Numbers 10:7

But when all the people are to come together, the horn is to be sounded but not loudly.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

But when the congregation is to be gathered together, ye shall blow, but ye shall not sound an alarm.

In Context

6At 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.

8The horns are to be sounded by the sons of Aaron, the priests; this is to be a law for you for ever, from generation to generation.

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Cross References

Joel 2:1Let the horn be sounded in Zion, and a war-cry in my holy mountain; let all the people of the land be troubled: for the day of the Lord is coming;

Matthew Henry on Numbers 10:2-11

The Moving of the Camp. ( b. c. 1490.) 1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Make thee two trumpets of silver; of a whole piece shalt thou make them: that thou mayest use them for the calling of the assembly, and for the journeying of the camps. 3 And when they shall blow with them, all the assembly shall assemble themselves to thee at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 4 And if they blow but with one trumpet, then the princes, which are heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves… Read the whole commentary →

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