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Numbers 10:6

"Then when you sound an alarm the second time, the camps that are pitched on the south side shall set out; an alarm is to be sounded for them to break camp.

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 - Numbers, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Trump Trumpet ;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Trumpets;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Army;   Smith Bible Dictionary - 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;  

Parallel Translations

Geneva Bible (1587)
If ye blowe an alarme the second time, then the hoste of them that lie on the Southside shal march: for they shal blowe an alarme when they remoue.
George Lamsa Translation
And when they blow with the second trumpet, the camps that lie on the south side shall take their journey; they shall blow a trumpet for their journeys.
Hebrew Names Version
When you blow an alarm the second time, the camps that lie on the south side shall take their journey: they shall blow an alarm for their journeys.
Easy-to-Read Version
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.
English Standard Version
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.
American Standard Version
And when ye blow an alarm the second time, the camps that lie on the south side shall take their journey: they shall blow an alarm for their journeys.
Bible in Basic English
At the sound of a second loud note, the tents on the south side are to go forward: the loud note will be the sign to go forward.
Complete Jewish Bible
When you sound a second alarm, the camps to the south will set out; they will sound alarms to announce when to travel.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And when ye blow an alarm the second time, the camps that lie on the south side shall set forward; they shall blow an alarm for their journeys.
King James Version (1611)
When you blow an alarme the second time, then the campes that lye on the Southside, shall take their iourney: they shall blow an alarme for their iourneys.
Amplified Bible
"When you blow an alarm the second time, then the camps on the south side [of the tabernacle] shall set out. They shall blow an alarm whenever they are to move out [on their journeys].
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And ye shall sound a second alarm, and the camps pitched southward shall move; and ye shall sound a third alarm, and the camps pitched westward shall move forward; and ye shall sound a fourth alarm, and they that encamp toward the north shall move forward: they shall sound an alarm at their departure.
English Revised Version
And when ye blow an alarm the second time, the camps that lie on the south side shall take their journey: they shall blow an alarm for their journeys.
Berean Standard Bible
When you sound the short blasts a second time, the camps that lie on the south side are to set out. The blasts are to signal them to set out.
Lexham English Bible
when you blow a second blast, the camps that are camping on the south will set out; they will blow a blast for their journeys.
Literal Translation
And when you blow an alarm the second time, the camps that lie on the south side shall pull up stakes ; they shall blow an alarm for their journeys.
New Century Version
When you loudly blow them again, the tribes camping on the south should move; the loud sound will tell them to move.
New English Translation
And when you blow an alarm the second time, then the camps that are located on the south side must begin to travel. An alarm must be sounded for their journeys.
New King James Version
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.
New Living Translation
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.
New Life Bible
When you blow the horn to tell of danger a second time, the people whose tents are on the south side will leave. A horn telling of danger will be blown when they are to move on.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and when ye blow a second alarm, then shall set forward the camps that are encamped southwards, - an alarm, shall they blow for setting them forward,
Douay-Rheims Bible
And at the second sounding and like noise of the trumpet, they who lie on the south side shall take up their tents. And after this manner shall the rest do, when the trumpets shall sound for a march.
Revised Standard Version
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.
Good News Translation
When short blasts are sounded a second time, the tribes on the south will move out. So short blasts are to be sounded to break camp,
King James Version
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.
Darby Translation
And when ye blow an alarm the second time, the camps that lie southward shall set forward; they shall blow an alarm on their setting forward.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe in the secounde sown and lijk noise of the trumpe thei that dwellen at the south schulen reise tentis; and bi this maner othere men schulen do, whanne the trumpis schulen sowne in to goyng forth.
Young's Literal Translation
`And ye have blown -- a second shout, and the camps which are encamping southward have journeyed; a shout they blow for their journeys.
World English Bible
When you blow an alarm the second time, the camps that lie on the south side shall take their journey: they shall blow an alarm for their journeys.
Update Bible Version
And when you blow an alarm the second time, the camps that lie on the south side shall take their journey: they shall blow an alarm for their journeys.
Webster's Bible Translation
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.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And if ye blowe the alarme the second tyme, the hoast that lyeth on the south side shall take their iourney: for they shall blowe an alarme when they take their iourneyes.
Christian Standard Bible®
When you sound short blasts a second time, the camps pitched on the south are to set out. Short blasts are to be sounded for them to set out.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And whan ye trompe the seconde tyme, the hoostes that lye on the South syde, shal breake vp. For ye shall trompe, whan they shal take their iourneys.
New Revised Standard
when you blow a second alarm, the camps on the south side shall set out. An alarm is to be blown whenever they are to set out.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"When you blow an alarm the second time, the camps that are pitched on the south side shall set out; an alarm is to be blown for them to set out.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then you will blow an alarm the second time, and the camps that are pitched on the south side shall set out; an alarm is to be blown for them to set out.

