English Standard Version
Numbers 10:3
3And when both are blown, all the congregation shall gather themselves to you at the entrance of the tent of meeting.
Numbers 10:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And when they shall blow with them, all the assembly shall assemble themselves to thee at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
- New International Version (NIV)When both are sounded, the whole community is to assemble before you at the entrance to the tent of meeting.
- New King James Version (NKJV)When they blow both of them, all the congregation shall gather before you at the door of the tabernacle of meeting.
- New Living Translation (NLT)When both trumpets are blown, everyone must gather before you at the entrance of the Tabernacle.
Context of Numbers 10:3
1The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2"Make two silver trumpets. Of hammered work you shall make them, and you shall use them for summoning the congregation and for breaking camp. And when both are blown, all the congregation shall gather themselves to you at the entrance of the tent of meeting. 4But if they blow only one, then the chiefs, the heads of the tribes of Israel, shall gather themselves to you. 5When you blow an alarm, the camps that are on the east side shall set out.
Read all of Numbers 10Numbers 10:3 word by word
וְתָקְע֖וּ בָּהֵ֑ן וְנֽוֹעֲד֤וּ אֵלֶ֙יךָ֙ כָּל־הָ֣עֵדָ֔ה אֶל־פֶּ֖תַח אֹ֥הֶל מוֹעֵֽד׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And when they shall blowתָּקַעtâqa‛ · to blowH8628
- with themהֵןhên · they(fem.)H2004
- all the assemblyעֵדָה‛êdâh · congregationH5712
- shall assembleיָעַדyâ‛ad · to appointH3259
- themselves to thee at the doorפֶּ֫תַחpethach · entranceH6607
- of the tabernacleאֹ֫הֶל'ôhel · tentH168
- of the congregationמוֹעֵדmô‛êd mô‛êd mô‛âdâh · meetingH4150
Cross-references for Numbers 10:3
Commentaries on Numbers 10:3
- 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
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