Verse 1 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Verse 2 "Make two trumpets of silver. You shall make them of beaten work. You shall use them for the calling of the congregation, and for the journeying of the camps. Verse 3 When they blow them, all the congregation shall gather themselves to you at the door of the Tent of Meeting. Verse 4 If they blow just one, then the princes, the heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves to you. Verse 5 When you blow an alarm, the camps that lie on the east side shall go forward. Verse 6 When you blow an alarm the second time, the camps that lie on the south side shall go forward. They shall blow an alarm for their journeys. Verse 7 But when the assembly is to be gathered together, you shall blow, but you shall not sound an alarm. Verse 8 The sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow the trumpets. This shall be to you for a statute forever throughout your generations. Verse 9 When you go to war in your land against the adversary who oppresses you, then you shall sound an alarm with the trumpets. Then you will be remembered before the Lord your God, and you will be saved from your enemies. Verse 10 "Also in the day of your gladness, and in your set feasts, and in the beginnings of your months, you shall blow 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." Verse 11 It happened in the second year, in the second month, on the twentieth day of the month, that the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle of the testimony. Verse 12 The children of Israel went forward according to their journeys out of the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud abode in the wilderness of Paran. Verse 13 They first went forward according to the commandment of the Lord by Moses. Verse 14 First, the standard of the camp of the children of Judah went forward according to their armies. Nahshon the son of Amminadab was over his army. Verse 15 Nethanel the son of Zuar was over the army of the tribe of the children of Issachar. Verse 16 Eliab the son of Helon was over the army of the tribe of the children of Zebulun. Verse 17 The tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari, who bore the tabernacle, went forward. Verse 18 The standard of the camp of Reuben went forward according to their armies. Elizur the son of Shedeur was over his army. Verse 19 Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai was over the army of the tribe of the children of Simeon. Verse 20 Eliasaph the son of Deuel was over the army of the tribe of the children of Gad. Verse 21 The Kohathites set forward, bearing the sanctuary. The others set up the tabernacle before they arrived. Verse 22 The standard of the camp of the children of Ephraim set forward according to their armies. Elishama the son of Ammihud was over his army. Verse 23 Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur was over the army of the tribe of the children of Manasseh. Verse 24 Abidan the son of Gideoni was over the army of the tribe of the children of Benjamin. Verse 25 The standard of the camp of the children of Dan, which was the rearward of all the camps, set forward according to their armies. Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai was over his army. Verse 26 Pagiel the son of Ochran was over the army of the tribe of the children of Asher. Verse 27 Ahira the son of Enan was over the army of the tribe of the children of Naphtali. Verse 28 Thus were the travels of the children of Israel according to their armies; and they went forward. Verse 29 Moses said to Hobab, the son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses' father-in-law, "We are journeying to 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 spoken good concerning Israel." Verse 30 He said to him, "I will not go; but I will depart to my own land, and to my relatives." Verse 31 He said, "Do not leave us, please; because you know how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and you can be our eyes. Verse 32 It shall be, if you go with us, yes, it shall be, that whatever good the Lord does to us, we will do the same to you." Verse 33 They set forward from the Mount of the Lord three days' journey. The ark of the covenant of the Lord went before them three days' journey, to seek out a resting place for them. Verse 34 The cloud of the Lord was over them by day, when they set forward from the camp. Verse 35 It happened, when the ark went forward, that Moses said, "Rise up, Lord, and let your enemies be scattered! Let those who hate you flee before you!" Verse 36 When it rested, he said, "Return, Lord, to the ten thousands of the thousands of Israel."