Numbers 10:7

Numbers 10:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But when the congregation is to be gathered together, ye shall blow, but ye shall not sound an alarm.
• New International Version (NIV)To gather the assembly, blow the trumpets, but not with the signal for setting out.
• English Standard Version (ESV)But when the assembly is to be gathered together, you shall blow a long blast, but you shall not sound an alarm.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And when the assembly is to be gathered together, you shall blow, but not sound the advance.

Context of Numbers 10:7

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. When calling the assembly together, you are to sound long blasts, not short ones. 8The sons of Aaron, the priests, are to sound the trumpets. Your use of these is a permanent statute throughout your generations. 9“When you enter into battle in your land against an adversary who is attacking you, sound short blasts on the trumpets, and you will be remembered before the Lord your God and be saved from your enemies.

Numbers 10:7 word by word

וּבְהַקְהִ֖יל אֶת־הַקָּהָ֑ל תִּתְקְע֖וּ וְלֹ֥א תָרִֽיעוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• But when the congregationקָהָלqâhâl · assemblyH6951
• is to be gathered togetherקָהַלqâhal · to gatherH6950
• ye shall blowתָּקַעtâqa‛ · to blowH8628
• but ye shall not sound an alarmרוּעַrûa‛ · to shoutH7321

Cross-references for Numbers 10:7

• Numbers 10:3When both are sounded in long blasts, the entire community is to gather before you at the entrance to the tent of meeting.
• Joel 2:1Blow the ram’s horn in Zion; sound the alarm on my holy mountain! Let all the residents of the land tremble, for the day of the Lord is coming; in fact, it is near —

Commentaries on Numbers 10:7

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-8When it was time to journey to the next destination, the trumpets sounded to signal when to camp and when to move. This sound was in addition to the movement of the pillar of cloud (compare 9:15–22 and chapter 2).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

Topics related to Numbers 10:7

• Priest
• Trumpet

In the dictionaries

• Concerning
• Depart
• Exodus
• Music, Instrumental
• Ordinance
• Priest
• Set
• Sinai
• Agrapha
• Alarm

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