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 Living Translation (NLT)When both trumpets are blown, everyone must gather before you at the entrance of the Tabernacle.

Context of Numbers 10:3

1And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 2“Make two silver trumpets for yourself; you shall make them of hammered work; you shall use them for calling the congregation and for directing the movement of the camps. When they blow both of them, all the congregation shall gather before you at the door of the tabernacle of meeting. 4But if they blow only one, then the leaders, the heads of the divisions of Israel, shall gather to you. 5When you sound the advance, the camps that lie on the east side shall then begin their journey.

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 4:5Declare in Judah and proclaim in Jerusalem, and say: “Blow the trumpet in the land; Cry, ‘Gather together,’ And say, ‘Assemble yourselves, And let us go into the fortified cities.’
• Joel 2:15Blow the trumpet in Zion, Consecrate a fast, Call 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