Numbers 10

vayedabber Adonai el-mosheh lemor

GOD spoke to Moses, saying:

aseh lekha shete khatsotserot kesef miqshah ta'aseh otam vehayu lekha lemiqra ha'edah ulemassa et-hammakhanot

Have two silver trumpets made; make them of hammered work. They shall serve you to summon the community and to set the divisions in motion.

vetaqe'u bahen veno'adu elekha kol-ha'edah el-petakh ohel mo'ed

When both are blown in long blasts, the whole community shall assemble before you at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting;

ve'im-be'akhat yitqa'u veno'adu elekha hannesi'im rashe alfe yisra'el

and if only one is blown, the chieftains, heads of Israel’s contingents, shall assemble before you.

uteqatem teru'ah venase'u hammakhanot hakhonim qedemah

But when you sound short blasts, the divisions encamped on the east shall move forward;

uteqatem teru'ah shenit venase'u hammakhanot hakhonim temanah teru'ah yitqe'u lemasehem

and when you sound short blasts a second time, those encamped on the south shall move forward. Thus short blasts shall be blown for setting them in motion,

uvehaqhil et-haqqahal titqe'u velo tari'u

while to convoke the congregation you shall blow long blasts, not short ones.

uvene aharon hakkohanim yitqe'u bakhatsotserot vehayu lakhem lekhuqqat olam ledorotekhem

The trumpets shall be blown by Aaron’s sons, the priests; they shall be for you an institution for all time throughout the ages.

vekhi-tavo'u milkhamah be'artsekhem al-hatsar hatsorer etkhem vahare'otem bakhatsotserot venizkartem lifne Adonai elohekhem venoshatem me'oyevekhem

When you are at war in your land against an aggressor who attacks you, you shall sound short blasts on the trumpets, that you may be remembered before the ETERNAL your God and be delivered from your enemies.

uveyom simkhatkhem uvemo'adekhem uverashe khodshekhem uteqatem bakhatsotserot al olotekhem ve'al zivkhe shalmekhem vehayu lakhem lezikkaron lifne elohekhem ani Adonai elohekhem

And on your joyous occasions—your fixed festivals and new moon days—you shall sound the trumpets over your burnt offerings and your sacrifices of well-being. They shall be a reminder of you before your God: I, the ETERNAL, am your God.

vayehi bashanah hashenit bakhodesh hasheni be'esrim bakhodesh na'alah he'anan me'al mishkan ha'edut

In the second year, on the twentieth day of the second month, the cloud lifted from the Tabernacle of the Pact

vayyisu vene-yisra'el lemasehem mimmidbar sinay vayyishkon he'anan bemidbar paran

and the Israelites set out on their journeys from the wilderness of Sinai. The cloud came to rest in the wilderness of Paran.

vayyisu barishonah al-pi Adonai beyad-mosheh

When the march was to begin, at GOD’s command through Moses,

vayyissa degel makhaneh vene-yehudah barishonah letsivotam ve'al-tseva'o nakhshon ben-amminadav

the first standard to set out, troop by troop, was the division of Judah. In command of its troops was Nahshon son of Amminadab;

ve'al-tseva matteh bene yissashkhar netanel ben-tsu'ar

in command of the tribal troop of Issachar, Nethanel son of Zuar;

ve'al-tseva matteh bene zevulun eli'av ben-khelon

and in command of the tribal troop of Zebulun, Eliab son of Helon.

vehurad hammishkan venase'u vene-gereshon uvene merari nose'e hammishkan

Then the Tabernacle would be taken apart; and the Gershonites and the Merarites, who carried the Tabernacle, would set out.

venasa degel makhaneh re'uven letsivotam ve'al-tseva'o elitsur ben-shede'ur

The next standard to set out, troop by troop, was the division of Reuben. In command of its troop was Elizur son of Shedeur;

ve'al-tseva matteh bene shimon shelumi'el ben-tsurishadday

in command of the tribal troop of Simeon, Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai;

ve'al-tseva matteh vene-gad elyasaf ben-de'u'el

and in command of the tribal troop of Gad, Eliasaph son of Deuel.

venase'u haqqehatim nose'e hammiqdash veheqimu et-hammishkan ad-bo'am

Then the Kohathites, who carried the sacred objects, would set out; and by the time they arrived, the Tabernacle would be set up again.

venasa degel makhaneh vene-efrayim letsivotam ve'al-tseva'o elishama ben-ammihud

The next standard to set out, troop by troop, was the division of Ephraim. In command of its troop was Elishama son of Ammihud;

ve'al-tseva matteh bene menasheh gamli'el ben-pedahtsur

in command of the tribal troop of Manasseh, Gamaliel son of Pedahzur;

ve'al-tseva matteh bene vinyamin avidan ben-gidoni

and in command of the tribal troop of Benjamin, Abidan son of Gideoni.

venasa degel makhaneh vene-dan me'assef lekhol-hammakhanot letsivotam ve'al-tseva'o akhi'ezer ben-ammishadday

Then, as the rear guard of all the divisions, the standard of the division of Dan would set out, troop by troop. In command of its troop was Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai;

ve'al-tseva matteh bene asher pagi'el ben-okhran

in command of the tribal troop of Asher, Pagiel son of Ochran;

ve'al-tseva matteh bene naftali akhira ben-enan

and in command of the tribal troop of Naphtali, Ahira son of Enan.

elleh mase vene-yisra'el letsivotam vayyissa'u

Such was the order of march of the Israelites, as they marched troop by troop.

vayyomer mosheh lekhovav ben-re'u'el hammidyani khoten mosheh nose'im anakhnu el-hammaqom asher amar Adonai oto etten lakhem lekhah ittanu vehetavnu lakh ki-Adonai dibber-tov al-yisra'el

Moses said to Hobab son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses’ father-in-law, “We are setting out for the place of which GOD has said, ‘I will give it to you.’ Come with us and we will be generous with you; for GOD has promised to be generous to Israel.”

vayyomer elayw lo elekh ki im-el-artsi ve'el-moladti elekh

“I will not go,” he replied to him, “but will return to my native land.”

vayyomer al-na ta'azov otanu ki al-ken yadata khanotenu bammidbar vehayita lanu le'enayim

He said, “Please do not leave us, inasmuch as you know where we should camp in the wilderness and can be our guide.

vehayah ki-telekh immanu vehayah hattov hahu asher yetiv Adonai immanu vehetavnu lakh

So if you come with us, we will extend to you the same bounty that GOD grants us.”

vayyisu mehar Adonai derekh sheloshet yamim va'aron berit-Adonai nosea lifnehem derekh sheloshet yamim latur lahem menukhah

They marched from the mountain of GOD a distance of three days. The Ark of the Covenant of GOD traveled in front of them on that three days’ journey to seek out a resting place for them;

va'anan Adonai alehem yomam benosam min-hammakhaneh

and GOD’s cloud kept above them by day, as they moved on from camp.

vayehi binsoa ha'aron vayyomer mosheh qumah Adonai veyafutsu oyevekha veyanusu mesanekha mippanekha

When the Ark was to set out, Moses would say: Advance, O ETERNAL One! May Your enemies be scattered, And may Your foes flee before You!

uvenukhoh yomar shuvah Adonai rivvot alfe yisra'el

And when it halted, he would say: Return, O ETERNAL One, You who are Israel’s myriads of thousands!