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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Passages linked to Numbers 10:6 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Numbers 2:10-16 “On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben according to their divisions. The prince of the children of Reuben shall be Elizur the son of Shedeur. His division, and those who were counted of it, were forty-six thousand five hundred. “Those who encamp next to him shall be the tribe of Simeon. The prince of the children of Simeon shall be Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. His division, and those who were counted of them, were fifty-nine thousand three hundred. “The tribe of Gad: the prince of the children of Gad shall be Eliasaph the son of Reuel. His division, and those who were counted of them, were forty-five thousand six hundred fifty. “All who were counted of the camp of Reuben were one hundred fifty-one thousand four hundred fifty, according to their armies. They shall set out second.
- Numbers 10:18 The standard of the camp of Reuben went forward according to their armies. Elizur the son of Shedeur was over his army.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Meaning, the host of Reuben.
Meaning, the host of Reuben.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain As a sign for them to march forward, and…
As a sign for them to march forward, and consequently for the rest to follow them, which is easily understood out of these words.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain When ye blow an alarm the second time,.... Another…
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, Num 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, Num 2:18; and at the fourth sounding, as he says, those which were at the north, the camps of Dan, Asher, and Naphtali, Num 2:25; which, though not expressed in the Hebrew text, are added in the Septuagint version, as they are to be understood:
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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.)
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain For their journeys - As a sign for them…
For their journeys - As a sign for them to march forward, and consequently for the rest to follow them.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 6. When ye blow an alarm the second…
Verse 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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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Num 10:6. For their journeys — As a sign…
Num 10:6. For their journeys — As a sign for them to march forward, and consequently for the rest to follow them.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain And, &c. Hebrew, "they shall blow an alarm for…
And, &c. Hebrew, "they shall blow an alarm for their marches." This must be referred to the camps on the west, which proceeded forward at the third sounding, as those on the north did at the fourth, according to the Septuagint. (Haydock)
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 6. they shall blow an alarm for their journeys]…
6. they shall blow an alarm for their journeys] i.e. for their startings. This is apparently intended as a brief way of saying that for each of the four groups of tribes a separate alarm shall be blown as a signal to start. It might be expected that the priestly writer, with his love of repetition, would continue his statement in similar language for the other three groups. In the LXX. this is actually done, the order being East, South, West, North. This statement has very possibly dropped out of the Heb. text. In the Vulg. there is the short sentence ‘and according to this manner shall the rest do.’
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 When you blow a loud signal
When you blow a loud signal
Here the word "you" is plural. Yahweh is speaking to Moses, but he is 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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the second time
"time number 2" or "again" (See: Ordinal Numbers)
When the community gathers together
"To gather the community together"
They must blow a loud signal for their journeys
"They" refers to the priests and the word "their" refers to the people of Israel.
be a regulation for you
"be a rule for you." Here "you" is plural and refers to the people of Israel. (See: Forms of You)
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son
Aaron
people group
generation
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