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Numbers 10:5 KJV
Numbers · chapter 10 · verse 5
When ye blow an alarm, then the camps that lie on the east parts shall go forward.Numbers 10:5 · King James Version
Numbers 10:5 in context
3And when they shall blow with them, all the assembly shall assemble themselves to thee at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
4And if they blow but with one trumpet, then the princes, which are heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves unto thee.
5When ye blow an alarm, then the camps that lie on the east parts shall go forward.
6When 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.
7But when the congregation is to be gathered together, ye shall blow, but ye shall not sound an alarm.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- alarmtᵉrûwʻâhclamorH8643 →
- campsmachănehan encampmentH4264 →
- partsqedemthe front, of place or timeH6924 →
- blowtâqaʻto clatterH8628 →
- liechânâhproperly, to inclineH2583 →
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We have here directions concerning the public notices that were to be given to the people upon several occasions by sound of trumpet. In a thing of this nature, one would think, Moses needed not to have been taught of God: his own reason might teach him the conveniency of trumpets;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-10