Numbers 10 · Verse 5

Numbers 10:5

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 other translations

BSBWhen you sound short blasts, the camps that lie on the east side are to set out.
WEBWhen you blow an alarm, the camps that lie on the east side shall go forward.
ASVAnd when ye blow an alarm, the camps that lie on the east side shall take their journey.
YLT‘And ye have blown--a shout, and the camps which are encamping eastward have journeyed.
DARBYAnd when ye blow an alarm, the camps that lie eastward shall set forward.
BBEWhen a loud note is sounded, the tents placed on the east side are to go forward.
WebsterWhen ye blow an alarm, then the camps that lie on the east parts shall go forward.

What does Numbers 10:5 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…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 5 When ye blow an alarm - תרועה teruah, probably meaning short, broken, sharp tones, terminating with long ones, blown with both the trumpets at once. From the similarity in the words some suppose that the Hebrew teruah was similar to the Roman taratantara, or sound of their clarion.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

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…

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Numbers 10:5 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וּתְקַעְתֶּ֖םu.te.ka'.Temand you will give a blastH8628
תְּרוּעָ֑הte.ru.'Ahan alarmH8643
וְנָֽסְעוּ֙ve.na.se.'Uand they will set outH5265
הַֽמַּחֲנ֔וֹתha.ma.cha.Notthe campsH4264
הַחֹנִ֖יםha.cho.Nimwhich encampH2583
קֵֽדְמָה\׃Ke.de.maheast -wardH6924

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Numbers 10:5

  • Numbers 10:14

    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 2:3-9

    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. And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred. And those that do pitch next unto him shall be the tribe of Issachar: and Nethaneel the son of Zuar shall be captain of the children of Issachar. And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were fifty and four thousand and four hundred. …

  • Joel 2:1

    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;

  • Numbers 10:6-7

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

  • Isaiah 58:1

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

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
blow.
6,7; Isa 58:1; Joe 2:1
camps.
2:3-9

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 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 10:6

    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.

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Numbers 10:5 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y cuando tocareis alarma, entonces moverán el campo de los que están alojados al oriente.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et quand vous sonnerez avec éclat, les camps qui sont campés à l’orient partiront.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und blaset ihr Lärm, so sollen die Lager aufbrechen, die gegen Osten lagern;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Si autem prolixior atque concisus clangor increpuerit, movebunt castra primi qui sunt ad orientalem plagam.