5. When you blow a series of short blasts, the camp on the east side will march.
6. And when you blow a second series of short blasts, the camp on the south side will march. You will blow a series of short blasts to announce their march.
7. To gather the assembly, blow a long blast, not a series of short blasts.
8. Aaron’s sons the priests will blow the trumpets. This will be a permanent regulation for you throughout time.
9. When you go to war in your land against an enemy who is attacking you, you will blow short blasts with the trumpets so that you may be remembered by the Lord your God and be saved from your enemies.
10. On your festival days, your appointed feasts, and at the beginning of your months, you will blow the trumpets over your entirely burned offerings and your well-being sacrifices. They will serve as a reminder of you to your God. I am the Lord your God.
11. On the twentieth day of the second month in the second year, the cloud ascended from the covenant dwelling.
12. The Israelites set out on their march from the Sinai desert, and the cloud settled in the Paran desert.
13. They marched for the first time at the Lord’s command through Moses.
14. The banner of Judah’s camp marched first with its military units. Nahshon, Amminadab’s son, commanded its military.
15. Nethanel, Zuar’s son, commanded the military of the tribe of Issachar.
16. Eliab, Helon’s son, commanded the military of the tribe of Zebulun.
17. The dwelling was taken down, and the Gershonites and the Merarites, who carried the dwelling, marched.
18. The banner of Reuben’s camp marched with its military units. Elizur, Shedeur’s son, commanded its military.
19. Shelumiel, Zurishaddai’s son, commanded the military of the tribe of Simeon.
20. Eliasaph, Deuel’s son, commanded the military of the tribe of Gad.
21. The Kohathites, who carried the holy things, marched. The dwelling would be set up before their arrival.
22. The banner of Ephraim’s camp marched with its military units. Elishama, Ammihud’s son, commanded its military.