Numbers 10:5

And ye shall sound an alarm, and the camps pitched eastward shall begin to move.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

When ye blow an alarm, then the camps that lie on the east parts shall go forward.

In Context

4And if they shall sound with one, all the rulers even the princes of Israel shall come to thee.

6And ye shall sound a second alarm, and the camps pitched southward shall move; and ye shall sound a third alarm, and the camps pitched 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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Cross References

Numbers 2:3And they that encamp first toward the east shall be the order of the camp of Judah with their host, and the prince of the sons of Judah, Nahshon the son of Amminadab.

Numbers 10:14And they first set in motion the order of the camp of the children of Judah with their host; and over their host was Nahshon, son of Amminadab.

Joel 2:1Sound the trumpet in Zion, make a proclamation in my holy mountain, and let all the inhabitants of the land be confounded: for the day of the Lord 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 →

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