Numbers 10:4

Numbers 10:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And if they blow but with one trumpet, then the princes, which are heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves unto thee.
• New International Version (NIV)If only one is sounded, the leaders—the heads of the clans of Israel—are to assemble before you.
• English Standard Version (ESV)But if they blow only one, then the chiefs, the heads of the tribes of Israel, shall gather themselves to you.
• New King James Version (NKJV)But if they blow only one, then the leaders, the heads of the divisions of Israel, shall gather to you.

Context of Numbers 10:4

2“Make two trumpets of hammered silver to summon the community and have the camps set out. 3When both are sounded in long blasts, the entire community is to gather before you at the entrance to the tent of meeting. However, if one is sounded, only the leaders, the heads of Israel’s clans, are to gather before you. 5“When you sound short blasts, the camps pitched on the east are to set out. 6When you sound short blasts a second time, the camps pitched on the south are to set out. Short blasts are to be sounded for them to set out.

Numbers 10:4 word by word

וְאִם־בְּאַחַ֖ת יִתְקָ֑עוּ וְנוֹעֲד֤וּ אֵלֶ֙יךָ֙ הַנְּשִׂיאִ֔ים רָאשֵׁ֖י אַלְפֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And if they blowתָּקַעtâqa‛ · to blowH8628
• with oneאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
• then the princesנָשִׂיאnâώîy' nâώi' · leaderH5387
• headsרֹאשׁrô'sh · head: leaderH7218
• of the thousandsאֶ֫לֶף'eleph · thousand: clanH505
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• shall gatherיָעַדyâ‛ad · to appointH3259

Cross-references for Numbers 10:4

• Numbers 1:4A man from each tribe is to be with you, each one the head of his ancestral family.
• Numbers 7:2the leaders of Israel, the heads of their ancestral families, presented an offering. They were the tribal leaders who supervised the registration.
• Exodus 18:21But you should select from all the people able men, God-fearing, trustworthy, and hating dishonest profit. Place them over the people as commanders of thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens.
• Deuteronomy 1:15“So I took the leaders of your tribes, wise and respected men, and set them over you as leaders: commanders for thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens, and officers for your tribes.

Commentaries on Numbers 10:4

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-4They used the two trumpets to alert people for important announcements (compare Revelation 8–11).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3-73-7. when they shall blow with them--There seem to have been signals made by a difference in the loudness and variety in the notes, suited for different occasions, and which the Israelites learned to distinguish. A simple uniform sound by both trumpets summoned a general assembly of the people; the blast of a single trumpet convoked the princes to consult on public affairs; notes of some other kind were made to sound an alarm, whether for journeying or…Read the comment

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Commentaries on Numbers 10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings