Numbers 10:5
When you blow a loud signal, the camps on the east side must begin their journey.
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
When ye blow an alarm, then the camps that lie on the east parts shall go forward.
In Context
Cross References
Numbers 2:3Those will be camping on the east of the tent of meeting, where the sun rises, they are the camp of Judah and they are camping under their standard. Nahshon son of Amminadab is the leader of the people of Judah.
Numbers 10:14The camp under the banner of Judah's descendants went out first, moving out their individual armies. Nahshon son of Amminadab led Judah's army.
Joel 2:1Blow the trumpet in Zion, 1 and sound an alarm on my holy mountain! 1 Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble in fear, 1 for the day of Yahweh is coming; 1 indeed, it is near. 1
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 →