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The LORD said to Moses ,
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Make two silver trumpets ;
of hammered work you shall make them ;
and you shall use them for summoning the congregation ,
and for breaking camp .
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And when both are blown ,
all the congregation shall gather themselves to you at the entrance of the tent of meeting .
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But if they blow only one ,
then the leaders ,
the heads of the tribes of Israel ,
shall gather themselves to you .
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When you blow an alarm ,
the camps that are on the east side shall set out .
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And when you blow an alarm the second time ,
the camps that are on the south side shall set out .
An alarm is to be blown whenever they are to set out .
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But when the assembly is to be gathered together ,
you shall blow ,
but you shall not sound an alarm .
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And the sons of Aaron ,
the priests ,
shall blow the trumpets .
The trumpets shall be to you for a perpetual statute throughout your generations .
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And when you go to war in your land against the adversary who oppresses you ,
then you shall sound an alarm with the trumpets ,
that you may be remembered before the LORD your God ,
and you shall be saved from your enemies .
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On the day of your gladness also ,
and at your appointed feasts ,
and at the beginnings of your months ,
you shall blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings ;
they shall serve you for remembrance before your God :
I am the LORD your God ."
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In the second year ,
in the second month ,
on the twentieth day of the month ,
the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle of the testimony ,
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and the people of Israel set out by stages from the wilderness of Sinai ;
and the cloud settled down in the wilderness of Paran .
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They set out for the first time at the command of the LORD by Moses .
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The standard of the camp of the men of Judah set out first by their companies ;
and over their host was Nahshon the son of Ammin '
adab .
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And over the host of the tribe of the men of Is '
sachar was Nethan '
el the son of Zu '
ar .
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And over the host of the tribe of the men of Zeb '
ulun was Eli '
ab the son of Helon .
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And when the tabernacle was taken down ,
the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merar '
i ,
who carried the tabernacle ,
set out .
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And the standard of the camp of Reuben set out by their companies ;
and over their host was Eli '
zur the son of Shed '
eur .
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And over the host of the tribe of the men of Simeon was Shelu '
mi-el the son of Zurishad '
dai .
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And over the host of the tribe of the men of Gad was Eli '
asaph the son of Deu '
el .
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Then the Ko '
hathites set out ,
carrying the holy things ,
and the tabernacle was set up before their arrival .
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And the standard of the camp of the men of E '
phraim set out by their companies ;
and over their host was Eli '
shama the son of Ammi '
hud .
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And over the host of the tribe of the men of Manas '
seh was Gama '
liel the son of Pedah '
zur .
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And over the host of the tribe of the men of Benjamin was Abi '
dan the son of Gideo '
ni .
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Then the standard of the camp of the men of Dan ,
acting as the rear guard of all the camps ,
set out by their companies ;
and over their host was Ahie '
zer the son of Ammishad '
dai .
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And over the host of the tribe of the men of Asher was Pa '
giel the son of Ochran .
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And over the host of the tribe of the men of Naph '
tali was Ahi '
ra the son of Enan .
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This was the order of march of the people of Israel according to their hosts ,
when they set out .
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And Moses said to Hobab the son of Reu '
el the Mid '
ianite ,
Moses '
father-in-law , "
We are setting out for the place of which the LORD said , `
I will give it to you ';
come with us ,
and we will do you good ;
for the LORD has promised good to Israel ."
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But he said to him , "
I will not go ;
I will depart to my own land and to my kindred ."
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And he said , "
Do not leave us ,
I pray you ,
for you know how we are to encamp in the wilderness ,
and you will serve as eyes for us .
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And if you go with us ,
whatever good the LORD will do to us ,
the same will we do to you ."
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So they set out from the mount of the LORD three days '
journey ;
and the ark of the covenant of the LORD went before them three days '
journey ,
to seek out a resting place for them .
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And the cloud of the LORD was over them by day ,
whenever they set out from the camp .
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And whenever the ark set out ,
Moses said , "
Arise ,
O LORD ,
and let thy enemies be scattered ;
and let them that hate thee flee before thee ."
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And when it rested ,
he said , "
Return ,
O LORD ,
to the ten thousand thousands of Israel ."