Numbers 10

The Silver Trumpets

1 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 "Make two silver trumpets. Of hammered work you shall make them, and you shall use them for x summoning the congregation and for breaking camp. 3 And when y both are blown, all the congregation shall gather themselves to you at the entrance of the tent of meeting. 4 But if they blow only one, then z the chiefs, the heads of the tribes of Israel, shall gather themselves to you. 5 When you blow an alarm, a the camps that are on the east side shall set out. 6 And when you blow an alarm the second time, b the camps that are on the south side shall set out. An alarm is to be blown whenever they are to set out. 7 But when the assembly is to be gathered together, c you shall blow a long blast, but you shall not d sound an alarm. 8 e And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow the trumpets. The trumpets shall be to you for a perpetual statute throughout your generations. 9 And f when you go to war in your land against the adversary who g oppresses you, then you shall d sound an alarm with the trumpets, that you may be h remembered before the Lord your God, and you shall be saved from your enemies. 10 i On the day of your gladness also, and at your appointed feasts and j 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 be k a reminder of you before your God: I am the Lord your God."

Israel Leaves Sinai

11 In the second year, in the second month, on the twentieth day of the month, l the cloud lifted from over the tabernacle of the testimony, 12 and the people of Israel m set out by stages from the n wilderness of Sinai. And the cloud settled down in the o wilderness of Paran. 13 They set out for the first time p at the command of the Lord by Moses. 14 The standard of the camp of the people of Judah set out q first by their companies, and over their company was r Nahshon the son of Amminadab. 15 And over the company of the tribe of the people of Issachar was Nethanel the son of Zuar. 16 And over the company of the tribe of the people of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon.

17 And when s the tabernacle was taken down, the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari, t who carried the tabernacle, set out. 18 And u the standard of the camp of Reuben set out by their companies, and over their company was v Elizur the son of Shedeur. 19 And over the company of the tribe of the people of Simeon was w Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. 20 And over the company of the tribe of the people of Gad was x Eliasaph the son of y Deuel.

21 Then the Kohathites set out, z carrying the holy things, and a the tabernacle was set up before their arrival. 22 And b the standard of the camp of the people of Ephraim set out by their companies, and over their company was c Elishama the son of Ammihud. 23 And over the company of the tribe of the people of Manasseh was c Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. 24 And over the company of the tribe of the people of Benjamin was d Abidan the son of Gideoni.

25 Then e the standard of the camp of the people of Dan, acting as the f rear guard of all the camps, set out by their companies, and over their company was g Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. 26 And over the company of the tribe of the people of Asher was h Pagiel the son of Ochran. 27 And over the company of the tribe of the people of Naphtali was i Ahira the son of Enan. 28 j This was the order of march of the people of Israel by their companies, when they set out.

29 And Moses said to Hobab the son of k Reuel the Midianite, Moses' father-in-law, "We are setting out for the place of which the Lord said, l 'I will give it to you.' Come with us, and we will do good to you, for m the Lord has promised good to Israel." 30 But he said to him, "I will not go. I will depart to my own land and to my kindred." 31 And he said, "Please do not leave us, for you know where we should camp in the wilderness, and you will serve n as eyes for us. 32 And if you do go with us, o whatever good the Lord will do to us, the same will we do to you."

33 So they set out from p 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 q a resting place for them. 34 r And the cloud of the Lord was over them by day, whenever they set out from the camp.

35 And whenever the ark set out, Moses said, s "Arise, O Lord, and let your enemies be scattered, and let those who hate you flee before you." 36 And when it rested, he said, "Return, O Lord, to the ten thousand thousands of Israel."

