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Numbers 10:11 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" And it came to pass on the twentieth day of the second month, in the second year, that the cloud was taken up from off the tabernacle of the testimony. "
Numbers 10:11
Verse in Context
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And if ye go to war in your land against the enemy that oppresseth you, then ye shall blow an alarm with the trumpets; and ye shall be remembered before the LORD your God, and ye shall be saved from your enemies.
Also in the day of your gladness, and in your solemn days, and in the beginnings of your months, ye shall blow with the trumpets over your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; that they may be to you for a memorial before your God: I am the LORD your God.
And it came to pass on the twentieth day of the second month, in the second year, that the cloud was taken up from off the tabernacle of the testimony.
And the children of Israel took their journeys out of the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud rested in the wilderness of Paran.
And they first took their journey according to the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses.
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Numbers 10:1
"And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,"
Numbers 10:2
"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."
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"
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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