Numbers 10:5 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

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

Numbers 10:5

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And when they shall blow with them, all the assembly shall assemble themselves to thee at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

And if they blow {but} with one {trumpet}, then the princes, {which are} heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves unto thee.

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

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.

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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 themselves unto thee."

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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