  1. Cross References
    Isaiah 1:13
    Bring no more vain offerings; incense is an abomination to me. New moon and Sabbath and the calling of convocations - I cannot endure iniquity and solemn assembly.
    Joel 1:14
    Consecrate a fast; call a solemn assembly. Gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land to the house of the Lord your God, and cry out to the Lord.
    Psalms 81:3
    Blow the trumpet at the new moon, at the full moon, on our feast day.
  2. Cross References
    Jeremiah 4:5
    Declare in Judah, and proclaim in Jerusalem, and say, "Blow the trumpet through the land; cry aloud and say, 'Assemble, and let us go into the fortified cities!
    Joel 2:15
    Blow the trumpet in Zion; consecrate a fast; call a solemn assembly.
  3. Cross References
    Numbers 1:16
    These were the ones chosen from the congregation, the chiefs of their ancestral tribes, the heads of the clans of Israel.
    Numbers 7:2
    The chiefs of Israel, heads of their fathers' houses, who were the chiefs of the tribes, who were over those who were listed, approached
    Exodus 18:21
    Moreover, look for able men from all the people, men who fear God, who are trustworthy and hate a bribe, and place such men over the people as chiefs of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.
  4. Cross References
    Numbers 10:14
    The standard of the camp of the people of Judah set out first by their companies, and over their company was Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
    Numbers 2:3 - 9
    Those to camp on the east side toward the sunrise shall be of the standard of the camp of Judah by their companies, the chief of the people of Judah being Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
  5. Cross References
    Numbers 10:18
    And the standard of the camp of Reuben set out by their companies, and over their company was Elizur the son of Shedeur.
    Numbers 2:10 - 16
    On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben by their companies, the chief of the people of Reuben being Elizur the son of Shedeur.
  6. Cross References
    Numbers 10:3
    And when both are blown, all the congregation shall gather themselves to you at the entrance of the tent of meeting.
  7. Cross References
    Joel 2:1
    Blow a trumpet in Zion; sound an alarm on my holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, for the day of the Lord is coming; it is near.
  8. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 15:24
    Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, should blow the trumpets before the ark of God. Obed-edom and Jehiah were to be gatekeepers for the ark.
    2 Chronicles 13:12
    Behold, God is with us at our head, and his priests with their battle trumpets to sound the call to battle against you. O sons of Israel, do not fight against the Lord, the God of your fathers, for you cannot succeed.
  9. Cross References
    Numbers 31:6
    And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand from each tribe, together with Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, with the vessels of the sanctuary and the trumpets for the alarm in his hand.
    2 Chronicles 13:14
    And when Judah looked, behold, the battle was in front of and behind them. And they cried to the Lord, and the priests blew the trumpets.
    Joshua 6:5
    And when they make a long blast with the ram's horn, when you hear the sound of the trumpet, then all the people shall shout with a great shout, and the wall of the city will fall down flat, and the people shall go up, everyone straight before him.
  10. Cross References
    Judges 2:18
    Whenever the Lord raised up judges for them, the Lord was with the judge, and he saved them from the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge. For the Lord was moved to pity by their groaning because of those who afflicted and oppressed them.
    Judges 4:3
    Then the people of Israel cried out to the Lord for help, for he had 900 chariots of iron and he oppressed the people of Israel cruelly for twenty years.
    Judges 10:8
    And they crushed and oppressed the people of Israel that year. For eighteen years they oppressed all the people of Israel who were beyond the Jordan in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead.
    Judges 10:12
    The Sidonians also, and the Amalekites and the Maonites oppressed you, and you cried out to me, and I saved you out of their hand.
    1 Samuel 10:18
    And he said to the people of Israel, "Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, 'I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and I delivered you from the hand of the Egyptians and from the hand of all the kingdoms that were oppressing you.
  11. Cross References
    Numbers 10:7
    But when the assembly is to be gathered together, you shall blow a long blast, but you shall not sound an alarm.
  12. Cross References
    Genesis 8:1
    But God remembered Noah and all the beasts and all the livestock that were with him in the ark. And God made a wind blow over the earth, and the waters subsided.
  13. Cross References
    Numbers 29:1
    On the first day of the seventh month you shall...
    1 Chronicles 15:24
    Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechari...
    2 Chronicles 5:12 - 13
    And all the Levitical singers, Asaph, Heman, an...
    2 Chronicles 7:6
    The priests stood at their posts; the Levites a...
    2 Chronicles 29:26 - 28
    The Levites stood with the instruments of David...
    Ezra 3:10
    And when the builders laid the foundation of th...
    Nehemiah 12:35
    And certain of the priests' sons with trumpets:...
  14. Cross References
    Psalms 81:3
    Blow the trumpet at the new moon, at the full moon, on our feast day.
    Numbers 28:11
    At the beginnings of your months, you shall offer a burnt offering to the Lord : two bulls from the herd, one ram, seven male lambs a year old without blemish.
  15. Cross References
    Numbers 10:9
    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.
  16. Cross References
    Numbers 9:17
    And whenever the cloud lifted from over the tent, after that the people of Israel set out, and in the place where the cloud settled down, there the people of Israel camped.
  17. Cross References
    Exodus 40:36
    Throughout all their journeys, whenever the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the people of Israel would set out.
  18. Cross References
    Numbers 1:1
    The Lord spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tent of meeting, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying.
    Numbers 9:5
    And they kept the Passover in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, at twilight, in the wilderness of Sinai; according to all that the Lord commanded Moses, so the people of Israel did.
    Exodus 19:1 - 2
    On the third new moon after the people of Israel had gone out of the land of Egypt, on that day they came into the wilderness of Sinai.
  19. Cross References
    Numbers 12:16
    After that the people set out from Hazeroth, and camped in the wilderness of Paran.
    Numbers 13:3
    So Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran, according to the command of the Lord, all of them men who were heads of the people of Israel.
