When they blow them, all the congregation shall gather themselves to you at the door of the Tent of Meeting.
Parallel Translations
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When they blow them, all the congregation shall gather themselves to you at the door of the Tent of Meeting.
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And when they shall blow with them, all the assembly shall assemble themselves to thee at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
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And when they shall blow with them, all the congregation shall gather themselves unto thee at the door of the tent of meeting.
Cross-references (2)
Passages linked to Numbers 10:3 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Jeremiah 4:5 Declare in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and say, ‘Blow the trumpet in the land!’ Cry aloud and say, ‘Assemble yourselves! Let’s go into the fortified cities!’
- Joel 2:15-16 Blow the trumpet in Zion! Sanctify a fast. Call a solemn assembly. Gather the people. Sanctify the assembly. Assemble the elders. Gather the children, and those who nurse from breasts. Let the bridegroom go out of his room, and the bride out of her room.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain When they, i.e. the priests, by comparing this with…
When they, i.e. the priests, by comparing this with Num 10:8,
shall blow with them, i.e. with both of them, by comparing this with the next verse.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And when they shall blow with them,.... With both…
And when they shall blow with them,.... With both the trumpets, in an even and continued sound, that is, the sons of Aaron:
all the assembly shall assemble themselves to thee at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation; to hear what was to be said unto them: blowing both the trumpets together was a token that the whole congregation was called to meet together at the tabernacle, the door of which was the usual place of assembling, especially on religious counts, for there also the Lord met them, Exo 29:42.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain when they shall blow with them--There seem to have…
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 for war. One alarm was the recognized signal for the eastern division of the camp (the tribes of Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun) to march; two alarms gave the signal for the southern to move; and, though it is not in our present Hebrew text, the Septuagint has, that on three alarms being sounded, those on the west; while on four blasts, those on the north decamped. Thus the greatest order and discipline were established in the Israelitish camp--no military march could be better regulated.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 3. When they shall blow with them — That…
3. When they shall blow with them — That is, with both.
All the assembly — They were to send representatives to the door of the tabernacle who would constitute a larger assembly than that of the princes. The gathering of more than 600,000, the enrolled army of Israel, at the narrow space in front of the tabernacle is not demanded by these words. See notes on Num_1:18; Num_14:2; Num_14:7.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 3. when they shall blow] See on Num_10:5.
3. when they shall blow] See on Num_10:5.
with them] i.e. with both of them together, in contrast with the use of one alone in Num_10:4.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain When they shall blow with them, i.e., with both…
When they shall blow with them, i.e., with both of them. All the assembly, i.e., by their natural or customary representatives.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 in front of you
in front of you
"while you are present." This means that Moses was to be there with the priest when he blew the trumpets.
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the leaders, the heads of the clans of Israel
These two phrases refer to the same group of people. Here the second phrase is used to describe the first phrase. AT: "the leaders, who are the heads of the clans of Israel" (See: Parallelism)
When you blow a loud signal
Here the word "you" is plural. Yahweh is speaking to Moses, but he his referring to the priests. The priests will blow the trumpets, Moses will not. AT: "When they blow a loud signal" (See: Forms of You and Metonymy)
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priest
tent of meeting
head
clan
Israel
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