Numbers 10

NEW JERUSALEM	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Yahweh spoke to Moses and said:	1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
2 'Make yourself two trumpets; make them of beaten silver, so that you can use them for summoningthe community, and for sounding the order to break camp.	2 “Make for yourself two trumpets of ductile silver, with which you may be able to call together the multitude when the camp is to be moved.
3 Whenever they are sounded, the whole community must gather round you, at the entrance to theTent of Meeting.	3 And when you sound the trumpets, all the multitude shall gather to you at the door of the tabernacle of the covenant.
4 But if only one trumpet is sounded, then only the leaders, the heads of Israel's thousands, mustgather round you.	4 If you sound it only once, the leaders and the heads of the multitude of Israel shall come to you.
5 'When the trumpet blast is accompanied by a battle cry, the encampments pitched to the east wil setout.	5 But if the sound of the trumpets is prolonged, but with interruptions, those who are toward the east side shall move the camp first.
6 At the second blast accompanied by a battle cry, the encampments pitched to the south wil set out.For breaking camp, the trumpet blast wil be accompanied by a battle cry,	6 Then, at the second sounding of the trumpet with the same cadence, those who live toward the south shall take up their tents. And the remainder shall act in like manner, when the trumpets shall reverberate for a departure.
7 but for assembling the community the trumpets will be sounded without battle cry.	7 But when the people are to be gathered together, the sound of the trumpets shall be simple, and the sounds shall not be separated.
8 The Aaronite priests wil sound the trumpets; this is a perpetual decree for you and your descendants.	8 Now it is the sons of Aaron the priest who shall sound the trumpets. And this shall be an everlasting ordinance, in your generations.
9 'When in your country you go to war against an enemy who is oppressing you, you will soundtrumpets with a battle cry, and Yahweh your God wil remember you, and you wil be delivered from yourenemies.	9 If you go forth to war from your land, against the enemies who set out against you, you shall sound the trumpets repeatedly, and there shall be a remembrance of you before the Lord your God, so that you may be rescued from the hands of your enemies.
10 At your festivals, solemnities and new-moon feasts, you will sound the trumpets over your burntofferings and communion sacrifices, so that they recal you to the remembrance of your God. I am Yahweh yourGod.'	10 If at any time you will have a banquet, and on feast days, and on the first days of the months, you shall sound the trumpets over the holocausts and the peace-offering victims, so that they may be for you as a remembrance by your God. I am the Lord your God.”
11 In the second year, in the second month, on the twentieth day of the month, the cloud rose fromwhere the Dwel ing of the Testimony was,	11 In the second year, in the second month, on the twentieth day of the month, the cloud was lifted up from the tabernacle of the covenant.
12 and the Israelites set out, in marching order, from the desert of Sinai. The cloud came to rest in thedesert of Paran.	12 And the sons of Israel set out by their companies from the desert of Sinai, and the cloud rested in the wilderness of Paran.
13 These were the men who set out in the vanguard, at Yahweh's order through Moses:	13 And the first to move their camp, according to the command of the Lord by the hand of Moses,
14 first went the standard of the camp of the Judahites and their units, with Nahshon son ofAmminadab commanding that contingent;	14 were the sons of Judah by their companies, whose leader was Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
15 Nethanel son of Zuar commanding the tribal contingent of the Issacharites;	15 In the tribe of the sons of Issachar, the leader was Nathanael the son of Zuar.
16 and Eliab son of Helon commanding the tribal contingent of the Zebulunites.	16 In the tribe of Zebulon, the leader was Eliab the son of Helon.
17 The Dwel ing was then dismantled and the Gershonites and Merarites set out, carrying the Dwel ing.	17 And the tabernacle was taken down, because the sons of Gershon and Merari, who carry it, were departing.
18 Then came the standard of the camp of the Reubenites and their units, with Elizur son of Shedeurcommanding that contingent;	18 And the sons of Ruben also set out, by their companies and ranks, whose leader was Elizur the son of Shedeur.
19 Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai commanding the tribal contingent of the Simeonites;	19 And in the tribe of Simeon, the leader was Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
20 and Eliasaph son of Reuel commanding the tribal contingent of the Gadites.	20 And in the tribe of Gad, the leader was Eliasaph the son of Reuel.
21 Then came the Kohathites carrying the sanctuary (the Dwel ing was erected before they arrived).	21 Then the Kohathites also set out, carrying the Sanctuary. The tabernacle was carried, all the while, until they arrived at the place for setting it up.
22 Then came the standard of the camp of the Ephraimites and their units, with Elishama son ofAmmihud commanding that contingent;	22 The sons of Ephraim also moved their camp by their companies, and the leader of their army was Elishama the son of Ammihud.
23 Gamaliel son of Pedahzur commanding the tribal contingent of the Manassehites;	23 And in the tribe of the sons of Manasseh, the leader was Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
24 and Abidan son of Gideoni commanding the tribal contingent of the Benjaminites.	24 And in the tribe of Benjamin, the leader was Abidan the son of Gideoni.
25 Last of al , the rearguard of al the camps, came the standard of the camp of the Danites and theirunits, with Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai commanding that contingent;	25 The last of all the camp to set out were the sons of Dan by their companies, and the leader of their army was Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
26 Pagiel son of Ochran commanding the tribal contingent of the Asherites;	26 And in the tribe of the sons of Asher, the leader was Pagiel the son of Ochran.
27 and Ahira son of Enan commanding the tribal contingent of the Naphtalites.	27 And in the tribe of the sons of Naphtali, the leader was Ahira the son of Enan.
28 Such was the order of march for the Israelites, unit by unit. So they set out.	28 These were the camps and departures of the sons of Israel by their companies, when they went forth.
29 Moses said to Hobab son of Reuel the Midianite, his father-in-law, 'We are setting out for the countryof which Yahweh has said: I shall give it to you. Come with us, and we wil treat you wel , for Yahweh haspromised good things for Israel.'	29 And Moses said to Hobab the son of Raguel the Midianite, his kinsman: “We are setting out to the place which the Lord will give to us. Come with us, so that we may do good to you. For the Lord has promised good things to Israel.”
30 'I wil not come with you,' he replied, 'but shal go to my own country and kin.'	30 And he answered him, “I will not go with you, but I will return to my own land, in which I was born.”
31 'Do not leave us,' Moses said, 'for you know where we can camp in the desert, and so you will beour eyes.	31 And he said: “Do not choose to leave us. For you know in which places in the desert we ought to make camp, and so you shall be our guide.
32 If you come with us, we shal share with you whatever blessings Yahweh gives us.'	32 And if you come with us, whatever will be best among the riches which the Lord will deliver to us, we will give to you.”
33 They set out from Yahweh's mountain and travel ed for three days, while the ark of the covenant ofYahweh preceded them on the three-day journey, searching out a place for them to halt.	33 Therefore, they set out from the Mountain of the Lord on a journey of three days. And the ark of the covenant of the Lord preceded them, for three days, in order to provide a place for the camp.
34 In the daytime, Yahweh's cloud was over them, once they had broken camp.	34 Likewise, the cloud of the Lord was over them, throughout the day, while they proceeded.
35 Whenever the ark set out, Moses would say: Rise, Yahweh, may your enemies be scattered andthose who hate you flee at your approach!	35 And when the ark was lifted up, Moses said, “Rise up, O Lord, and let your enemies be scattered, and let those who hate you flee from your face.”
36 And when it halted, he would say: Come back, Yahweh, to the countless thousands of Israel!	36 And when it was set down, he said: “Return, O Lord, to the multitude of the army of Israel.”