    Numbers 13:26
    And they came to Moses and Aaron and to all the congregation of the people of Israel in the wilderness of Paran, at Kadesh. They brought back word to them and to all the congregation, and showed them the fruit of the land.
    Genesis 21:21
    He lived in the wilderness of Paran, and his mother took a wife for him from the land of Egypt.
    Deuteronomy 1:1
    These are the words that Moses spoke to all Israel beyond the Jordan in the wilderness, in the Arabah opposite Suph, between Paran and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab.
  20. Cross References
    Numbers 10:5 - 6
    When you blow an alarm, the camps that are on the east side shall set out.
    Numbers 2:34
    Thus did the people of Israel. According to all that the Lord commanded Moses, so they camped by their standards, and so they set out, each one in his clan, according to his fathers' house.
  21. Cross References
    Numbers 2:3 - 9
    Those to camp on the east side toward the sunrise shall be of the standard of the camp of Judah by their companies, the chief of the people of Judah being Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
  22. Cross References
    Numbers 10:14 - 16
    The standard of the camp of the people of Judah set out first by their companies, and over their company was Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
    Numbers 1:7 - 9
    From Judah, Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
  23. Cross References
    Numbers 1:51
    When the tabernacle is to set out, the Levites shall take it down, and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up. And if any outsider comes near, he shall be put to death.
  24. Cross References
    Numbers 4:24 - 33
    This is the service of the clans of the Gershonites, in serving and bearing burdens:
    Numbers 7:6 - 8
    So Moses took the wagons and the oxen and gave them to the Levites.
  25. Cross References
    Numbers 2:10 - 16
    On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben by their companies, the chief of the people of Reuben being Elizur the son of Shedeur.
  26. Cross References
    Numbers 1:5
    And these are the names of the men who shall assist you. From Reuben, Elizur the son of Shedeur.
  27. Cross References
    Numbers 1:6
    From Simeon, Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
  28. Cross References
    Numbers 1:14
    From Gad, Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
  29. Cross References
    Numbers 2:14
    Then the tribe of Gad, the chief of the people of Gad being Eliasaph the son of Reuel.
  30. Cross References
    Numbers 7:9
    But to the sons of Kohath he gave none, because they were charged with the service of the holy things that had to be carried on the shoulder.
    Numbers 4:4 - 15
    This is the service of the sons of Kohath in the tent of meeting: the most holy things.
  31. Cross References
    Numbers 10:17
    And when the tabernacle was taken down, the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari, who carried the tabernacle, set out.
  32. Cross References
    Numbers 2:18 - 24
    On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of Ephraim by their companies, the chief of the people of Ephraim being Elishama the son of Ammihud.
  33. Cross References
    Numbers 1:10
    From the sons of Joseph, from Ephraim, Elishama the son of Ammihud, and from Manasseh, Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
  34. Cross References
    Numbers 10:22
    And the standard of the camp of the people of Ephraim set out by their companies, and over their company was Elishama the son of Ammihud.
  35. Cross References
    Numbers 1:11
    From Benjamin, Abidan the son of Gideoni.
  36. Cross References
    Numbers 2:25 - 31
    On the north side shall be the standard of the camp of Dan by their companies, the chief of the people of Dan being Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
  37. Cross References
    Joshua 6:9
    The armed men were walking before the priests who were blowing the trumpets, and the rear guard was walking after the ark, while the trumpets blew continually.
  38. Cross References
    Numbers 1:12
    From Dan, Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
  39. Cross References
    Numbers 1:13
    From Asher, Pagiel the son of Ochran.
  40. Cross References
    Numbers 1:15
    From Naphtali, Ahira the son of Enan.
  41. Cross References
    Numbers 2:34
    Thus did the people of Israel. According to all that the Lord commanded Moses, so they camped by their standards, and so they set out, each one in his clan, according to his fathers' house.
  42. Cross References
    Exodus 2:18
    When they came home to their father Reuel, he said, "How is it that you have come home so soon today?
  43. Cross References
    Genesis 12:7
    Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said, "To your offspring I will give this land." So he built there an altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him.
  44. Cross References
    Genesis 32:12
    But you said, 'I will surely do you good, and make your offspring as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.'
    Exodus 3:8
    And I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and broad land, a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
    Exodus 6:7 - 8
    I will take you to be my people, and I will be your God, and you shall know that I am the Lord your God, who has brought you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.
  45. Cross References
    Job 29:15
    I was eyes to the blind and feet to the lame.
  46. Cross References
    Numbers 10:29
    And Moses said to Hobab the son of Reuel the Midianite, 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 good to you, for the Lord has promised good to Israel.
    Judges 1:16
    And the descendants of the Kenite, Moses' father-in-law, went up with the people of Judah from the city of palms into the wilderness of Judah, which lies in the Negeb near Arad, and they went and settled with the people.
    Judges 4:11
    Now Heber the Kenite had separated from the Kenites, the descendants of Hobab the father-in-law of Moses, and had pitched his tent as far away as the oak in Zaanannim, which is near Kedesh.
  47. Cross References
    Exodus 3:1
    Now Moses was keeping the flock of his father-in-law, Jethro, the priest of Midian, and he led his flock to the west side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.
  48. Cross References
    Psalms 132:8
    Arise, O Lord, and go to your resting place, you and the ark of your might.
    Jeremiah 31:2
    Thus says the Lord : "The people who survived the sword found grace in the wilderness; when Israel sought for rest.
  49. Cross References
    Exodus 13:21
    And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of cloud to lead them along the way, and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, that they might travel by day and by night.
  50. Cross References
    Psalms 68:1 - 2
    God shall arise, his enemies shall be scattered; and those who hate him shall flee before him!
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