When you blow an alarm, the camps that lie on the east side shall go forward.
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When you blow an alarm, the camps that lie on the east side shall go forward.
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When ye blow an alarm, then the camps that lie on the east parts shall go forward.
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And when ye blow an alarm, the camps that lie on the east side shall take their journey.
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Passages linked to Numbers 10:5 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Numbers 2:3-9 Those who encamp on the east side toward the sunrise shall be of the standard of the camp of Judah, according to their divisions. The prince of the children of Judah shall be Nahshon the son of Amminadab. His division, and those who were counted of them, were seventy-four thousand six hundred. Those who encamp next to him shall be the tribe of Issachar. The prince of the children of Issachar shall be Nethanel the son of Zuar. His division, and those who were counted of it, were fifty-four thousand four hundred. The tribe of Zebulun: the prince of the children of Zebulun shall be Eliab the son of Helon. His division, and those who were counted of it, were fifty-seven thousand four hundred. All who were counted of the camp of Judah were one hundred eighty-six thousand four hundred, according to their divisions. They shall set out first.
- Numbers 10:14 First, the standard of the camp of the children of Judah went forward according to their armies. Nahshon the son of Amminadab was over his army.
- Numbers 10:6-7 When you blow an alarm the second time, the camps that lie on the south side shall go forward. They shall blow an alarm for their journeys. But when the assembly is to be gathered together, you shall blow, but you shall not sound an alarm.
- Isaiah 58:1 “Cry aloud! Don’t spare! Lift up your voice like a trumpet! Declare to my people their disobedience, and to the house of Jacob their sins.
- Joel 2:1 Blow the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, for the day of Yahweh comes, for it is close at hand:
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain That is, the host of Judah and they that…
That is, the host of Judah and they that are under his ensign.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain To wit, when ye blow once, as appears from…
To wit, when ye blow once, as appears from Num 10:6.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain When ye blow an alarm,.... Making a broken, uneven,…
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 Num 1:3; this was to be the token for their march, which was first of all; Num 10:14.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 5. When ye blow an alarm] תרועה teruah,…
Verse 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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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Blow an alarm - i. e. along continuous peal.…
Blow an alarm - i. e. along continuous peal. Compare Num 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.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Longer, and with interruptions. Hebrew teruha, "a signal," an…
Longer, and with interruptions. Hebrew teruha, "a signal," an alarm. Septuagint, "a loud cry of victory." Chaldean, "the taratantara," as Montanus translates, in allusion to the sound of the Hebrew word, (Calmet) or of the trumpets. When they were sounded with a variety of notes, or at different intervals, all knew that the camp was to break up, even though they had not been attentive to the motions of the cloud. Then Juda led the van, chap. ii. 9. (Haydock)
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 5. An alarm — The same Hebrew word designates…
5. An alarm — The same Hebrew word designates the loud clang of the trumpet announcing the new year or the jubilee. Lev_25:9. The order of march has been already fixed in chap. 2. We are left to infer that a third and a fourth alarm were sounded for the camps on the west and north of the tabernacle to move, preceded by the Levites.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 5. blow an alarm] A signal quite different from…
5. blow an alarm] A signal quite different from the simple ‘blow’ in Num_10:3-4. But it is not known in what the difference consisted. Some think that ‘to blow’ means to produce a single long blast, while ‘to blow an alarm’ was to produce several short sharp notes—a ‘fanfare’ (Heb. terû‛âh). But the converse is equally likely.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (5) When ye blow an alarm.—The word teruah, alarm,…
(5) When ye blow an alarm.—The word teruah, alarm, is supposed to denote a loud and continuous blast, by which the signal for the moving of the camps was distinguished from those which were used for the summoning of the congregation, or of the princes (Num_10:7). In the former of these cases some suppose that both trumpets were blown, and in the latter only one (Num_10:4 and Note. Comp. Light-foot’s Temple Service, Num_7:5; Num_7:2.) The fuller directions respecting the order in which the camps were to break up are given in Numbers 2. Here the order of the eastern and southern camps only is prescribed. In the LXX., however, we read thus: “And ye shall sound a third alarm, and the camps pitched by the sea (i.e., 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.”
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain When ye blow an alarm. Hebrew, hWrT. This seems…
When ye blow an alarm. Hebrew, hWrT. This seems to signify a continuous peal, easily distinguished, wherever audible, from the blowing in short, sharp tones (Hebrew, qT) mentioned below, verse 7. The peal of alarm was to be blown their breaking up for that purpose, and no other. The camps. Only those on the east (Judah, with Issachar and Zebulun) and on the south (Reuben, with Simeon and Gad) are here mentioned. It may be that the silver trumpets themselves were carried with the sacred utensils after the southern camps, and that some other means were employed to start the remaining tribes; or it may be that the omission is due to some accidental circumstance. The Septuagint inserts in verse 6, "And ye shall sound a third alarm, and the camps which are pitched westwards shall move; and ye shall sound a fourth alarm, and the camps which are pitched northwards shall move." No doubt this was the actual order of starting, however the signal was given.
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 10:5-8 When it was time to break camp, the…
10:5-8 When it was time to break camp, the sound of the trumpets supplemented the movement of the pillar of cloud (cp. 9:15-22) by signaling when to camp and when to move on (see ch 2).
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