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ordinance, both for the stranger and the native and for directing the movement of the camps.
of the land.’ ” 3 When they blow both of them, all the congre-
15 Now on the day that the tabernacle was gation shall gather before you at the door of
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raised up, the cloud covered the tabernacle, the tabernacle of meeting. But if they blow
the tent of the Testimony; from evening until only one, then the leaders, the heads of the
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morning it was above the tabernacle like the divisions of Israel, shall gather to you. When
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appearance of fire. So it was always: the cloud you sound the advance, the camps that lie on
the east side shall then begin their journey.
6 When you sound the advance the second
time, then the camps that lie on the south side
shall begin their journey; they shall sound the
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9:15 tabernacle…raised up. The presence of call for them to begin their journeys. And
the Lord arrived when the tabernacle was when the assembly is to be gathered together,
completed and erected on the first day of the you shall blow, but not sound the advance.
first month of the second year after they had 8 The sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow the
come out of Egypt. trumpets; and these shall be to you as an ordi-
nance forever throughout your generations.
9:16 cloud…fire. The presence of the Lord 9 “When you go to war in your land against
which was seen in the cloud by day became a the enemy who oppresses you, then you shall
fire that was seen at night (see Lev. 16:2).
sound an alarm with the trumpets, and you will
be remembered before the LORD your God,
and you will be saved from your enemies.
covered it by day, and the appearance of fire by 10 Also in the day of your gladness, in your
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night. Whenever the cloud was taken up appointed feasts, and at the beginning of your
from above the tabernacle, after that the chil- months, you shall blow the trumpets over
dren of Israel would journey; and in the place your burnt offerings and over the sacrifices of
where the cloud settled, there the children of your peace offerings; and they shall be a
Israel would pitch their tents. At the com- memorial for you before your God: I am the
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mand of the LORD the children of Israel would LORD your God.”
journey, and at the command of the LORD they 11 Now it came to pass on the twentieth day of
would camp; as long as the cloud stayed above the second month, in the second year, that the
the tabernacle they remained encamped. cloud was taken up from above the tabernacle
19 Even when the cloud continued long, many of the Testimony. And the children of Israel
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days above the tabernacle, the children of set out from the Wilderness of Sinai on their
Israel kept the charge of the LORD and did not journeys; then the cloud settled down in the
journey. So it was, when the cloud was above Wilderness of Paran. So they started out for
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the tabernacle a few days: according to the the first time according to the command of the
command of the LORD they would remain LORD by the hand of Moses.
encamped, and according to the command of 14 The standard of the camp of the children of
the LORD they would journey. So it was, when Judah set out first according to their armies;
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the cloud remained only from evening until over their army was Nahshon the son of
morning: when the cloud was taken up in the Amminadab. Over the army of the tribe of the
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morning, then they would journey; whether children of Issachar was Nethanel the son of
by day or by night, whenever the cloud was Zuar. And over the army of the tribe of the
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taken up, they would journey. Whether it was children of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon.
two days, a month, or a year that the cloud 17 Then the tabernacle was taken down; and
remained above the tabernacle, the children the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari
of Israel would remain encamped and not jour- set out, carrying the tabernacle.
ney; but when it was taken up, they would 18 And the standard of the camp of Reuben
journey. At the command of the LORD they set out according to their armies; over their
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remained encamped, and at the command of army was Elizur the son of Shedeur. Over the
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the LORD they journeyed; they kept the charge army of the tribe of the children of Simeon
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of the LORD, at the command of the LORD by was Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. And
the hand of Moses. over the army of the tribe of the children of
And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying: Gad was Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
10 “Make two silver trumpets for yourself; 21 Then the Kohathites set out, carrying the
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you shall make them of hammered work; you holy things. (The tabernacle would be prepared
shall use them for calling the congregation for their arrival.)
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