KJV King James Version
When ye blow an alarm, then the camps that lie on the east parts shall go forward.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Numbers 10:5
When ye blow an alarm, then the camps that lie on the east parts shall go forward.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
When you sound short blasts, the camps that lie on the east side are to set out.
WEB World English Bible
When you blow an alarm, the camps that lie on the east side shall go forward.
ASV American Standard Version
And when ye blow an alarm, the camps that lie on the east side shall take their journey.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘And ye have blown—a shout, and the camps which are encamping eastward have journeyed.
Surrounding context — 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.
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.
8 And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow with the trumpets; and they shall be to you for an ordinance for ever throughout your generations.
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Numbers 2:3-9And 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.Numbers 10:14In 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.Joel 2:1Blow 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 10:6-7When 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.Isaiah 58:1Cry 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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