Numbers 10:5

5 When a trumpet blast is sounded, the tribes camping on the east are to set out.

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Numbers 10:5 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)

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

English Standard Version (ESV)

5 When you blow an alarm, the camps that are on the east side shall set out.

New Living Translation (NLT)

5 “When you sound the signal to move on, the tribes camped on the east side of the Tabernacle must break camp and move forward.

The Message Bible (MSG)

5 When it gives a long blast, that's the signal to march. At the first blast the tribes who were camped on the east set out.

American Standard Version (ASV)

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

GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)

5 When they hear the trumpet fanfare, the tribes that are camped on the east side will break camp first.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)

5 "When you sound short blasts, the camps pitched on the east are to set out.

New International Reader's Version (NIRV)

5 When a trumpet blast is blown, the tribes that are camped on the east side must start out.

Numbers 10:5 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 10:5

When ye blow an alarm
Making a broken, uneven, and quavering sound, which is called a "tara-tan-tara":

then the camps that lie on the east parts shall go forward;
the camps of Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun, which lay to the east of the tabernacle, at the front of it; see ( Numbers 1:3 Numbers 1:5 Numbers 1:7 ) ; this was to be the token for their march, which was first of all; ( Numbers 10:14 ) .

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Numbers 10:5 In-Context

3 When both are sounded, the whole community is to assemble before you at the entrance to the tent of meeting.

4 If only one is sounded, the leaders—the heads of the clans of Israel—are to assemble before you.

5 When a trumpet blast is sounded, the tribes camping on the east are to set out.

6 At the sounding of a second blast, the camps on the south are to set out. The blast will be the signal for setting out.

7 To gather the assembly, blow the trumpets, but not with the signal for setting out.

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Numbers 10:5 in Other Translations

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