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Numbers 10:5

"Short blasts on the trumpets will be the way to tell the people to move the camp. The first time you blow a short blast on the trumpets, the tribes camping on the east side of the Meeting Tent must begin to move.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Priest;   Trumpet;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Priests;   Trumpet;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Priest;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Feasts and Festivals of Israel;   Miracle;   Priest, Priesthood;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Alarm;   Music, Instrumental;   Priest;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Army;   Music;   Numbers, the Book of;   Priest;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Alarm;   Music, Instruments, Dancing;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Moses;   Numbers, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Trump Trumpet ;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Trumpets;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Army;   Camp and encamp;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Army;   Priest;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Music;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Last Days at Sinai;   On to Canaan;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Alarm;   Blow;   Congregation;   Forward;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Trumpet;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
When you blow an alarm, the camps that lie on the east side shall take their journey.
King James Version
When ye blow an alarm, then the camps that lie on the east parts shall go forward.
Lexham English Bible
When you will blow a blast, the camps that are camping on the east will set out;
New Century Version
When you loudly blow the trumpets, the tribes camping on the east should move.
New English Translation
When you blow an alarm, then the camps that are located on the east side must begin to travel.
Amplified Bible
"When you blow an alarm, the camps on the east side [of the tabernacle] shall set out.
New American Standard Bible
"And when you blow an alarm, the camps that are pitched on the east side shall set out.
Geneva Bible (1587)
But if ye blow an alarme, then the campe of the that pitch on the East part, shal go forward.
Legacy Standard Bible
But when you blow an alarm, the camps that are pitched on the east side shall set out.
Contemporary English Version
Give a signal on a trumpet when it is time to break camp. The first blast will be the signal for the tribes camped on the east side, and the second blast will be the signal for those on the south.
Complete Jewish Bible
"When you sound an alarm, the camps to the east will commence traveling.
Darby Translation
And when ye blow an alarm, the camps that lie eastward shall set forward.
English Standard Version
When you blow an alarm, the camps that are on the east side shall set out.
George Lamsa Translation
When they blow the trumpet, the camps that lie on the east side shall take their journey.
Good News Translation
When short blasts are sounded, the tribes camped on the east will move out.
Christian Standard Bible®
“When you sound short blasts, the camps pitched on the east are to set out.
Literal Translation
And when you blow an alarm, the camps that lie on the east side shall then pull up stakes .
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Whan ye trompe, then shal the hoostes that lye on the East syde, breake vp.
American Standard Version
And when ye blow an alarm, the camps that lie on the east side shall take their journey.
Bible in Basic English
When a loud note is sounded, the tents placed on the east side are to go forward.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
But if ye blowe an alarme, the hoastes that lye on the east partes shall go forwarde.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And when ye blow an alarm, the camps that lie on the east side shall take their journey.
King James Version (1611)
When ye blow an alarme, then the campes that lie on the East parts, shall goe forward.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And ye shall sound an alarm, and the camps pitched eastward shall begin to move.
English Revised Version
And when ye blow an alarm, the camps that lie on the east side shall take their journey.
Berean Standard Bible
When you sound short blasts, the camps that lie on the east side are to set out.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
but if a lengere and departid trumpyng schal sowne, thei that ben at the eest coost schulen moue tentis first.
Young's Literal Translation
`And ye have blown -- a shout, and the camps which are encamping eastward have journeyed.
Update Bible Version
And when you blow an alarm, the camps that lie on the east side shall take their journey.
Webster's Bible Translation
When ye blow an alarm, then the camps that lie on the east parts shall go forward.
World English Bible
When you blow an alarm, the camps that lie on the east side shall take their journey.
New King James Version
When you sound the advance, the camps that lie on the east side shall then begin their journey.
New Living Translation
"When you sound the signal to move on, the tribes camped on the east side of the Tabernacle must break camp and move forward.
New Life Bible
When you blow the horn to tell of danger, the people whose tents are on the east side will leave.
New Revised Standard
When you blow an alarm, the camps on the east side shall set out;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But when ye blow an alarm, then shall set forward the camps that are encamped eastwards;
Douay-Rheims Bible
But if the sound of the trumpets be longer, and with interruptions, they that are on the east side, shall first go forward.
Revised Standard Version
When you blow an alarm, the camps that are on the east side shall set out.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"But when you blow an alarm, the camps that are pitched on the east side shall set out.

