Numbers 10:6

When the trumpets are blown loudly the second time, the tribes that are to the south should start to travel. The loud blasts on the trumpet will signal that they should start to travel.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

When ye blow an alarm the second time, then the camps that lie on the south side shall take their journey: they shall blow an alarm for their journeys.

In Context

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

7When you want only to gather the people together, blow the trumpets, but do not blow them as loudly.

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Cross References

Numbers 10:18The group from the tribe of Reuben went next, carrying their flag. Elizur, the son of Shedeur, was their leader.

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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