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1 ADONAI said to Moshe,
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And the Lord said to Moses,
2 "Make two trumpets; make them of hammered silver. Use them for summoning the community and for sounding the call to break camp and move on.
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Make two silver horns of hammered work, to be used for getting the people together and to give the sign for the moving of the tents.
3 When they are sounded, the entire community is to assemble before you at the entrance to the tent of meeting.
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When they are sounded, all the people are to come together to you at the door of the Tent of meeting.
4 If only one is sounded, then just the leaders, the heads of the clans of Isra'el, are to assemble before you.
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If only one of them is sounded, then the chiefs, the heads of the thousands of Israel, are to come to you.
5 "When you sound an alarm, the camps to the east will commence traveling.
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When a loud note is sounded, the tents placed on the east side are to go forward.
6 When you sound a second alarm, the camps to the south will set out; they will sound alarms to announce when to travel.
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At the sound of a second loud note, the tents on the south side are to go forward: the loud note will be the sign to go forward.
7 However, when the community is to be assembled, you are to sound; but don't sound an alarm.
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But when all the people are to come together, the horn is to be sounded but not loudly.
8 It will be the sons of Aharon, the cohanim, who are to sound the trumpets; this will be a permanent regulation for you through all your generations.
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The horns are to be sounded by the sons of Aaron, the priests; this is to be a law for you for ever, from generation to generation.
9 "When you go to war in your land against an adversary who is oppressing you, you are to sound an alarm with the trumpets; then you will be remembered before ADONAI your God, and you will be saved from your enemies.
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And if you go to war in your land against any who do you wrong, then let the loud note of the horn be sounded; and the Lord your God will keep you in mind and give you salvation from those who are against you.
10 "Also on your days of rejoicing, at your designated times and on Rosh-Hodesh, you are to sound the trumpets over your burnt offerings and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; these will be your reminder before your God. I am ADONAI your God."
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And on days of joy and on your regular feasts and on the first day of every month, let the horns be sounded over your burned offerings and your peace-offerings; and they will put the Lord in mind of you: I am the Lord your God.
11 On the twentieth day of the second month of the second year, the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle of the testimony;
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Now in the second year, on the twentieth day of the second month, the cloud was taken up from over the Tent of witness.
12 and the people of Isra'el moved out in stages from the Sinai Desert. The cloud stopped in the Pa'ran Desert.
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And the children of Israel went on their journey out of the waste land of Sinai; and the cloud came to rest in the waste land of Paran.
13 So they set out on their first journey, in keeping with ADONAI's order through Moshe.
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They went forward for the first time on their journey as the Lord had given orders by the hand of Moses.
14 In the lead was the banner of the camp of the descendants of Y'hudah, whose companies moved forward; over his company was Nachshon the son of 'Amminadav.
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First the flag of the children of Judah went forward with their armies: and at the head of his army was Nahshon, the son of Amminadab.
15 Over the company of the tribe of the descendants of Yissakhar was N'tan'el the son of Tzu'ar.
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And at the head of the army of the children of Issachar was Nethanel, the son of Zuar.
16 Over the company of the descendants of Z'vulun was Eli'av the son of Helon.
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And at the head of the army of the children of Zebulun was Eliab, the son of Helon.
17 Then the tabernacle was taken down; and the descendants of Gershon and the descendants of M'rari set out, carrying the tabernacle.
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Then the House was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari, who were responsible for moving the House, went forward.
18 Next, the banner of the camp of Re'uven moved forward by companies; over his company was Elitzur the son of Sh'de'ur.
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Then the flag of the children of Reuben went forward with their armies: and at the head of his army was Elizur, the son of Shedeur.
19 Over the company of the tribe of the descendants of Shim'on was Shlumi'el the son of Tzurishaddai.
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And at the head of the army of the children of Simeon was Shelumiel, the son of Zurishaddai.
20 Over the company of the descendants of Gad was Elyasaf the son of De'u'el.
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At the head of the army of the children of Gad was Eliasaph, the son of Reuel.
21 Then the descendants of K'hat set out, carrying the sanctuary, so that [at the next camp] the tabernacle could be set up before they arrived.
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Then the Kohathites went forward with the holy place; the others put up the House ready for their coming.
22 The banner of the camp of the descendants of Efrayim moved forward by companies; over his company was Elishama the son of 'Ammihud.
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Then the flag of the children of Ephraim went forward with their armies: and at the head of his army was Elishama, the son of Ammihud.
23 Over the company of the tribe of the descendants of M'nasheh was Gamli'el the son of P'dahtzur.
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At the head of the army of the children of Manasseh was Gamaliel, the son of Pedahzur.
24 Over the company of the descendants of Binyamin was Avidan the son of Gid'oni.
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At the head of the army of the children of Benjamin was Abidan, the son of Gideoni.
25 The banner of the camp of the descendants of Dan, forming the rearguard for all the camps, moved forward by companies; over his company was Achi'ezer the son of 'Ammishaddai.
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And the flag of the children of Dan, whose tents were moved last of all, went forward with their armies: and at the head of his army was Ahiezer, the son of Ammishaddai.
26 Over the company of the tribe of the descendants of Asher was Pag'i'el the son of 'Okhran.
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At the head of the army of the children of Asher was Pagiel, the son of Ochran.
27 Over the company of the descendants of Naftali was Achira the son of 'Enan.
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And at the head of the army of the children of Naphtali was Ahira, the son of Enan.
28 This is how the people of Isra'el traveled by companies; thus they moved forward.
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This was the order in which the children of Israel were journeying by armies; so they went forward.
29 Moshe said to Hovav the son of Re'u'el the Midyani, Moshe's father-in-law, "We are traveling to the place about which ADONAI said, 'I will give it to you.'Come with us, and we will treat you well, because ADONAI has promised good things to Isra'el."
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Then Moses said to Hobab, the son of his father-in-law Reuel the Midianite, We are journeying to that place of which the Lord has said, I will give it to you: so come with us, and it will be for your profit: for the Lord has good things in store for Israel.
30 But he replied, "I will not go; I would rather go back to my own country and my own kinsmen."
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But he said, I will not go with you, I will go back to the land of my birth and to my relations.
31 Moshe continued, "Please don't leave us, because you know that we have to camp in the desert, and you can serve as our eyes.
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And he said, Do not go from us; for you will be eyes for us, guiding us to the right places in the waste land to put up our tents.
32 If you do go with us, then whatever good ADONAI does for us, we will do the same for you."
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And if you come with us, we will give you a part in whatever good the Lord does for us.
33 So they set out from ADONAI's mountain and traveled for three days. Ahead of them on this three-day journey went the ark of ADONAI's covenant, searching for a new place to stop.
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So they went forward three days' journey from the mountain of the Lord; and the ark of the Lord's agreement went three days' journey before them, looking for a resting-place for them;
34 The cloud of ADONAI was over them during the day as they set out from the camp.
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And by day the cloud of the Lord went over them, when they went forward from the place where they had put up their tents.
35 When the ark moved forward, Moshe said, "Arise, ADONAI! May your enemies be scattered! Let those who hate you flee before you!"
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And when the ark went forward Moses said, Come up, O Lord, and let the armies of those who are against you be broken, and let your haters go in flight before you.
36 When it stopped, he said, "Return, ADONAI of the many, many thousands of Isra'el!"
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And when it came to rest, he said, Take rest, O Lord, and give a blessing to the families of Israel.
Complete Jewish Bible Copyright 1998 by David H. Stern. Published by Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
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