Numbers 10:3

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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And when both are blown, all the congregation shall gather themselves to you at the entrance of 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.

Context of Numbers 10:3

1The Lord spoke to Moses: 2“Make two trumpets of silver; you are to make them from a single hammered piece. You will use them for assembling the community and for directing the traveling of the camps. When they blow them both, all the community must come to you to the entrance of the tent of meeting. 4“But if they blow with one trumpet, then the leaders, the heads of the thousands of Israel, must come to you. 5When you blow an alarm, then the camps that are located on the east side must begin to travel.

Numbers 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

• Jeremiah 4:5The Lord said, “Announce this in Judah and proclaim it in Jerusalem: ‘Sound the trumpet throughout the land!’ Shout out loudly, ‘Gather together! Let us flee into the fortified cities!’
• Joel 2:15Blow the trumpet in Zion. Announce a holy fast; proclaim a sacred assembly!

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

Topics related to Numbers 10:3

• Priest
• Tabernacle
• Trumpet

In the dictionaries

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

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