Numbers 10:5

When ye blow an alarm, then the camps that lie on the east parts shall go forward.

When ye blow {H8628} an alarm {H8643}, then the camps {H4264} that lie {H2583} on the east parts {H6924} shall go forward {H5265}.

"When you sound an alarm, the camps to the east will commence traveling.

When you sound short blasts, the camps that lie on the east side are to set out.

And when ye blow an alarm, the camps that lie on the east side shall take their journey.

Commentary

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Cross-References

  • Numbers 10:14 (3 votes)

    In the first [place] went the standard of the camp of the children of Judah according to their armies: and over his host [was] Nahshon the son of Amminadab.

  • Numbers 2:3 (3 votes)

    ¶ And on the east side toward the rising of the sun shall they of the standard of the camp of Judah pitch throughout their armies: and Nahshon the son of Amminadab [shall be] captain of the children of Judah.

  • Numbers 2:9 (3 votes)

    All that were numbered in the camp of Judah [were] an hundred thousand and fourscore thousand and six thousand and four hundred, throughout their armies. These shall first set forth.

  • Joel 2:1 (2 votes)

    ¶ Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD cometh, for [it is] nigh at hand;

  • Isaiah 58:1 (2 votes)

    ¶ Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.

  • Numbers 10:6 (2 votes)

    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.

  • Numbers 10:7 (2 votes)

    But when the congregation is to be gathered together, ye shall blow, but ye shall not sound an alarm.