God’s Word Translation
Numbers 10:6
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.
Numbers 10:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)When ye blow an alarm the second time, then the camps that lie on the south side shall take their journey: they shall blow an alarm for their journeys.
- New International Version (NIV)At the sounding of a second blast, the camps on the south are to set out. The blast will be the signal for setting out.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And when you blow an alarm the second time, the camps that are on the south side shall set out. An alarm is to be blown whenever they are to set out.
- New King James Version (NKJV)When you sound the advance the second time, then the camps that lie on the south side shall begin their journey; they shall sound the call for them to begin their journeys.
Context of Numbers 10:6
4If 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. When 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. 7But when you gather the assembly, the trumpets will blow without sounding a fanfare. 8The sons of Aaron, the priests, will blow the trumpets. This will be a permanent law for you and your descendants.
Read all of Numbers 10Numbers 10:6 word by word
וּתְקַעְתֶּ֤ם תְּרוּעָה֙ שֵׁנִ֔ית וְנָֽסְעוּ֙ הַֽמַּחֲנ֔וֹת הַחֹנִ֖ים תֵּימָ֑נָה תְּרוּעָ֥ה יִתְקְע֖וּ לְמַסְעֵיהֶֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- When ye blowתָּקַעtâqa‛ · to blowH8628
- an alarmתְּרוּעָהterû‛âh · shoutH8643
- the second timeשֵׁנִיshênîy · secondH8145
- then the campsמַחֲנֶהmachăneh · campH4264
- that lieחָנָהchânâh · to campH2583
- on the south sideתֵּימָןtêymân têmân · southH8486
- shall take their journeyנָסַעnâsa‛ · to set outH5265
- for their journeysמַסַּעmassa‛ · journeyH4550
Cross-references for Numbers 10:6
Commentaries on Numbers 10:6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6When ye blow an alarm the second time - A single alarm, as above stated, was a signal for the eastward division to march; two such alarms, the signal for the south division; and probably three for the west division, and four for the north. It is more likely that this was the case, than that a single alarm served for each, with a small interval between them. The camps, or grand divisions of this great army, always lay, as we have already seen, to the east…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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