Numbers 10:1-24

¹And the Lord spoke unto Moses, saying,

²Make unto thyself two trumpets of silver, beaten out of one piece shalt thou make them; and they shall serve thee for the calling of the congregation, and for the setting forward of the camps.

³And when they shall blow with both, all the congregation shall assemble themselves unto thee at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

⁴And if they blow with but one, then shall assemble themselves unto thee the princes, the heads of the thousands of Israel.

⁵And when ye blow an alarm, then shall set forward the camps that encamp on the east side.

⁶And when ye blow an alarm the second time, then shall set forward the camps that encamp on the south side: an alarm shall they blow for their setting forward.

⁷But at the assembling of the assembly, ye shall blow, but ye shall not sound an alarm.

⁸And 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.

⁹And if ye go to war in your land against the oppressor that oppresseth you, then shall ye blow an alarm with the trumpets; and ye shall be remembered before the Lord your God, and ye shall be saved from your enemies.

¹⁰And on the day of your gladness, and on your appointed festivals, and on the beginnings of your months, shall ye blow with the trumpets over your burnt-offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace-offerings; and they shall be to you for a memorial before your God: I am the Lord your God.

¹¹And it came to pass in the second year, in the second month, on the twentieth day of the month, that the cloud was taken up from off the tabernacle of the testimony.

¹²And the children of Israel set forward on their journeys from the wilderness of Sinai, and the cloud halted in the wilderness of Paran.

¹³And they set forward for the first time at the order of the Lord by the hand of Moses.

¹⁴And the standard of the camp of the children of Judah set forward at the first, according to their armies: and over their host was Nachshon the son of 'Amminadab.

¹⁵And over the host of the tribe of the children of Issachar was Nethanel the son of Zuar.

¹⁶And over the host of the tribe of the children of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Chelon.

¹⁷And in the mean time the tabernacle was taken down; and then set forward the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari, the bearers of the tabernacle.

¹⁸Then set forward the standard of the camp of Reuben, according to their armies: and over their host was Elizur the son of Shedeur.

¹⁹And over the host of the tribe of the children of Simeon was Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.

²⁰And over the host of the tribe of the children of Gad was Elyassaph the son of Deuel.

²¹And then set forward the Kehathites, the bearers of the sanctuary: and the others set up the tabernacle against they came.

²²Then set forward the standard of the camp of the children of Ephraim according to their armies; and over their host was Elishama the son of 'Ammihud.

²³And over the host of the tribe of the children of Menasseh was Gamliel the son of Pedahzur.

²⁴And over the host of the tribe of the children of Benjamin was Abidan the son of Gidoni.