Two silver trumpets are created to be blown when the cloud has lifted and it's time to travel. They're also to be blown in conjunction with the animal sacrifices and blown as a call to war.
The cloud lifts and the people follow it out of the Sinai wilderness into the wilderness of Paran.
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