary who attacks you, sound short blasts on the trumpets, and you will be remembered before the LORD your God and saved from your enemies.
10 DRA If at any time you shall have a banquet, and on your festival days, and on the first days of your months, you shall sound the trumpets over the holocausts, and the sacrifices of peace offerings, that they may be to you for a remembrance of your God. I am the Lord your God. BSB BSB: And on your joyous occasions, your appointed feasts, and the beginning of each month, you are to blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings and peace offerings to serve as a reminder for you before your God. I am the LORD your God.”
From Sinai to Paran 11 DRA The second year, in the second month, the twentieth day of the month, the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle of the covenant. BSB BSB: On the twentieth day of the second month of the second year, the cloud was lifted from above the tabernacle of the Testimony,
13 DRA And the first went forward according to the commandment of the Lord by the hand of Moses. BSB BSB: They set out this first time according to the LORD’s command through Moses.
14 DRA The sons of Juda by their troops: whose prince was Nahasson the son of Aminadab. BSB BSB: First, the divisions of the camp of Judah set out under their standard, with Nahshon son of Amminadab in command.
15 DRA In the tribe of the sons of Issachar, the prince was Nathanael the son of Suar. BSB BSB: Nethanel son of Zuar was over the division of the tribe of Issachar,
16 DRA In the tribe of Zabulon, the prince was Eliab the son of Helon. BSB BSB: and Eliab son of Helon was over the division of the tribe of Zebulun.
17 DRA And the tabernacle was taken down, and the sons of Gerson and Merari set forward, bearing it. BSB BSB: Then the tabernacle was taken down, and the Gershonites and the Merarites set out, transporting it.
18 DRA And the sons of Ruben also marched, by their troops and ranks, whose prince was Helisur the son of Sedeur. BSB BSB: Then the divisions of the camp of Reuben set out under their standard, with Elizur son of Shedeur in command.
19 DRA And in the tribe of Simeon, the prince was Salamiel the son of Surisaddai. BSB BSB: Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai was over the division of the tribe of Simeon,
20 DRA And in the tribe of Cad, the prince was Eliasaph the son of Duel. BSB BSB: and Eliasaph son of Deuel was over the division of the tribe of Gad.
21 DRA Then the Caathites also marched carrying the sanctuary. So long was the tabernacle carried, till they same to the place of setting it up. BSB BSB: Then the Kohathites set out, transporting the holy objects; the tabernacle was to be set up before their arrival.
22 DRA The sons of Ephraim also moved their camp by their troops, in whose army the prince was Elisama the son of Ammiud. BSB BSB: Next, the divisions of the camp of Ephraim set out under their standard, with Elishama son of Ammihud in command.
23 DRA And in the tribe of the sons of Manasses, the prince was Gamaliel the son of Phadassur. BSB BSB: Gamaliel son of Pedahzur was over the division of the tribe of Manasseh,
24 DRA And in the tribe of Benjamin, the prince was Abidan the son of Gedeon. BSB BSB: and Abidan son of Gideoni was over the division of the tribe of Benjamin.
25 DRA The last of all the camp marched the sons of Dan by their troops, in whose army the prince was Ahiezer the son of Ammisaddai. BSB BSB: Finally, the divisions of the camp of Dan set out under their standard, serving as the rear guard for all units, with Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai in command.
26 DRA And in the tribe of the sons of Aser, the prince was Phegiel the son of Ochran. BSB BSB: Pagiel son of Ocran was over the division of the tribe of Asher,
27 DRA And in the tribe of the sons of Nephtali, the prince was Ahira the son of Enan. BSB BSB: and Ahira son of Enan was over the division of the tribe of Naphtali.
28 DRA This was the order of the camps, and marches of the children of Israel by their troops, when they set forward. BSB BSB: This was the order of march for the Israelite divisions as they set out.
29 DRA And Moses said to Hobab the son of Raguel the Madianite, his kinsman: We are going towards the place which the Lord will give us: come with us, that we may do thee good: for the Lord hath promised good things to Israel. BSB BSB: Then Moses said to Hobab, the son of Moses’ father-in-law Reuel the Midianite, “We are setting out for the place of 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.”
30 DRA But he answered him: I will not go with thee, but I will return to my country, wherein I was born. BSB BSB: “I will not go,” Hobab replied. “Instead, I am going back to my own land and my own people.”
31 DRA And he said: Do not leave us: for thou knowest in what places we should encamp in the wilderness, and thou shalt be our guide. BSB BSB: “Please do not leave us,” Moses said, “since you know where we should camp in the wilderness, and you can serve as our eyes.
32 DRA And if thou comest with us, we will give thee what is the best of the riches which the Lord shall deliver to us. BSB BSB: If you come with us, we will share with you whatever good things the LORD gives us.”
33 DRA So they marched from the mount of the Lord three days’ journey, and the ark of the covenant of the Lord went before them, for three days providing a place for the camp. BSB BSB: So they set out on a three-day journey from the mountain of the LORD, with the ark of the covenant of the LORD traveling ahead of them for those three days to seek a resting place for them.
34 DRA The cloud also of the Lord was over them by day when they marched. BSB BSB: And the cloud of the LORD was over them by day when they set out from the camp.
35 DRA And when the ark was lifted up, Moses said: Arise, O Lord, and let thy enemies be scattered, and let them that hate thee, flee from before thy face. BSB BSB: Whenever the ark set out, Moses would say, “Rise up, O LORD! May Your enemies be scattered; may those who hate You flee before You.”
36 DRA And when it was set down, he said: Return, O Lord, to the multitude of the host of Israel. BSB BSB: And when it came to rest, he would say: “Return, O LORD, to the countless thousands of Israel.”