Numbers 10 · Parashat Behaalotecha

And the Lord spoke to Moshe, saying,

Make thee two trumpets of silver; of a whole piece shalt thou make them: that thou shalt use them for calling the assembly, and for the journeying of the camps.

And when they shall blow with them, all the assembly shall assemble themselves to thee at the door of the Tent of Meeting.

And if they blow but with one trumpet, then the princes, the heads of the thousands of Yisra᾽el, shall gather themselves to thee.

When you blow an alarm, then the camps that lie on the east parts shall go forward.

When you blow an alarm the second time, then the camps that lie on the south side shall take their journey: they shall blow an alarm for their journeys.

But when the congregation is to be gathered together, you shall blow, but you shall not sound an alarm.

And the sons of Aharon, the priests, shall blow with the trumpets; and they shall be to you for an ordinance for ever throughout your generations.

And if you go to war in your land against the enemy that oppresses you, then you shall blow an alarm with the trumpets; and you shall be remembered before the Lord your God, and you shall be saved from your enemies.

Also in the day of your gladness, and in your solemn days, and in the beginnings of your months, you shall blow with the trumpets over your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; that they may be to you for a memorial before your God: I am the Lord your God.

And it came to pass on the twentieth day of the second month, in the second year, that the cloud was taken up from off the tabernacle of the Testimony.

And the children of Yisra᾽el took their journeys out of the wilderness of Sinay; and the cloud rested in the wilderness of Paran.

And they first took their journey according to the commandment of the Lord by the hand of Moshe.

In the first place went the standard of the camp of the children of Yehuda according to their armies: and over his host was Naĥshon the son of ῾Amminadav.

And over the host of the tribe of the children of Yissakhar was Netan᾽el the son of Żu῾ar.

And over the host of the tribe of the children of Zevulun was Eli᾽av the son of Ḥelon.

And the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari set forward, bearing the tabernacle.

And the standard of the camp of Re᾽uven set forward according to their armies: over his host was Eliżur the son of Shede᾽ur.

And over the host of the tribe of the children of Shim῾on was Shelumi᾽el the son of Żurishadday.

And over the host of the tribe of the children of Gad was Elyasaf the son of De῾u᾽el.

And the Qehati set forward, bearing the sanctuary: that they might set up the tabernacle against their arrival.

And the standard of the camp of the children of Efrayim set forward according to their armies: and over his host was Elishama the son of ῾Ammihud.

And over the host of the tribe of the children of Menashshe was Gamli᾽el the son of Pedażur.

And over the host of the tribe of the children of Binyamin was Avidan the son of Gid῾oni.

And the standard of the camp of the children of Dan set forward, which was the rearward of all the camps throughout their hosts: and over his host was Aĥi῾ezer the son of ῾Ammishadday.

And over the host of the tribe of the children of Asher was Pag῾i᾽el the son of ῾Okhran.

And over the host of the tribe of the children of Naftali was Aĥira the son of ῾Enan.

Thus were the journeyings of the children of Yisra᾽el according to their armies; then they set forward.

And Moshe said to Ḥovav, the son of Re῾u᾽el, the Midyanite, Moshe’s father in law, We are journeying to the place of which the Lord said, I will give it you: come thou with us, and we will do thee good: for the Lord has spoken good concerning Yisra᾽el.

And he said to him, I will not go; but I will depart to my own land, and to my kindred.

And he said, Leave us not, I pray thee; since thou knowst how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and thou mayst be to us instead of eyes.

And it shall be, if thou go with us, it shall be, that what good the Lord shall do to us, the same will we do to thee.

And they departed from the mountain of the Lord three days’ journey: and the ark of the covenant of the Lord went before them in the three days’ journey, to search out a resting place for them.

And the cloud of the Lord was upon them by day, when they went out of the camp.

And it came to pass, when the ark set forward, that Moshe said, Rise up, Lord, and let thy enemies be scattered; and let those who hate thee flee before thee.

And when it rested, he said, Return, Lord, to the ten thousand thousands of Yisra᾽el.