1. The Lord told Moses:
2. Have two trumpets made out of hammered silver. These will be used to call the people together and to give the signal for moving your camp.
3. If both trumpets are blown, everyone is to meet with you at the entrance to the sacred tent.
4. But if just one is blown, only the twelve tribal leaders need to come together.
5-6. Give a signal on a trumpet when it is time to break camp. The first blast will be the signal for the tribes camped on the east side, and the second blast will be the signal for those on the south.
7. But when you want everyone to come together, sound a different signal on the trumpet.
8. The priests of Aaron's family will be the ones to blow the trumpets, and this law will never change.
9. Whenever you go into battle against an enemy attacking your land, give a warning signal on the trumpets. Then I, the Lord, will hear it and rescue you.
10. During the celebration of the New Moon Festival and other religious festivals, sound the trumpets while you offer sacrifices. This will be a reminder that I am the Lord your God.
11. On the twentieth day of the second month of that same year, the cloud over the sacred tent moved on.
12. So the Israelites broke camp and left the Sinai Desert. And some time later, the cloud stopped in the Paran Desert.
13. This was the first time the Lord had told Moses to command the people of Israel to move on.
14. Judah and the tribes that camped beside it marched out first, carrying their banner. Nahshon son of Amminadab was the leader of the Judah tribe,
15. Nethanel son of Zuar was the leader of the Issachar tribe,