Here God told Moses to make 2 silver trumpets to serve as a sort of loudspeaker to give instructions to the people. When the 2 trumpets sounded together all the people were to gather in front of the Tabernacle. If only 1 trumpet sounded it was to herald a meeting just of the leaders. So different trumpet signals signified different things such as going to battle, offering burnt and fellowship/peace offerings, joyful occasions, feasts and starting a new month. Thus God's presence was symbolized through the trumpet's sound in every aspect of Israelite life.
Then on the 20th day of the second month of the second year the cloud lifted above the Tabernacle and so the Israelites finally set out from the Sinai Desert to the Desert of Paran. The Levite families transported the Tabernacle as had been previously planned and Moses managed to convince his brother-in-law Hobab to go with them as he knew the area well and would be a real help. The journey to Paran took 3 days.
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