Numbers 10:7

Numbers 10:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But when the congregation is to be gathered together, ye shall blow, but ye shall not sound an alarm.
• New International Version (NIV)To gather the assembly, blow the trumpets, but not with the signal for setting out.
• English Standard Version (ESV)But when the assembly is to be gathered together, you shall blow a long blast, but you shall not sound an alarm.
• New Living Translation (NLT)But when you call the people to an assembly, blow the trumpets with a different signal.

Context of Numbers 10:7

5When you sound the advance, the camps that lie on the east side shall then begin their journey. 6When 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. And when the assembly is to be gathered together, you shall blow, but not sound the advance. 8The sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow the trumpets; and these shall be to you as an ordinance forever throughout your generations. 9“When you go to war in your land against the enemy who oppresses you, then you shall sound an alarm with the trumpets, and you will be remembered before the Lord your God, and you will be saved from your enemies.

Numbers 10:7 word by word

וּבְהַקְהִ֖יל אֶת־הַקָּהָ֑ל תִּתְקְע֖וּ וְלֹ֥א תָרִֽיעוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• But when the congregationקָהָלqâhâl · assemblyH6951
• is to be gathered togetherקָהַלqâhal · to gatherH6950
• ye shall blowתָּקַעtâqa‛ · to blowH8628
• but ye shall not sound an alarmרוּעַrûa‛ · to shoutH7321

Cross-references for Numbers 10:7

• Numbers 10:3When they blow both of them, all the congregation shall gather before you at the door of the tabernacle of meeting.
• Joel 2:1Blow the trumpet in Zion, And sound an alarm in My holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble; For the day of the Lord is coming, For it is at hand:

Commentaries on Numbers 10:7

• 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

Topics related to Numbers 10:7

• Priest
• Trumpet

In the dictionaries

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

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