KJV King James Version
And if they blow [but] with one [trumpet], then the princes, [which are] heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves unto thee.
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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.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
But if only one is sounded, then the leaders, the heads of the clans of Israel, are to gather before you.
WEB World English Bible
If they blow just one, then the princes, the heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves to you.
ASV American Standard Version
And if they blow but one, then the princes, the heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves unto thee.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And if with one they blow, then have the princes, heads of the thousands of Israel, met together unto thee;
Surrounding context — Numbers 10
1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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.
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.
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.
5 When ye blow an alarm, then the camps that lie on the east parts shall go forward.
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.
7 But when the congregation is to be gathered together, ye shall blow, but ye shall not sound an alarm.
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Numbers 7:2That 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:Exodus 18:21Moreover 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:Deuteronomy 1:15So 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.Numbers 1:4-16And with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one head of the house of his fathers.
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