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1 The LORD said to Moses:
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1 The LORD said to Moses:
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2 "Make two trumpets of hammered silver, and use them for calling the community together and for having the camps set out.
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2 "Make two trumpets of hammered silver, and use them for calling the community together and for having the camps set out.
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3 When both are sounded, the whole community is to assemble before you at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
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3 When both are sounded, the whole community is to assemble before you at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
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4 If only one is sounded, the leaders--the heads of the clans of Israel--are to assemble before you.
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4 If only one is sounded, the leaders--the heads of the clans of Israel--are to assemble before you.
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5 When a trumpet blast is sounded, the tribes camping on the east are to set out.
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5 When a trumpet blast is sounded, the tribes camping on the east are to set out.
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6 At the sounding of a second blast, the camps on the south are to set out. The blast will be the signal for setting out.
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6 At the sounding of a second blast, the camps on the south are to set out. The blast will be the signal for setting out.
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7 To gather the assembly, blow the trumpets, but not with the same signal.
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7 To gather the assembly, blow the trumpets, but not with the same signal.
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8 "The sons of Aaron, the priests, are to blow the trumpets. This is to be a lasting ordinance for you and the generations to come.
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8 "The sons of Aaron, the priests, are to blow the trumpets. This is to be a lasting ordinance for you and the generations to come.
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9 When you go into battle in your own land against an enemy who is oppressing you, sound a blast on the trumpets. Then you will be remembered by the LORD your God and rescued from your enemies.
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9 When you go into battle in your own land against an enemy who is oppressing you, sound a blast on the trumpets. Then you will be remembered by the LORD your God and rescued from your enemies.
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10 Also at your times of rejoicing--your appointed feasts and New Moon festivals--you are to sound the trumpets over your burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, and they will be a memorial for you before your God. I am the LORD your God."
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10 Also at your times of rejoicing--your appointed feasts and New Moon festivals--you are to sound the trumpets over your burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, and they will be a memorial for you before your God. I am the LORD your God."
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11 On the twentieth day of the second month of the second year, the cloud lifted from above the tabernacle of the Testimony.
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11 On the twentieth day of the second month of the second year, the cloud lifted from above the tabernacle of the Testimony.
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12 Then the Israelites set out from the Desert of Sinai and traveled from place to place until the cloud came to rest in the Desert of Paran.
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12 Then the Israelites set out from the Desert of Sinai and traveled from place to place until the cloud came to rest in the Desert of Paran.
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13 They set out, this first time, at the LORD's command through Moses.
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13 They set out, this first time, at the LORD's command through Moses.
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| Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |
Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |
