Numbers 33:2

33:2 Moses recorded their departures ¹  according to their journeys, by the commandment ²  of the Lord; now these are their journeys according to their departures.

Numbers 10:28

10:28 These were the traveling arrangements ³  of the Israelites according to their companies when they traveled. ⁴ 

Numbers 10:6

10:6 And when you blow an alarm the second time, then the camps that are located on the south side must begin to travel. ⁵  An alarm must be sounded ⁶  for their journeys.

Numbers 10:12

10:12 So the Israelites set out ⁷  on their journeys from the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud settled in the wilderness of Paran.

Numbers 33:1

Wanderings from Egypt to Sinai

33:1 ⁸ These are the journeys of the Israelites, who went out of the land of Egypt by their divisions under the authority ⁹  of Moses and Aaron.

Numbers 10:2

10:2 “Make ¹⁰  two trumpets of silver; you are to make ¹¹  them from a single hammered piece. ¹²  You will use them ¹³  for assembling the community and for directing the traveling of the camps.

[33:2]  ¹ tn Heb “their goings out.”

[33:2]  ² tn Heb “mouth.”

[10:28]  ³ tn Or “journeyings of.”

[10:28]  ⁴ tn The verb is the preterite with vav (ו) consecutive. But in this sentence it should be subordinated as a temporal clause to the preceding statement, even though it follows it.

[10:6]  ⁵ tc The MT does not mention the departures of the northerly and westerly tribes. The Greek text completes the description by adding them, making a full schedule of the departure of the groups of tribes. The Greek is not likely to be original, however, since it carries all the signs of addition to complete the text, making a smooth, full reading. The MT is to be preferred; it apparently used two of the groups to give the idea.

[10:6]  ⁶ tn The Hebrew text has “they shall blow an alarm”; the sentence without a formal subject should be taken as a passive idea.

[10:12]  ⁷ sn The verb is the same as the noun: “they journeyed on their journeyings.” This underscores the point of their continual traveling.

[33:1]  ⁹ sn This material can be arranged into four sections: from Egypt to Sinai (vv. 1-15), the wilderness wanderings (vv. 16-36), from Kadesh to Moab (vv. 37-49), and final orders for Canaan (vv. 50-56).

[33:1]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “hand.”

[10:2]  ¹¹ tn The Hebrew text uses what is called the “ethical dative” – “make [for] you two trumpets.” It need not be translated, but can simply be taken to underscore the direct imperative.

[10:2]  ¹² tn The imperfect tense is again instruction or legislation.

[10:2]  ¹³ sn The instructions are not clearly spelled out here. But the trumpets were to be made of silver ingots beaten out into a sheet of silver and then bent to form a trumpet. There is archaeological evidence of silver smelting as early as 3000 b.c. Making silver trumpets would have been a fairly easy thing for the Israelites to do. The trumpet would have been straight, with a tapered form, very unlike the “ram’s horn” (שׁוֹפָר, shofar). The trumpets were used by the priests in Israel from the outset, but later were used more widely. The sound would be sharp and piercing, but limited in scope to a few notes. See further C. Sachs, The History of Musical Instruments.

[10:2]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “and they shall be for you for assembling,” which is the way of expressing possession. Here the intent concerns how Moses was to use them.