Contextual Overview

1 The Lord said to Moses, 2 "Make two trumpets. Use silver and hammer it to make the trumpets. These trumpets will be for calling the people together and for telling them when it is time to move the camp. 3 If you blow long blasts on both trumpets, all the people must meet together at the entrance of the Meeting Tent. 4 But if you blow long blasts on only one trumpet, only the leaders will come to meet with you. (These are the leaders of the twelve tribes of Israel.) 5 "Short blasts on the trumpets will be the way to tell the people to move the camp. The first time you blow a short blast on the trumpets, the tribes camping on the east side of the Meeting Tent must begin to move. 6 The second time you blow a short blast on the trumpets, the tribes camping on the south side of the Meeting Tent will begin to move. 7 But if you want to gather the people together for a special meeting, blow the trumpets in a different way—blow a long steady blast on the trumpets. 8 Only Aaron's sons, the priests, should blow the trumpets. This is a law for you that will continue forever, for generations to come. 9 "If you are fighting an enemy in your own land, blow loudly on the trumpets before you go to fight them. The Lord your God will hear you, and he will save you from your enemies. 10 Also blow these trumpets for your special meetings, New Moon celebrations, and all your happy times together. Blow the trumpets when you give your burnt offerings and fellowship offerings. This will be a special way for your God to remember you. I command you to do this; I am the Lord your God."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

blow: Numbers 10:6, Numbers 10:7, Isaiah 58:1, Joel 2:1

camps: Numbers 2:3-9

Cross-References

Genesis 10:1
This is the history of the families of Shem, Ham, and Japheth. They are Noah's sons. These men had children after the flood.
Genesis 10:9
He was a great hunter before the Lord . That is why people compare other men to him and say, "That man is like Nimrod, a great hunter before the Lord ."
Genesis 10:20
All these people were descendants of Ham. They are arranged by families, languages, countries, and nations.
Genesis 10:25
Eber was the father of two sons. One son was named Peleg. He was given this name because the earth was divided during his life. The other son was named Joktan.
Psalms 72:10
May the kings of Tarshish and all the faraway lands by the sea bring gifts to him. May the kings of Sheba and Seba bring their tribute to him.
Isaiah 24:15
They will say, "People in the east, praise the Lord ! People in faraway lands, praise the name of the Lord , the God of Israel."
Isaiah 40:15
Look, all the nations in the world are like one small drop in the bucket. If the Lord took all the faraway nations and put them on his scales, they would be like small pieces of dust.
Isaiah 41:5
People along the coast saw this, and they were frightened. Nations at the ends of the earth shook with fear. They have come near. They have arrived.
Isaiah 42:4
He will not grow weak or give up until he has brought justice to the world. And people in faraway places will hope to receive his teachings."
Isaiah 42:10
Sing a new song to the Lord ; praise him everywhere on earth— all you who sail on the seas, everything in the sea, and all you people in faraway places!

Gill's Notes on the Bible

When ye blow an alarm,.... Making a broken, uneven, and quavering sound, which is called a "tara-tan-tara":

then the camps that lie on the east parts shall go forward; the camps of Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun, which lay to the east of the tabernacle, at the front of it; see Numbers 1:3; this was to be the token for their march, which was first of all; Numbers 10:14.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Blow an alarm - i. e. along continuous peal. Compare Numbers 10:7, ye shall blow, but not sound an alarm: i. e. blow in short, sharp notes, not in a continuous peal. A third and a fourth alarm were probably blown as signals.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Numbers 10:5. When ye blow an alarm — תרועה teruah, probably meaning short, broken, sharp tones, terminating with long ones, blown with both the trumpets at once. From the similarity in the words some suppose that the Hebrew teruah was similar to the Roman taratantara, or sound of their clarion.


 
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