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* Jehovah said to Moses : * »Make two trumpets of hammered silver to use for calling the people together and for breaking camp . * »When long blasts are sounded on both trumpets , the whole community is to gather around you at the entrance to the tent of my presence . * »When only one trumpet is sounded , then only the leaders of the clans are to gather around you . * »When short blasts are sounded , the tribes camped on the east will move out . * »When short blasts are sounded a second time , the tribes on the south will move out . So short blasts are to be sounded to break camp , * »Long blasts are to be sounded to call the congregation together . * »Aaron ’s sons the priests are to blow the trumpets . The following rule is to be observed for all time to come . * »When there is war in your land and you defend yourselves against an enemy attack , sound the signal for battle on these trumpets . I , Jehovah your God , will help you and save you from your enemies . * »Joyful occasions such as your New Moon Festivals and your other religious festivals , you are to blow the trumpets when you present your burnt offerings and your fellowship offerings . Then I will help you . I AM JEHOVAH YOUR GOD !« * The cloud over the tent of Jehovah ’s presence lifted the twentieth day of the second month in the second year after the people left Egypt . * At last the Israelites started on their journey out of the Sinai Desert . The cloud came to rest in the wilderness of Paran . * Jehovah gave the command through Moses for them to march . * They were in the same order each time they moved . Those under the banner of the division led by the tribe of Judah started out first , company by company , with Nahshon son of Amminadab in command . * Nethanel son of Zuar was in command of the tribe of Issachar . * Eliab son of Helon was in command of the tribe of Zebulun . * Then the tent would be taken down . The clans of Gershon and Merari carried it . * Next , the banner of the division led by the tribe of Reuben would start out , company by company . Elizur son of Shedeur was in command . * Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai was in command of the tribe of Simeon , * and Eliasaph son of Deuel was in command of the tribe of Gad . * The Levite clan of Kohath started the march . They carried the sacred objects . By the time they arrived at the next camp , the tent had been set up again . * Next , the banner of the division led by the tribe of Ephraim would start out , company by company , with Elishama son of Ammihud in command . * Gamaliel son of Pedahzur commanded the tribe of Manasseh . * Abidan son of Gideoni commanded the tribe of Benjamin . * Finally , the banner of the division led by the tribe of Dan , serving as the rear guard of all the divisions , started out , company by company . Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai was in command . * Pagiel son of Ochran commanded the tribe of Asher . * Ahira son of Enan commanded the tribe of Naphtali . * This was the order of march , company by company , when the Israelites broke camp and set out . * Moses said to his brother-in-law Hobab son of Jethro the Midianite : We are about to start out for the place Jehovah said he would give us . He promised to make Israel prosperous , so come with us , and we will share our prosperity with you . * Hobab answered : »No , I am going back to my native land .« * « Please do not leave us ,« Moses said . »You know where we can camp in the desert . You can be our guide . * »If you come with us , we will share with you all the blessings that Jehovah gives us .« * The people left Sinai , the holy mountain . They traveled three days . Jehovah ’s Ark of the Covenant always went ahead of them to find a place for them to camp . * They moved camp to camp with the cloud of Jehovah over them by day . * When the Ark of the Covenant started out , Moses would say : »ARISE , JEHOVAH ; scatter your enemies and put to flight those who hate you !« * And when it stopped , he would say : »RETURN , O JEHOVAH , to the countless thousands of Israel !«

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