Numbers 10:6

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

4But if only one trumpet is blown, then only the leaders—the heads of the clans of Israel—must present themselves to you. 5“When you sound the signal to move on, the tribes camped on the east side of the Tabernacle must break camp and move forward. When you sound the signal a second time, the tribes camped on the south will follow. You must sound short blasts as the signal for moving on. 7But when you call the people to an assembly, blow the trumpets with a different signal. 8Only the priests, Aaron’s descendants, are allowed to blow the trumpets. This is a permanent law for you, to be observed from generation to generation.

Numbers 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

• Numbers 2:10“The divisions of Reuben, Simeon, and Gad are to camp on the south side of the Tabernacle, beneath their family banners. These are the names of the tribes, their leaders, and the numbers of their registered troops: Reuben Elizur son of Shedeur 46,500

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

Topics related to Numbers 10:6

• Priest
• Trumpet

In the dictionaries

• Alarm
• Concerning
• 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