¹ Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

² "Make two trumpets of silver. You shall make them of beaten work. You shall use them for the calling of the congregation, and for the journeying of the camps.

³ When they blow them, all the congregation shall gather themselves to you at the door of the Tent of Meeting.

⁴ If they blow just one, then the princes, the heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves to you.

⁵ When you blow an alarm, the camps that lie on the east side shall go forward.

⁶ When you blow an alarm the second time, the camps that lie on the south side shall go forward. They shall blow an alarm for their journeys.

⁷ But when the assembly is to be gathered together, you shall blow, but you shall not sound an alarm.

⁸ "The sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow the trumpets. This shall be to you for a statute forever throughout your generations.

⁹ When you go to war in your land against the adversary who oppresses you, then you shall sound an alarm with the trumpets. Then you will be remembered before Yahweh your God, and you will be saved from your enemies.

¹⁰ "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 Yahweh your God."

¹¹ It happened 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.

¹² The children of Israel went forward according to their journeys out of the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud stayed in the wilderness of Paran.

¹³ They first went forward according to the commandment of Yahweh by Moses.

¹⁴ First, the standard of the camp of the children of Judah went forward according to their armies. Nahshon the son of Amminadab was over his army.

¹⁵ Nethanel the son of Zuar was over the army of the tribe of the children of Issachar.

¹⁶ Eliab the son of Helon was over the army of the tribe of the children of Zebulun.

¹⁷ The tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari, who bore the tabernacle, went forward.

¹⁸ The standard of the camp of Reuben went forward according to their armies. Elizur the son of Shedeur was over his army.

¹⁹ Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai was over the army of the tribe of the children of Simeon.

²⁰ Eliasaph the son of Deuel was over the army of the tribe of the children of Gad.

²¹ The Kohathites set forward, bearing the sanctuary. The others set up the tabernacle before they arrived.

²² The standard of the camp of the children of Ephraim set forward according to their armies. Elishama the son of Ammihud was over his army.

²³ Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur was over the army of the tribe of the children of Manasseh.

²⁴ Abidan the son of Gideoni was over the army of the tribe of the children of Benjamin.

²⁵ The standard of the camp of the children of Dan, which was the rear guard of all the camps, set forward according to their armies. Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai was over his army.

²⁶ Pagiel the son of Ochran was over the army of the tribe of the children of Asher.

²⁷ Ahira the son of Enan was over the army of the tribe of the children of Naphtali.

²⁸ Thus were the travels of the children of Israel according to their armies; and they went forward.

²⁹ Moses said to Hobab, the son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses' father-in-law, "We are journeying to the place of which Yahweh said, 'I will give it to you.' Come with us, and we will treat you well; for Yahweh has spoken good concerning Israel."

³⁰ He said to him, "I will not go; but I will depart to my own land, and to my relatives."

³¹ He said, "Don't leave us, please; because you know how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and you can be our eyes.

³² It shall be, if you go with us, yes, it shall be, that whatever good Yahweh does to us, we will do the same to you."

³³ They set forward from the Mount of Yahweh three days' journey. The ark of the covenant of Yahweh went before them three days' journey, to seek out a resting place for them.

³⁴ The cloud of Yahweh was over them by day, when they set forward from the camp.

³⁵ It happened, when the ark went forward, that Moses said, "Rise up, Yahweh, and let your enemies be scattered! Let those who hate you flee before you!"

³⁶ When it rested, he said, "Return, Yahweh, to the ten thousands of the thousands of Israel."

¹ Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

² "The children of Israel shall encamp every man by his own standard, with the banners of their fathers' houses: at a distance from the Tent of Meeting shall they encamp around it."

³ Those who encamp on the east side toward the sunrise shall be of the standard of the camp of Judah, according to their divisions: and the prince of the children of Judah shall be Nahshon the son of Amminadab.

⁴ His division, and those who were numbered of them, were seventy-four thousand six hundred.

⁵ Those who encamp next to him shall be the tribe of Issachar: and the prince of the children of Issachar shall be Nethanel the son of Zuar.

⁶ His division, and those who were numbered of it, were fifty-four thousand four hundred.

⁷ The tribe of Zebulun: and the prince of the children of Zebulun shall be Eliab the son of Helon.

⁸ His division, and those who were numbered of it, were fifty-seven thousand four hundred.

⁹ All who were numbered of the camp of Judah were one hundred eighty-six thousand four hundred, according to their divisions. They shall set out first.

¹⁰ "On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben according to their divisions. The prince of the children of Reuben shall be Elizur the son of Shedeur.

¹¹ His division, and those who were numbered of it, were forty-six thousand five hundred.

¹² "Those who encamp next to him shall be the tribe of Simeon. The prince of the children of Simeon shall be Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.

¹³ His division, and those who were numbered of them, were fifty-nine thousand three hundred.

¹⁴ "The tribe of Gad: and the prince of the children of Gad shall be Eliasaph the son of Reuel.

¹⁵ His division, and those who were numbered of them, were forty-five thousand six hundred fifty.

¹⁶ "All who were numbered of the camp of Reuben were one hundred fifty-one thousand four hundred fifty, according to their armies. They shall set out second.

¹⁷ "Then the Tent of Meeting shall set out, with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camps. As they encamp, so shall they set out, every man in his place, by their standards.

¹⁸ "On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of Ephraim according to their divisions: and the prince of the children of Ephraim shall be Elishama the son of Ammihud.

¹⁹ His division, and those who were numbered of them, were forty thousand five hundred.

²⁰ "Next to him shall be the tribe of Manasseh: and the prince of the children of Manasseh shall be Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.

²¹ His division, and those who were numbered of them, were thirty-two thousand two hundred.

²² "The tribe of Benjamin: and the prince of the children of Benjamin shall be Abidan the son of Gideoni.

²³ His army, and those who were numbered of them, were thirty-five thousand four hundred.

²⁴ "All who were numbered of the camp of Ephraim were one hundred eight thousand one hundred, according to their divisions. They shall set out third.

²⁵ "On the north side shall be the standard of the camp of Dan according to their divisions: and the prince of the children of Dan shall be Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.

²⁶ His division, and those who were numbered of them, were sixty-two thousand seven hundred.

²⁷ "Those who encamp next to him shall be the tribe of Asher: and the prince of the children of Asher shall be Pagiel the son of Ochran.

²⁸ His division, and those who were numbered of them, were forty-one thousand and five hundred.

²⁹ "The tribe of Naphtali: and the prince of the children of Naphtali shall be Ahira the son of Enan.

³⁰ His division, and those who were numbered of them, were fifty-three thousand four hundred.

³¹ "All who were numbered of the camp of Dan were one hundred fifty-seven thousand six hundred. They shall set out last by their standards."

³² These are those who were numbered of the children of Israel by their fathers' houses. All who were numbered of the camps according to their armies were six hundred three thousand five hundred fifty.

³³ But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel; as Yahweh commanded Moses.

³⁴ Thus the children of Israel did. According to all that Yahweh commanded Moses, so they encamped by their standards, and so they set out, everyone by their families, according to their fathers' houses.