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¹ And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,² Make thee two trumpets of silver; of a whole piece shalt thou make them; that thou mayest use them for the calling of the assembly, and for the journeying of the camps.³ And when they shall blow with them, all the assembly shall assemble themselves to thee at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.⁴ And if they blow [but] with one [trumpet], then the princes, [who are] heads of the thousands of Israel, shall assemble themselves to thee.⁵ When ye blow an alarm, then the camps that lie on the east parts shall go forward.⁶ When ye 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.⁷ But when the congregation is to be convened, ye shall blow, but ye shall not sound an alarm.⁸ And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow with the trumpets; and they shall be to you for an ordinance for ever throughout your generations.⁹ And if ye go to war in your land against the enemy that oppresseth you, then ye shall blow an alarm with the trumpets; and ye shall be remembered before the LORD your God, and ye shall be saved from your enemies.¹⁰ Also in the day of your gladness, and in your solemn days, and in the beginnings of your months, ye 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.

¹¹ 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.¹² And the children of Israel took their journeys from the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud rested in the wilderness of Paran.¹³ And they first took their journey according to the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses.¹⁴ In the first [place] went the standard of the camp of the children of Judah according to their armies: and over his host [was] Nahshon the son of Amminadab.¹⁵ And over the host of the tribe of the children of Issachar [was] Nethaneel the son of Zuar.¹⁶ And over the host of the tribe of the children of Zebulun [was] Eliab the son of Helon.¹⁷ And the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari moved forward, bearing the tabernacle.¹⁸ And the standard of the camp of Reuben moved forward according to their armies: and over his host [was] Elizur the son of Shedeur.¹⁹ And over the host of the tribe of the children of Simeon [was] Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.²⁰ And over the host of the tribe of the children of Gad [was] Eliasaph the son of Deuel.²¹ And the Kohathites moved forward, bearing the sanctuary: and [the other] set up the tabernacle against they came.²² And the standard of the camp of the children of Ephraim moved forward according to their armies: and over his host [was] Elishama the son of Ammihud.²³ And over the host of the tribe of the children of Manasseh [was] Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.²⁴ And over the host of the tribe of the children of Benjamin [was] Abidan the son of Gideoni.²⁵ And the standard of the camp of the children of Dan moved forward, [which was] the rear-ward of all the camps throughout their hosts: and over his host [was] Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.²⁶ And over the host of the tribe of the children of Asher [was] Pagiel the son of Ocran.²⁷ And over the host of the tribe of the children of Naphtali [was] Ahira the son of Enan.²⁸ Thus [were] the journeyings of the children of Israel according to their armies, when they moved forward.

²⁹ And Moses said to Hobab, the son of Raguel the Midianite, Moses's father-in-law, We are journeying to the place of which the LORD said, I will give it to you: come thou with us, and we will do thee good: for the LORD hath spoken good concerning Israel.³⁰ And he said to him, I will not go; but I will depart to my own land, and to my kindred.³¹ And he said, Leave us not, I pray thee; forasmuch as thou knowest how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and thou mayest be to us instead of eyes.³² And it shall be, if thou wilt go with us, yea, it shall be, that what goodness the LORD shall do to us, the same will we do to thee.³³ And they departed from the mount of the LORD three days' journey: and the ark of the covenant of the LORD went before them in the three days' journey, to seek a resting-place for them.³⁴ And the cloud of the LORD [was] upon them by day, when they went out of the camp.³⁵ And it came to pass, when the ark moved forward, that Moses said, Arise, LORD, and let thy enemies be scattered; and let them that hate thee flee before thee.³⁶ And when it rested, he said, Return, O LORD, to the many thousands of Israel.