5. When you sound the signal, those encamped on the east side shall break camp;
6. when you sound a second signal, those encamped on the south side shall break camp; when you sound a third signal, those encamped on the west side shall break camp; when you sound a fourth signal, those encamped on the north side shall break camp. Thus shall the signal be sounded for them to break camp.
7. But in calling forth an assembly you are to blow a blast, without sounding the signal.
8. The sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow the trumpets; this is prescribed forever for you and your descendants.
9. When in your own land you go to war against an enemy that is attacking you, you shall sound the alarm on the trumpets, and you shall be remembered before the Lord, your God, and be saved from your foes.
10. And when you rejoice on your festivals, and your new-moon feasts, you shall blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings and your communion sacrifices, so that this serves as a reminder of you before your God. I, the Lord, am your God.
11. In the second year, on the twentieth day of the second month, the cloud rose from the tabernacle of the covenant,
12. and the Israelites moved on from the wilderness of Sinai by stages, until the cloud came to rest in the wilderness of Paran.
13. The first time that they broke camp at the direction of the Lord through Moses,
14. the divisional camp of the Judahites, arranged in companies, was the first to set out. Over its whole company was Nahshon, son of Amminadab,
15. with Nethanel, son of Zuar, over the company of the tribe of Issacharites,
16. and Eliab, son of Helon, over the company of the tribe of Zebulunites.
17. Then, after the tabernacle was dismantled, the Gershonites and Merarites who carried the tabernacle set out.
18. The divisional camp of the Reubenites, arranged in companies, was the next to set out. Over its whole company was Elizur, son of Shedeur,