Num 10
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And YHWH spoke to Moses, saying,
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Make you two trumpets of silver; of beaten work shall you make them: and you shall
use them for the calling of the congregation, and for the journeying of the camps.
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And when they shall blow them, all the congregation shall gather themselves to you
at the door of the tent of meeting.
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And if they blow but one, then the princes, the heads of the thousands of Israel,
shall gather themselves to you.
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And when you blow an alarm, the camps that lie on the east side shall take their journey.
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And when you blow an alarm the second time, the camps that lie on the south side shall
take their journey: they shall blow an alarm for their journeys.
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But when the assembly is to be gathered together, you shall blow, but you shall not
sound an alarm.
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And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow the trumpets; and they shall be to
you for a statute for ever throughout your generations.
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And when you go to war in your land against the adversary that oppresses you, then
you shall sound an alarm with the trumpets; and you shall be remembered before YHWH
your God, and you shall be saved from your enemies.
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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 YHWH your God.
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And it came to pass 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.
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And the children of Israel set forward according to their journeys out of the wilderness
of Sinai; and the cloud abode in the wilderness of Paran.
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And they first took their journey according to the commandment of YHWH by Moses.
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And in the first [place] the standard of the camp of the children of Judah set forward
according to their hosts: and over his host was Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
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And over the host of the tribe of the children of Issachar was Nethanel the son of
Zuar.
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And over the host of the tribe of the children of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon.
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And the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari,
who bare the tabernacle, set forward.
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And the standard of the camp of Reuben set forward according to their hosts: and over
his host was Elizur the son of Shedeur.
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And over the host of the tribe of the children of Simeon was Shelumiel the son of
Zurishaddai.
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And over the host of the tribe of the children of Gad was Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
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And the Kohathites set forward, bearing the sanctuary: and [the others] did set up
the tabernacle against their coming.
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And the standard of the camp of the children of Ephraim set forward according to their
hosts: and over his host was Elishama the son of Ammihud.
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And over the host of the tribe of the children of Manasseh was Gamaliel the son of
Pedahzur.
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And over the host of the tribe of the children of Benjamin was Abidan the son of Gideoni.
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And the standard of the camp of the children of Dan, which was the rearward of all
the camps, set forward according to their hosts: and over his host was Ahiezer the
son of Ammishaddai.
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And over the host of the tribe of the children of Asher was Pagiel the son of Ochran.
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And over the host of the tribe of the children of Naphtali was Ahira the son of Enan.
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Thus were the journeyings of the children of Israel according to their hosts; and
they set forward.
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And Moses said to Hobab, the son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses` father-in-law, We
are journeying to the place of which YHWH said, I will give it you: come you with
us, and we will do you good; for YHWH has spoken good concerning Israel.
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And he said to him, I will not go; but I will depart to mine own land, and to my kindred.
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And he said, Leave us not, I pray you; seeing that as you know how we are to encamp
in the wilderness, and you shall be to us instead of eyes.
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And it shall be, if you go with us, yea, it shall be, that what good soever YHWH shall
do to us, the same will we do to you.
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And they set forward from the mount of YHWH three days` journey; and the ark of the
covenant of YHWH went before them three days` journey, to seek out a resting-place
for them.
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And the cloud of YHWH was over them by day, when they set forward from the camp.
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And it came to pass, when the ark set forward, that Moses said, Rise up, O YHWH, and
let your enemies be scattered; and let them that hate you flee before you.
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And when it rested, he said, Return, O YHWH, to the ten thousands of the thousands
of Israel.