Numbers 10:5
But if the sound of the trumpets is prolonged, but with interruptions, those who are toward the east side shall move the camp first.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
When ye blow an alarm, then the camps that lie on the east parts shall go forward.
In Context
4If you sound it only once, the leaders and the heads of the multitude of Israel shall come to you.
Cross References
Numbers 2:3To the east, Judah shall fix his tents, by the companies of his army. And the leader of his sons shall be Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
Numbers 10:14were the sons of Judah by their companies, whose leader was Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
Joel 2:1Blow the trumpet in Zion, wail on my holy mountain, let all the inhabitants of the land be stirred up. For the day of the Lord is on its way; for it is near:
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 →