Numbers 10:4
And if they blow but with one trumpet, then the princes, which are heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves unto thee.
Numbers 10:4 in other translations
| BSB | But if only one is sounded, then the leaders, the heads of the clans of Israel, are to gather before you. |
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| WEB | If they blow just one, then the princes, the heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves to you. |
| ASV | And if they blow but one, then the princes, the heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves unto thee. |
| YLT | And if with one they blow, then have the princes, heads of the thousands of Israel, met together unto thee; |
| DARBY | And if they blow with one, then the princes, the heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather unto thee. |
| BBE | If only one of them is sounded, then the chiefs, the heads of the thousands of Israel, are to come to you. |
| Webster | And if they blow but with one trumpet, then the princes, who are heads of the thousands of Israel, shall assemble themselves to thee. |
What does Numbers 10:4 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 10:3-7
3-7. when they shall blow with them--There seem to have been signals made by a difference in the loudness and variety in the notes, suited for different occasions, and which the Israelites learned to distinguish. A simple uniform sound by both trumpets summoned a general assembly of the people; the blast of a single trumpet convoked the princes to consult on public affairs; notes of some other kind were made to…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 10:1-10
Here are directions concerning the public notices to be given the people by sound of trumpet. Their laws in every case were to be Divine, therefore, even in this matter Moses is directed. These trumpets typify the preached gospel. It sounds an alarm to sinners, calls them to repent, proclaims liberty to the captives and slaves of Satan, and collects the worshippers of God. It directs and encourages their heavenly…
Numbers 10:4 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Numbers 10:4
- Exodus 18:21
Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:
- Numbers 7:2
That the princes of Israel, heads of the house of their fathers, who were the princes of the tribes, and were over them that were numbered, offered:
- Numbers 1:4-16
And with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one head of the house of his fathers. And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you: of the tribe of Reuben; Elizur the son of Shedeur. Of Simeon; Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. Of Judah; Nahshon the son of Amminadab. …
- Deuteronomy 1:15
So I took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, and captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and officers among your tribes.
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Context
- Numbers 10:3
And when they shall blow with them, all the assembly shall assemble themselves to thee at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
- Numbers 10:4
And if they blow but with one trumpet, then the princes, which are heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves unto thee.
- Numbers 10:5
When ye blow an alarm, then the camps that lie on the east parts shall go forward.
Numbers 10:4 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Mas cuando tocaren sólo la una, entonces se congregarán á ti los príncipes, las cabezas de los millares de Israel. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et si l’on sonne d’une seule, alors les princes, les chefs des milliers d’Israël, s’assembleront vers toi. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und wenn man in eine stößt, so sollen sich die Fürsten zu dir versammeln, die Häupter der Tausende Israels. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Si semel clangueris, venient ad te principes, et capita multitudinis Israël. |