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Numbers 10 gives the law of the two silver trumpets and records Israel’s departure from Sinai. Different trumpet signals summon the assembly, call princes, direct the camps to move, sound alarms in war, and accompany appointed offerings. The chapter then shows the ordered march beginning, with Judah first and Dan as rearward. Moses invites Hobab to travel with Israel, and the ark goes before the people seeking a resting place. The wilderness journey has truly begun.
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