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If you go to war in your land against the enemy who attacks you, you will signal with a loud noise on the trumpets. You will be remembered before[a] Yahweh your God, and you will be rescued from your enemies.

10 “And on the day of your joy and in your appointed times, at the beginning of your months, you will blow on the trumpets in addition to your burnt offerings and in addition to the sacrifices of your fellowship offerings. And they will be as a memorial for you before[b] your God; I am Yahweh your God.”

The Israelites Depart from Sinai

11 And it happened, in the second year, in the second month, on the twentieth of the month the cloud was lifted from upon the tabernacle of the testimony.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 10:9 Literally “in the presence of”
  2. Numbers 10:10 Literally “in the presence of”
  3. Numbers 10:11 Some modern translations (e.g., the NRSV) have “tabernacle of the covenant”

When you go into battle in your own land against an enemy who is oppressing you,(A) sound a blast on the trumpets.(B) Then you will be remembered(C) by the Lord your God and rescued from your enemies.(D) 10 Also at your times of rejoicing—your appointed festivals and New Moon feasts(E)—you are to sound the trumpets(F) over your burnt offerings(G) and fellowship offerings,(H) and they will be a memorial for you before your God. I am the Lord your God.(I)

The Israelites Leave Sinai

11 On the twentieth day of the second month of the second year,(J) the cloud lifted(K) from above the tabernacle of the covenant law.(L)

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