God’s Word Translation
Numbers 10:4
4If only one trumpet blows, the leaders, the heads of the divisions of Israel, will meet with you.
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 out of hammered silver. Use them to call the community together and as a signal to break camp. 3When you blow both trumpets, the whole community will meet with you at the entrance to the tent of meeting. If only one trumpet blows, the leaders, the heads of the divisions of Israel, will meet with you. 5When they hear the trumpet fanfare, the tribes that are camped on the east side will break camp first. 6When the trumpets sound a second fanfare, the tribes that are camped on the south will break camp. The fanfare is the signal to break camp.
Read all of Numbers 10Numbers 10:4 word by word
וְאִם־בְּאַחַ֖ת יִתְקָ֑עוּ וְנוֹעֲד֤וּ אֵלֶ֙יךָ֙ הַנְּשִׂיאִ֔ים רָאשֵׁ֖י אַלְפֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Numbers 10:4
- Numbers 1:4One man from each tribe will help you. Each of these men must be the head of a household.
- Numbers 7:2Then the leaders of Israel, the heads of the households—those tribal leaders who helped in the census—came to give their offerings.
- Exodus 18:21“But choose capable men from all the people, men who fear God, men you can trust, men who hate corruption. Put them in charge of groups of 1,000, or 100, or 50, or 10 people.
- Deuteronomy 1:15So I took the heads of your tribes who were wise and experienced men and made them officers for each of your tribes. I put them in charge of groups of 1,000, or 100, or 50, or 10 people.
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
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