If they blow just one, then the princes, the heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves to you.

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  • WEB World English Bible

    If they blow just one, then the princes, the heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves to you.

  • KJV King James Version

    And if they blow but with one trumpet, then the princes, which are heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves unto thee.

  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    And if they blow but with one, then the princes, the heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves unto thee.

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Cross-references (4)

Passages linked to Numbers 10:4 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • Exodus 18:21 Moreover you shall provide out of all the people able men which fear God: men of truth, hating unjust gain; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
  • Numbers 7:2 the princes of Israel, the heads of their fathers’ houses, offered. These were the princes of the tribes. These are they who were over those who were counted;
  • Numbers 1:4-16 With you there shall be a man of every tribe, each one head of his fathers’ house. These are the names of the men who shall stand with you: Of Reuben: Elizur the son of Shedeur. Of Simeon: Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. Of Judah: Nahshon the son of Amminadab. Of Issachar: Nethanel the son of Zuar. Of Zebulun: Eliab the son of Helon. Of the children of Joseph: of Ephraim: Elishama the son of Ammihud; of Manasseh: Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. Of Benjamin: Abidan the son of Gideoni. Of Dan: Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. Of Asher: Pagiel the son of Ochran. Of Gad: Eliasaph the son of Deuel. Of Naphtali: Ahira the son of Enan.” These are those who were called of the congregation, the princes of the tribes of their fathers; they were the heads of the thousands of Israel.
  • Deuteronomy 1:15 So I took the heads of your tribes, wise and respected men, and made them heads over you, captains of thousands, captains of hundreds, captains of fifties, captains of tens, and officers, according to your tribes.

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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And if they blow but with one trumpet,.... With…

And if they blow but with one trumpet,.... With only one of them, or but once, with one sounding, and that an even one as before:

then the princes, which are the heads of the thousands of Israel,

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shall gather themselves unto thee: and they only or alone, as Aben Ezra: by this token, or by this difference of blowing both trumpets, or only one, it was, easily known when the whole congregation or when the princes only were to meet Moses at the same place, the door of the tabernacle of the congregation; and all are to attend divine service, and the ministry of the word, even the whole church of God, and all the members of it, high and low, rich and poor, princes and people.

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Once. Hebrew, "with one trumpet." If both sounded together…
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 4. Heads of the thousands — Num_1:16, note.
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (4) With one trumpet.—Or, but once (or, at the…

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