Numbers 10:4

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

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

And if they blow but with one trumpet, then the princes, which are heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves unto thee.

In Context

3If both trumpets are blown, it means that everyone must gather together at the entrance of the Sacred Tent.

5If the trumpets are blown loudly, the tribes that are to the east of the Sacred Tent should start to travel.

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Cross References

Numbers 1:4I have chosen one man from each of the tribes to help you to do this. Each one will be a leader of his clan.

Numbers 7:2Then the leaders of the twelve Israeli tribes, the same men who had helped Aaron and Moses/me to count the men who could fight in battles,

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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