Numbers 10:3

If both trumpets are blown, it means that everyone must gather together at the entrance of the Sacred Tent.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

And when they shall blow with them, all the assembly shall assemble themselves to thee at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

In Context

2“ Tell someone to make two trumpets by hammering each one from one lump of silver. Blow the trumpets to summon the people to come together and also to signal that they must move their tents to a new location.

4If only one trumpet is blown, it means that only the twelve leaders of the tribes must gather together.

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Cross References

Jeremiah 4:5“Declare this [DOU] to all the people in Jerusalem and the rest of Judea; blow the trumpets everywhere in the land to warn the people. Tell them that they should flee to the cities that have high walls around them.

Joel 2:15Blow the trumpets on Zion Hill! Gather the people together! Show by fasting that you are sorry for the sins that you have committed.

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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