Berean Study Bible

New American Standard Bible 1995

1Then the LORD said to Moses,

1The LORD spoke further to Moses, saying,

2“Make two trumpets of hammered silver to be used for calling the congregation and for having the camps set out.

2"Make yourself two trumpets of silver, of hammered work you shall make them; and you shall use them for summoning the congregation and for having the camps set out.

3When both are sounded, the whole congregation is to assemble before you at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

3"When both are blown, all the congregation shall gather themselves to you at the doorway of the tent of meeting.

4But if only one is sounded, then the leaders, the heads of the clans of Israel, are to gather before you.

4"Yet if only one is blown, then the leaders, the heads of the divisions of Israel, shall assemble before you.

5When you sound short blasts, the camps that lie on the east side are to set out.

5"But when you blow an alarm, the camps that are pitched on the east side shall set out.

6When you sound the short blasts a second time, the camps that lie on the south side are to set out. The blasts are to signal them to set out.

6"When you blow an alarm the second time, the camps that are pitched on the south side shall set out; an alarm is to be blown for them to set out.

7To convene the assembly, you are to sound long blasts, not short ones.

7"When convening the assembly, however, you shall blow without sounding an alarm.

8The sons of Aaron, the priests, are to sound the trumpets. This shall be a permanent statute for you and the generations to come.

8"The priestly sons of Aaron, moreover, shall blow the trumpets; and this shall be for you a perpetual statute throughout your generations.

9When you enter into battle in your land against an adversary who attacks you, sound short blasts on the trumpets, and you will be remembered before the LORD your God and saved from your enemies.

9"When you go to war in your land against the adversary who attacks you, then you shall sound an alarm with the trumpets, that you may be remembered before the LORD your God, and be saved from your enemies.

10And on your joyous occasions, your appointed feasts, and the beginning of each month, you are to blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings and fellowship offerings to serve as a reminder for you before your God. I am the LORD your God.”

10"Also in the day of your gladness and in your appointed feasts, and on the first days of your months, you shall blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; and they shall be as a reminder of you before your God. I am the LORD your God."

11On the twentieth day of the second month of the second year, the cloud was lifted from above the tabernacle of the Testimony,

11Now in the second year, in the second month, on the twentieth of the month, the cloud was lifted from over the tabernacle of the testimony;

12and the Israelites set out from the Wilderness of Sinai, traveling from place to place until the cloud settled in the Wilderness of Paran.

12and the sons of Israel set out on their journeys from the wilderness of Sinai. Then the cloud settled down in the wilderness of Paran.

13They set out this first time according to the LORD’s command through Moses.

13So they moved out for the first time according to the commandment of the LORD through Moses.

14First, the divisions of the camp of Judah set out under their standard, with Nahshon son of Amminadab in command.

14The standard of the camp of the sons of Judah, according to their armies, set out first, with Nahshon the son of Amminadab, over its army,

15Nethanel son of Zuar was over the division of the tribe of Issachar,

15and Nethanel the son of Zuar, over the tribal army of the sons of Issachar;

16and Eliab son of Helon was over the division of the tribe of Zebulun.

16and Eliab the son of Helon over the tribal army of the sons of Zebulun.

17Then the tabernacle was taken down, and the Gershonites and the Merarites set out, transporting it.

17Then the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari, who were carrying the tabernacle, set out.

18Then the divisions of the camp of Reuben set out under their standard, with Elizur son of Shedeur in command.

18Next the standard of the camp of Reuben, according to their armies, set out with Elizur the son of Shedeur, over its army,

19Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai was over the division of the tribe of Simeon,

19and Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai over the tribal army of the sons of Simeon,

20and Eliasaph son of Deuel was over the division of the tribe of Gad.

20and Eliasaph the son of Deuel was over the tribal army of the sons of Gad.

21Then the Kohathites set out, transporting the holy objects; the tabernacle was to be set up before their arrival.

21Then the Kohathites set out, carrying the holy objects; and the tabernacle was set up before their arrival.

22Next, the divisions of the camp of Ephraim set out under their standard, with Elishama son of Ammihud in command.

22Next the standard of the camp of the sons of Ephraim, according to their armies, was set out, with Elishama the son of Ammihud over its army,

23Gamaliel son of Pedahzur was over the division of the tribe of Manasseh,

23and Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur over the tribal army of the sons of Manasseh;

24and Abidan son of Gideoni was over the division of the tribe of Benjamin.

24and Abidan the son of Gideoni over the tribal army of the sons of Benjamin.

25Finally, the divisions of the camp of Dan set out under their standard, serving as the rear guard for all units, with Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai in command.

25Then the standard of the camp of the sons of Dan, according to their armies, which formed the rear guard for all the camps, set out, with Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai over its army,

26Pagiel son of Ocran was over the division of the tribe of Asher,

26and Pagiel the son of Ochran over the tribal army of the sons of Asher;

27and Ahira son of Enan was over the division of the tribe of Naphtali.

27and Ahira the son of Enan over the tribal army of the sons of Naphtali.

28This was the order of march for the Israelite divisions as they set out.

28This was the order of march of the sons of Israel by their armies as they set out.

29Then Moses said to Hobab, the son of Moses’ father-in-law Reuel the Midianite, “We are setting out for 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 promised good things to Israel.”

29Then Moses said to Hobab the son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses' father-in-law, "We are setting out to the place of which the LORD said, 'I will give it to you'; come with us and we will do you good, for the LORD has promised good concerning Israel."

30“I will not go,” Hobab replied. “Instead, I am going back to my own land and my own people.”

30But he said to him, "I will not come, but rather will go to my own land and relatives."

31“Please do not leave us,” Moses said, “since you know where we should camp in the wilderness, and you can serve as our eyes.

31Then he said, "Please do not leave us, inasmuch as you know where we should camp in the wilderness, and you will be as eyes for us.

32If you come with us, we will share with you whatever good things the LORD gives us.”

32"So it will be, if you go with us, that whatever good the LORD does for us, we will do for you."

33So they set out on a three-day journey from the mountain of the LORD, with the ark of the covenant of the LORD traveling ahead of them for those three days to seek a resting place for them.

33Thus they set out from the mount of the LORD three days' journey, with the ark of the covenant of the LORD journeying in front of them for the three days, to seek out a resting place for them.

34And the cloud of the LORD was over them by day when they set out from the camp.

34The cloud of the LORD was over them by day when they set out from the camp.

35Whenever the ark set out, Moses would say, “Rise up, O LORD! May Your enemies be scattered; may those who hate You flee before You.”

35Then it came about when the ark set out that Moses said, "Rise up, O LORD! And let Your enemies be scattered, And let those who hate You flee before You."

36And when it came to rest, he would say: “Return, O LORD, to the countless thousands of Israel.”

36When it came to rest, he said, "Return, O LORD, To the myriad thousands of Israel."

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