1 GLT And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, BSB BSB: Then the LORD said to Moses,
2 GLT “Make for you two trumpets of silver. You shall make them hammered work, and they shall be for you for the calling of the congregation and for pulling up the camps, BSB BSB: “Make two trumpets of hammered silver to be used for calling the congregation and for having the camps set out.
3 GLT and they shall blow them and they shall congregate themselves to you, all the congregation, to the opening of the tent of meeting. BSB BSB: When both are sounded, the whole congregation is to assemble before you at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
4 GLT And if they blow one, then the leaders, the heads of the thousands of Israel, shall congregate themselves to you, BSB BSB: But if only one is sounded, then the leaders, the heads of the clans of Israel, are to gather before you.
5 GLT and you shall blow a blast and the camps camping to the east shall set out, BSB BSB: When you sound short blasts, the camps that lie on the east side are to set out.
6 GLT and you shall blow a second blast and the camps camping to the south shall set out. They shall blow a blast for their setting out, 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 GLT and when assembling the assembly, you shall blow but you shall not blast. BSB BSB: To convene the assembly, you are to sound long blasts, not short ones.
8 GLT And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow the trumpets, and it shall be for you for a statute forever, for 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 GLT And when you enter battle in your land against the opponents who oppose you, then you shall blast the trumpets, and you shall be remembered before the face of Yahweh your God, and you shall be saved from 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 GLT And on a day of your joy and at your appointed times and at the heads of your months, then you shall blow the trumpets with your burnt offerings and with the sacrifices of your peace offerings, and it will be for you for a memorial before the face of your God. I am Yahweh 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.”
11 GLT And it happened that in the second year, in the second month, on 20 in the month, the cloud was taken up from above the dwelling of the testimony. 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 GLT and they set out at the first in accordance with the mouth of Yahweh by the hand of Moses. BSB BSB: They set out this first time according to the LORD’s command through Moses.
14 GLT And the banner of the camp of the sons of Judah set out at the first according to their armies: and over his army was Nahson the son of Amminadab, BSB BSB: First, the divisions of the camp of Judah set out under their standard, with Nahshon son of Amminadab in command.
15 GLT and over the army of the tribe of the sons of Issachar was Nethanel the son of Zuar, BSB BSB: Nethanel son of Zuar was over the division of the tribe of Issachar,
16 GLT and over the army of the tribe of the sons of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon. BSB BSB: and Eliab son of Helon was over the division of the tribe of Zebulun.
17 GLT And the dwelling was taken down, and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari, the lifters of the dwelling, set out. BSB BSB: Then the tabernacle was taken down, and the Gershonites and the Merarites set out, transporting it.
18 GLT And the banner of the tribe of Reuben set out according to their armies: and over his company was Elizur the son of Shedeur, BSB BSB: Then the divisions of the camp of Reuben set out under their standard, with Elizur son of Shedeur in command.
19 GLT and over the army of the tribe of the sons of Simeon was Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai, BSB BSB: Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai was over the division of the tribe of Simeon,
20 GLT and over the army of the tribe of the sons of Gad was Eliasaph the son of Deuel. BSB BSB: and Eliasaph son of Deuel was over the division of the tribe of Gad.
21 GLT And the Kohathites, lifters of the holy place, set out, and they raised up the dwelling until their coming. BSB BSB: Then the Kohathites set out, transporting the holy objects; the tabernacle was to be set up before their arrival.
22 GLT And the banner of the camp of the sons of Ephraim set out according to their armies, and over his army was Elishama the son of Ammihud, BSB BSB: Next, the divisions of the camp of Ephraim set out under their standard, with Elishama son of Ammihud in command.
23 GLT and over the army of the tribe of the sons of Manasseh was Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur, BSB BSB: Gamaliel son of Pedahzur was over the division of the tribe of Manasseh,
24 GLT and over the army of the tribe of the sons of Benjamin was Abidan the son of Gideoni. BSB BSB: and Abidan son of Gideoni was over the division of the tribe of Benjamin.
25 GLT And the banner of the camp of the sons of Dan, gatherer for all the camps according to their armies, set out, and over his army was Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. 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 GLT And over the army of the tribe of the sons of Asher was Pagiel the son of Okran, BSB BSB: Pagiel son of Ocran was over the division of the tribe of Asher,
27 GLT and over the army of the tribe of the sons of Naphtali was Ahira the son of Enan. BSB BSB: and Ahira son of Enan was over the division of the tribe of Naphtali.
28 GLT These were the tribes of the sons of Israel according to their armies. And they set out. BSB BSB: This was the order of march for the Israelite divisions as they set out.
29 GLT And Moses said to Hobab, the son of Reuel the Midianite, the father- in- law of Moses,“We are about to set out to the place that Yahweh said,‘I shall give it to you.’ Go with us, and we will do good to you. For Yahweh has spoken good for 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 GLT And he said to him,“I will not go, but I will go to my land and to my family.” BSB BSB: “I will not go,” Hobab replied. “Instead, I am going back to my own land and my own people.”
31 GLT And he said,“Please do not leave us! Because you know our camping in the wilderness, and you could be for eyes for us. 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 GLT And it will happen that if you go with us, then it will happen that that good which Yahweh shall do good with us, even we will do good to you.” BSB BSB: If you come with us, we will share with you whatever good things the LORD gives us.”
33 GLT And they set out from the mountain of Yahweh a road of three days, and the box of the covenant of Yahweh was setting out before the face of them a road of three days, to seek out for them a resting place, 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 GLT and the cloud of Yahweh was over them by day when they set out from the camp. BSB BSB: And the cloud of the LORD was over them by day when they set out from the camp.
35 GLT And it happened, when the box set out, that Moses said,“Rise up, Yahweh, and your enemies will be scattered, and those who hate you will flee from your 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 GLT And when it rested, he said,“Return, Yahweh, to the multitudes of the thousands of Israel.” BSB BSB: And when it came to rest, he would say: “Return, O LORD, to the countless thousands of Israel.”
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