Berean Study Bible

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1Then the LORD said to Moses,

1The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

2“Make two trumpets of hammered silver to be used for calling the congregation and for having the camps set out.

2“Make two silver trumpets. Of hammered work you shall make them, and you shall use them for summoning the congregation and for breaking camp.

3When both are sounded, the whole congregation is to assemble before you at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

3And when both are blown, all the congregation shall gather themselves to you at the entrance of the tent of meeting.

4But if only one is sounded, then the leaders, the heads of the clans of Israel, are to gather before you.

4But if they blow only one, then the chiefs, the heads of the tribes of Israel, shall gather themselves to you.

5When you sound short blasts, the camps that lie on the east side are to set out.

5When you blow an alarm, the camps that are on the east side shall set out.

6When 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.

6And when you blow an alarm the second time, the camps that are on the south side shall set out. An alarm is to be blown whenever they are to set out.

7To convene the assembly, you are to sound long blasts, not short ones.

7But when the assembly is to be gathered together, you shall blow a long blast, but you shall not sound an alarm.

8The sons of Aaron, the priests, are to sound the trumpets. This shall be a permanent statute for you and the generations to come.

8And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow the trumpets. The trumpets shall be to you for a perpetual statute throughout your generations.

9When 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.

9And when you go to war in your land against the adversary who oppresses you, then you shall sound an alarm with the trumpets, that you may be remembered before the LORD your God, and you shall be saved from your enemies.

10And on your joyous occasions, your appointed feasts, and the beginning of each month, you are to blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings and fellowship offerings to serve as a reminder for you before your God. I am the LORD your God.”

10On the day of your gladness also, and at your appointed feasts and at the beginnings of your months, you shall blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings. They shall be a reminder of you before your God: I am the LORD your God.”

11On the twentieth day of the second month of the second year, the cloud was lifted from above the tabernacle of the Testimony,

11In the second year, in the second month, on the twentieth day of the month, the cloud lifted from over the tabernacle of the testimony,

12and the Israelites set out from the Wilderness of Sinai, traveling from place to place until the cloud settled in the Wilderness of Paran.

12and the people of Israel set out by stages from the wilderness of Sinai. And the cloud settled down in the wilderness of Paran.

13They set out this first time according to the LORD’s command through Moses.

13They set out for the first time at the command of the LORD by Moses.

14First, the divisions of the camp of Judah set out under their standard, with Nahshon son of Amminadab in command.

14The standard of the camp of the people of Judah set out first by their companies, and over their company was Nahshon the son of Amminadab.

15Nethanel son of Zuar was over the division of the tribe of Issachar,

15And over the company of the tribe of the people of Issachar was Nethanel the son of Zuar.

16and Eliab son of Helon was over the division of the tribe of Zebulun.

16And over the company of the tribe of the people of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon.

17Then the tabernacle was taken down, and the Gershonites and the Merarites set out, transporting it.

17And when the tabernacle was taken down, the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari, who carried the tabernacle, set out.

18Then the divisions of the camp of Reuben set out under their standard, with Elizur son of Shedeur in command.

18And the standard of the camp of Reuben set out by their companies, and over their company was Elizur the son of Shedeur.

19Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai was over the division of the tribe of Simeon,

19And over the company of the tribe of the people of Simeon was Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.

20and Eliasaph son of Deuel was over the division of the tribe of Gad.

20And over the company of the tribe of the people of Gad was Eliasaph the son of Deuel.

21Then the Kohathites set out, transporting the holy objects; the tabernacle was to be set up before their arrival.

21Then the Kohathites set out, carrying the holy things, and the tabernacle was set up before their arrival.

22Next, the divisions of the camp of Ephraim set out under their standard, with Elishama son of Ammihud in command.

22And the standard of the camp of the people of Ephraim set out by their companies, and over their company was Elishama the son of Ammihud.

23Gamaliel son of Pedahzur was over the division of the tribe of Manasseh,

23And over the company of the tribe of the people of Manasseh was Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.

24and Abidan son of Gideoni was over the division of the tribe of Benjamin.

24And over the company of the tribe of the people of Benjamin was Abidan the son of Gideoni.

25Finally, 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.

25Then the standard of the camp of the people of Dan, acting as the rear guard of all the camps, set out by their companies, and over their company was Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.

26Pagiel son of Ocran was over the division of the tribe of Asher,

26And over the company of the tribe of the people of Asher was Pagiel the son of Ochran.

27and Ahira son of Enan was over the division of the tribe of Naphtali.

27And over the company of the tribe of the people of Naphtali was Ahira the son of Enan.

28This was the order of march for the Israelite divisions as they set out.

28This was the order of march of the people of Israel by their companies, when they set out.

29Then 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.”

29And Moses said to Hobab the son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses’ father-in-law, “We are setting out for the place of which the LORD said, ‘I will give it to you.’ Come with us, and we will do good to you, for the LORD has promised good to Israel.”

30“I will not go,” Hobab replied. “Instead, I am going back to my own land and my own people.”

30But he said to him, “I will not go. I will depart to my own land and to my kindred.”

31“Please do not leave us,” Moses said, “since you know where we should camp in the wilderness, and you can serve as our eyes.

31And he said, “Please do not leave us, for you know where we should camp in the wilderness, and you will serve as eyes for us.

32If you come with us, we will share with you whatever good things the LORD gives us.”

32And if you do go with us, whatever good the LORD will do to us, the same will we do to you.”

33So 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.

33So they set out from the mount of the LORD three days’ journey. And the ark of the covenant of the LORD went before them three days’ journey, to seek out a resting place for them.

34And the cloud of the LORD was over them by day when they set out from the camp.

34And the cloud of the LORD was over them by day, whenever they set out from the camp.

35Whenever the ark set out, Moses would say, “Rise up, O LORD! May Your enemies be scattered; may those who hate You flee before You.”

35And whenever the ark set out, Moses said, “Arise, O LORD, and let your enemies be scattered, and let those who hate you flee before you.”

36And when it came to rest, he would say: “Return, O LORD, to the countless thousands of Israel.”

36And when it rested, he said, “Return, O LORD, to the ten thousand thousands of Israel.”

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