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Numbers 10:5
5But when the sound is one short sound, the tribes on the east side of the camp must start to travel.
Numbers 10:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)When ye blow an alarm, then the camps that lie on the east parts shall go forward.
- New International Version (NIV)When a trumpet blast is sounded, the tribes camping on the east are to set out.
- English Standard Version (ESV)When you blow an alarm, the camps that are on the east side shall set out.
- New King James Version (NKJV)When you sound the advance, the camps that lie on the east side shall then begin their journey.
Context of Numbers 10:5
3When the people hear the sound from both trumpets, all the people must meet you. They must meet you at the door of the Tent of Meeting. 4But you may want only the leaders of Israel's tribes to meet you. If you want that, a priest should make the sound from only one trumpet. But when the sound is one short sound, the tribes on the east side of the camp must start to travel. 6When they hear the next short sound, the tribes on the south side of the camp must start to travel. Short sounds from the trumpet will tell the people that they must start to travel. 7But when you want everyone to meet together, make a different sound with the trumpet.
Read all of Numbers 10Numbers 10:5 word by word
וּתְקַעְתֶּ֖ם תְּרוּעָ֑ה וְנָֽסְעוּ֙ הַֽמַּחֲנ֔וֹת הַחֹנִ֖ים קֵֽדְמָה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Numbers 10:5
- Numbers 10:6When they hear the next short sound, the tribes on the south side of the camp must start to travel. Short sounds from the trumpet will tell the people that they must start to travel.
- Isaiah 58:1The Lord says, ‘Shout out! Shout as loudly as you can! Make as much noise as a trumpet makes! Tell my people that they have not obeyed me. Tell the family of Jacob about their sins.
- Joel 2:1Blow the trumpet in Zion. Tell the people on the Lord's hill that they must watch for trouble. All the people who live in this country will be afraid. They will be afraid because the day of the Lord is coming. It is very near.
- Numbers 2:3The people in Judah's tribe must be on the east side of the Tent. They must have their flag with them, and they must put up their tents in groups. The leader of the tribe of Judah is Nahshon, the son of Amminadab.
Commentaries on Numbers 10:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5When ye blow an alarm - תרועה teruah, probably meaning short, broken, sharp tones, terminating with long ones, blown with both the trumpets at once. From the similarity in the words some suppose that the Hebrew teruah was similar to the Roman taratantara, or sound of their clarion.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5Blow an alarm - i. e. along continuous peal. Compare Numbers 10:7, ye shall blow, but not sound an alarm: i. e. blow in short, sharp notes, not in a continuous peal. A third and a fourth alarm were probably blown as signals.Read the comment
- 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
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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
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