Contextual Overview

1 The LORD spoke further to Moses, saying, 2 "Make yourself two trumpets of silver, you shall make them of hammered work; and you shall use them for summoning the congregation and breaking camp. 3 "Now when both are blown, all the congregation shall meet you at the entrance of the tent of meeting. 4 "But if only one is blown, then the leaders, the heads of the divisions of Israel, shall meet you. 5 "And when you blow an alarm, the camps that are pitched on the east side shall set out. 6 "Then when you sound an alarm the second time, the camps that are pitched on the south side shall set out; an alarm is to be sounded for them to break camp.7 "When convening the assembly, however, you shall blow the trumpets without sounding an alarm. 8 "The sons of Aaron, moreover, the priests, shall blow the trumpets; and this shall be a permanent statute for you throughout your generations. 9 "And when you go to war in your land against the enemy who attacks you, then you shall sound an alarm with the trumpets, so that you will be thought of by the LORD your God, and be saved from your enemies. 10 "Also on the day of your joy and at your appointed feasts, and on the first days of your months, you shall blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; and they shall be as a reminder of you before your God. I am the LORD your God."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

ye blow: A single alarm was a signal for the eastward division to march; two such alarms the signal for the south; and probably three for the west, and four for the North. There appears therefore, a deficiency in the Hebrew Text, which is thus supplied by the LXX:

ךבי ףבכניויפו ףחלבףיבם פסיפחם, ךבי ומבסןץףים בי נבסולגןכבי בי נבסולגבככןץףבי נבסב טבכבףףבם. ךבי ףבכניויפו ףחלבףיבם פופבספחם, ךבי ומבסןץףים בי נבסולגןכבי בי נבסולגבככןץףבי נסןע גןלסבם.

And when ye blow a third alarm or signal, the camps on the west shall march; and when ye blow a fourth alarm, the camps on the north shall march." This addition, however, is not acknowledged by the Samaritan, nor any other version than the Coptic, nor any manuscript yet collated.

the camps: Numbers 2:10-16

Reciprocal: Numbers 10:5 - blow Numbers 33:2 - journeys Deuteronomy 10:6 - took

Cross-References

Genesis 9:22
Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers outside.
Genesis 10:8
Now Cush fathered Nimrod; he became a mighty one on the earth.
Genesis 10:16
the Jebusite, the Amorite, the Girgashite,
1 Chronicles 4:40
They found pasture that was rich and good, and the land was spread out on both sides, and peaceful and undisturbed; for those who lived there previously were Hamites.
Psalms 78:51
And struck all the firstborn in Egypt, The first and best of their vigor in the tents of Ham.
Psalms 105:23
Israel also came into Egypt; So Jacob lived in the land of Ham.
Psalms 105:27
They performed His wondrous acts among them, And miracles in the land of Ham.
Psalms 106:22
Wonders in the land of Ham, And awesome things by the Red Sea.
Isaiah 11:11
Then it will happen on that day that the Lord Will again recover with His hand the second time The remnant of His people who will remain, From Assyria, Egypt, Pathros, Cush, Elam, Shinar, Hamath, And from the islands of the sea.
Jeremiah 46:9
Go up, you horses, and drive wildly, you chariots, So that the warriors may march forward: Cush and Put, who handle the shield, And the Lydians, who handle and bend the bow.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

When ye blow an alarm the second time,.... Another "tara-tan-tara":

then the camps that lie on the south side shall take their journey; the camps of Reuben, Simeon, and Gad, which were encamped on the south side of the tabernacle, Numbers 2:10; and, as Josephus k says, at the third sounding of the alarm, that part of the camp which lay to the west moved, which were the camps of Ephraim, Manasseh, and Benjamin, Numbers 2:18; and at the fourth sounding, as he says, those which were at the north, the camps of Dan, Asher, and Naphtali, Numbers 2:25; which, though not expressed in the Hebrew text, are added in the Septuagint version, as they are to be understood:

they shall blow an alarm for their journeys; for the journeys of the said camps, as a signal or token when they should begin to march.

k Ut supra. (Antiq. l. 3. c. 12. sect. 6.)

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 10:6. When 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, south, west, and north: and here the east and south camps alone are mentioned; the first containing Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun; the second, Reuben, Simeon, and Gad. The west and north divisions are not named, and yet we are sure they marched in consequence of express orders or signals, as well as the other two. There appears therefore a deficiency here in the Hebrew text, which is thus supplied by the Septuagint: Και σαλπιειτε σημασιαν τριτην, και εξαρουσιν αἱ παρεμβολαι αἱ παρεμβαλλουσαι παρα θαλασσαν· και σαλπιειτε σημασιαν τεταρτην, και εξαρουσιν αἱ παρεμβολαι αἱ παρεμβαλλουσαι προς βορῥαν. "And when ye blow a third alarm or signal, the camps on the west shall march: and when ye blow a fourth alarm or signal, the camps on the north shall march." This addition, however, is not acknowledged by the Samaritan, nor by any of the other versions but the Coptic. Nor are there any various readings in the collections of Kennicott and De Rossi, which countenance the addition in the above versions. Houbigant thinks this addition so evidently necessary, that he has inserted the Latin in his text, and in a note supplied the Hebrew words, and thinks that these words were originally in the Hebrew text, but happened to be omitted in consequence of so many similar words occurring so often in the same verse, which might dazzle and deceive the eye of a transcriber.


 
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