| International Standard Version | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1The LORD also told Moses, | 1The LORD spoke to Moses: " |
| 2"Make two trumpets, crafting them from beaten silver, for use in calling the congregation together and for notifying the camps to set out for travel. | 2Make two trumpets of hammered silver to summon the community and have the camps set out. |
| 3Sound them when the whole assembly is to gather together at the entrance to the appointed place of meeting. | 3When both are sounded in long blasts, the entire community is to gather before you at the entrance to the tent of meeting. |
| 4When one trumpet is blown, the elders and the heads of the thousands of the Israelis are to gather to you. | 4However, if one is sounded, only the leaders, the heads of Israel's clans, are to gather before you." |
| 5When you sound an alarm, the ones encamped on the east side are to begin to travel. | 5When you sound short blasts, the camps pitched on the east are to set out. |
| 6When you sound the alarm the second time, those encamped on the south are to begin to travel. Alarms are to be sounded for their travels. | 6When you sound short blasts a second time, the camps pitched on the south are to set out. Short blasts are to be sounded for them to set out. |
| 7But when you blow the trumpet to assemble the whole congregation, don't use the same sound as you do for sounding an alarm. | 7When calling the assembly together, you are to sound long blasts, not short ones. |
| 8The descendants of Aaron the priest are to blow the trumpets. Have them do this for you permanently throughout your generations to come." | 8The sons of Aaron, the priests, are to sound the trumpets. Your use of these is a permanent statute throughout your generations." |
| 9"When you wage war in your land against an enemy who is hostile to you, you are to sound an alarm with the trumpets. Then you will be remembered before the face of the LORD your God and you will be delivered from your enemies. | 9When you enter into battle in your land against an adversary who is attacking you, sound short blasts on the trumpets, and you will be remembered before the LORD your God and be delivered from your enemies. |
| 10At the beginning of the month, during your time of rejoicing at the appointed place, sound the trumpet over your burnt offering, then sacrifice your peace offering, since they are to be your memorial before the LORD your God. I am the LORD your God." | 10You are to sound the trumpets over your burnt offerings and your fellowship sacrifices and on your joyous occasions, your appointed festivals, and the beginning of each of your months. They will serve as a reminder for you before your God: I am Yahweh your God." |
| 11On the twentieth day of the second month in the second year, the cloud was lifted up from the Tent of Meeting, | 11During the second year, in the second month on the twentieth day of the month, the cloud was lifted up above the tabernacle of the testimony. |
| 12so the Israelis set out from the Sinai Wilderness until the cloud settled in the Paran Wilderness, | 12The Israelites traveled on from the Wilderness of Sinai, moving from one place to the next until the cloud stopped in the Wilderness of Paran. |
| 13doing what the LORD had said through Moses. | 13They set out for the first time according to the LORD's command through Moses. |
| 14The standard of the camp of Judah was the first to travel, accompanied by its army with Amminadab's son Nahshon in charge. | 14The military divisions of the camp of Judah with their banner set out first, and Nahshon son of Amminadab was over Judah's divisions. |
| 15Zuar's son Nethanel was in charge of the camp of Issachar. | 15Nethanel son of Zuar was over the division of the Issachar tribe, |
| 16Helon's son Eliab was in charge of the camp of Zebulun. | 16and Eliab son of Helon was over the division of the Zebulun tribe. |
| 17The tent was taken down, and the descendants of Gershon and Merari carried the tent. | 17The tabernacle was then taken down, and the Gershonites and the Merarites set out, transporting the tabernacle. |
| 18Then the standard of the camp of Reuben set out, accompanied by its army with Shedeur's son Elizur in charge. | 18The military divisions of the camp of Reuben with their banner set out, and Elizur son of Shedeur was over Reuben's division. |
| 19Zurishaddai's son Shelumiel was in charge of the tribe of Simeon. | 19Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai was over the division of Simeon's tribe, |
| 20Deuel's son Eliasaph was in charge of the tribe of Gad. | 20and Eliasaph son of Deuel was over the division of the tribe of Gad. |
| 21Then the descendants of Kohath, carrying the sanctuary, set out, since the tent was to be set up before they arrive. | 21The Kohathites then set out, transporting the holy objects; the tabernacle was to be set up before their arrival. |
| 22After this, the standard of the camp of Ephraim set out, accompanied by its army with Ammihud's son Elishama in charge. | 22Next the military divisions of the camp of Ephraim with their banner set out, and Elishama son of Ammihud was over Ephraim's division. |
| 23Pedazzur's son Gamaliel was in charge of the tribe of Manasseh. | 23Gamaliel son of Pedahzur was over the division of the tribe of Manasseh, |
| 24Gideoni's son Abidan was in charge of the army of the tribe of Benjamin. | 24and Abidan son of Gideoni was over the division of the tribe of Benjamin. |
| 25Then the standard of the camp of Dan set out, functioning as the rear guard for all the encampments, accompanied by its army with Ammishaddai's son Ahiezer. | 25The military divisions of the camp of Dan with their banner set out, serving as rear guard for all the camps, and Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai was over Dan's division. |
| 26Ochran's son Pagiel was in charge of the tribe of Asher. | 26Pagiel son of Ochran was over the division of the tribe of Asher, |
| 27Enan's son Ahira was in charge of the tribe of Naphtali. | 27and Ahira son of Enan was over the division of the tribe of Naphtali. |
| 28This was the travel order for the Israelis, whenever their companies traveled. | 28This was the order of march for the Israelites by their military divisions as they set out. |
| 29Then Moses told Reuel's son Hobab, Moses' relative by marriage from Midian, "We are traveling to the place about which the LORD said 'I will give it to you.' So come with us and we'll be good to you, because the LORD has spoken good things about Israel." | 29Moses said to Hobab, son of Moses' father-in-law Reuel the Midianite: "We're setting out for the place the LORD promised: 'I will give it to you.' Come with us, and we will treat you well, for the LORD has promised good things to Israel." |
| 30But he said, "I won't go with you because I'm returning to my land and to my own family." | 30But he replied to him, "I don't want to go. Instead, I will go to my own land and my relatives."" |
| 31Then Moses responded, "Please don't leave us now, since you know where we can camp in the wilderness. You could be our guide. | 31Please don't leave us," Moses said, "since you know where we should camp in the wilderness, and you can serve as our eyes. |
| 32And when you come with us, the good things that the LORD will grant us, we'll give you as well." | 32If you come with us, whatever good the LORD does for us we will do for you." |
| 33So they traveled from the mountain of the LORD, a three-day trip, with the Ark of the Covenant of the LORD traveling in front of them—a three day trip to explore a place for them to rest. | 33They set out from the mountain of the LORD on a three-day journey with the ark of the LORD's covenant traveling ahead of them for those three days to seek a resting place for them. |
| 34Moreover, the cloud of the LORD protected them during the day when they left their camp. | 34Meanwhile, the cloud of the LORD was over them by day when they set out from the camp. |
| 35Whenever the ark was ready to travel, Moses would say: "Arise, LORD, to scatter your enemies, so that whoever hates you will flee from your presence." | 35Whenever the ark set out, Moses would say: Arise, LORD! Let Your enemies be scattered, and those who hate You flee from Your presence. |
| 36Whenever the ark was being readied to rest, he would say: "Return, LORD, to the countless thousands of Israel." | 36When it came to rest, he would say: Return, LORD, to the countless thousands of Israel. |
|
