| New Living Translation | King James Bible |
| 1Now the LORD said to Moses, | 1And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, |
| 2“Make two trumpets of hammered silver for calling the community to assemble and for signaling the breaking of camp. | 2Make thee two trumpets of silver; of a whole piece shalt thou make them: that thou mayest use them for the calling of the assembly, and for the journeying of the camps. |
| 3When both trumpets are blown, everyone must gather before you at the entrance of the Tabernacle. | 3And when they shall blow with them, all the assembly shall assemble themselves to thee at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. |
| 4But if only one trumpet is blown, then only the leaders—the heads of the clans of Israel—must present themselves to you. | 4And if they blow but with one trumpet, then the princes, which are heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves unto thee. |
| 5“When you sound the signal to move on, the tribes camped on the east side of the Tabernacle must break camp and move forward. | 5When ye blow an alarm, then the camps that lie on the east parts shall go forward. |
| 6When you sound the signal a second time, the tribes camped on the south will follow. You must sound short blasts as the signal for moving on. | 6When ye blow an alarm the second time, then the camps that lie on the south side shall take their journey: they shall blow an alarm for their journeys. |
| 7But when you call the people to an assembly, blow the trumpets with a different signal. | 7But when the congregation is to be gathered together, ye shall blow, but ye shall not sound an alarm. |
| 8Only the priests, Aaron’s descendants, are allowed to blow the trumpets. This is a permanent law for you, to be observed from generation to generation. | 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. |
| 9“When you arrive in your own land and go to war against your enemies who attack you, sound the alarm with the trumpets. Then the LORD your God will remember you and rescue you from your enemies. | 9And if ye go to war in your land against the enemy that oppresseth you, then ye shall blow an alarm with the trumpets; and ye shall be remembered before the LORD your God, and ye shall be saved from your enemies. |
| 10Blow the trumpets in times of gladness, too, sounding them at your annual festivals and at the beginning of each month. And blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings and peace offerings. The trumpets will remind your God of his covenant with you. I am the LORD your God.” The Israelites Leave Sinai | 10Also in the day of your gladness, and in your solemn days, and in the beginnings of your months, ye shall blow with the trumpets over your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; that they may be to you for a memorial before your God: I am the LORD your God. |
| 11In the second year after Israel’s departure from Egypt—on the twentieth day of the second month —the cloud lifted from the Tabernacle of the Covenant. | 11And it came to pass on the twentieth day of the second month, in the second year, that the cloud was taken up from off the tabernacle of the testimony. |
| 12So the Israelites set out from the wilderness of Sinai and traveled on from place to place until the cloud stopped in the wilderness of Paran. | 12And the children of Israel took their journeys out of the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud rested in the wilderness of Paran. |
| 13When the people set out for the first time, following the instructions the LORD had given through Moses, | 13And they first took their journey according to the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses. |
| 14Judah’s troops led the way. They marched behind their banner, and their leader was Nahshon son of Amminadab. | 14In the first place went the standard of the camp of the children of Judah according to their armies: and over his host was Nahshon the son of Amminadab. |
| 15They were joined by the troops of the tribe of Issachar, led by Nethanel son of Zuar, | 15And over the host of the tribe of the children of Issachar was Nethaneel the son of Zuar. |
| 16and the troops of the tribe of Zebulun, led by Eliab son of Helon. | 16And over the host of the tribe of the children of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon. |
| 17Then the Tabernacle was taken down, and the Gershonite and Merarite divisions of the Levites were next in the line of march, carrying the Tabernacle with them. | 17And the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari set forward, bearing the tabernacle. |
| 18Reuben’s troops went next, marching behind their banner. Their leader was Elizur son of Shedeur. | 18And the standard of the camp of Reuben set forward according to their armies: and over his host was Elizur the son of Shedeur. |
| 19They were joined by the troops of the tribe of Simeon, led by Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai, | 19And over the host of the tribe of the children of Simeon was Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. |
| 20and the troops of the tribe of Gad, led by Eliasaph son of Deuel. | 20And over the host of the tribe of the children of Gad was Eliasaph the son of Deuel. |
| 21Next came the Kohathite division of the Levites, carrying the sacred objects from the Tabernacle. Before they arrived at the next camp, the Tabernacle would already be set up at its new location. | 21And the Kohathites set forward, bearing the sanctuary: and the other did set up the tabernacle against they came. |
| 22Ephraim’s troops went next, marching behind their banner. Their leader was Elishama son of Ammihud. | 22And the standard of the camp of the children of Ephraim set forward according to their armies: and over his host was Elishama the son of Ammihud. |
| 23They were joined by the troops of the tribe of Manasseh, led by Gamaliel son of Pedahzur, | 23And over the host of the tribe of the children of Manasseh was Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. |
| 24and the troops of the tribe of Benjamin, led by Abidan son of Gideoni. | 24And over the host of the tribe of the children of Benjamin was Abidan the son of Gideoni. |
| 25Dan’s troops went last, marching behind their banner and serving as the rear guard for all the tribal camps. Their leader was Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai. | 25And the standard of the camp of the children of Dan set forward, which was the rereward of all the camps throughout their hosts: and over his host was Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. |
| 26They were joined by the troops of the tribe of Asher, led by Pagiel son of Ocran, | 26And over the host of the tribe of the children of Asher was Pagiel the son of Ocran. |
| 27and the troops of the tribe of Naphtali, led by Ahira son of Enan. | 27And over the host of the tribe of the children of Naphtali was Ahira the son of Enan. |
| 28This was the order in which the Israelites marched, division by division. | 28Thus were the journeyings of the children of Israel according to their armies, when they set forward. |
| 29One day Moses said to his brother-in-law, Hobab son of Reuel the Midianite, “We are on our way to the place the LORD promised us, for he said, ‘I will give it to you.’ Come with us and we will treat you well, for the LORD has promised wonderful blessings for Israel!” | 29And Moses said unto Hobab, the son of Raguel the Midianite, Moses' father in law, We are journeying unto the place of which the LORD said, I will give it you: come thou with us, and we will do thee good: for the LORD hath spoken good concerning Israel. |
| 30But Hobab replied, “No, I will not go. I must return to my own land and family.” | 30And he said unto him, I will not go; but I will depart to mine own land, and to my kindred. |
| 31“Please don’t leave us,” Moses pleaded. “You know the places in the wilderness where we should camp. Come, be our guide. | 31And he said, Leave us not, I pray thee; forasmuch as thou knowest how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and thou mayest be to us instead of eyes. |
| 32If you do, we’ll share with you all the blessings the LORD gives us.” | 32And it shall be, if thou go with us, yea, it shall be, that what goodness the LORD shall do unto us, the same will we do unto thee. |
| 33They marched for three days after leaving the mountain of the LORD, with the Ark of the LORD’s Covenant moving ahead of them to show them where to stop and rest. | 33And they departed from the mount of the LORD three days' journey: and the ark of the covenant of the LORD went before them in the three days' journey, to search out a resting place for them. |
| 34As they moved on each day, the cloud of the LORD hovered over them. | 34And the cloud of the LORD was upon them by day, when they went out of the camp. |
| 35And whenever the Ark set out, Moses would shout, “Arise, O LORD, and let your enemies be scattered! Let them flee before you!” | 35And it came to pass, when the ark set forward, that Moses said, Rise up, LORD, and let thine enemies be scattered; and let them that hate thee flee before thee. |
| 36And when the Ark was set down, he would say, “Return, O LORD, to the countless thousands of Israel!” | 36And when it rested, he said, Return, O LORD, unto the many thousands of Israel. |
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