King James Version
Numbers 10:5 in the King James Version says “When ye blow an alarm, then the camps that lie on the east parts shall go forward.” — study this verse from Numbers chapter 10 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“When ye blow an alarm, then the camps that lie on the east parts shall go forward.”
Numbers 10:5 · KJV
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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“When ye blow”
H8628to clatter, i.e., slap (the hands together), clang (an instrument); by analogy, to drive (a nail or tent-pin, a dart, etc.); by implication, to become
“an alarm”
H8643clamor, i.e., acclamation of joy or a battle-cry; especially clangor of trumpets, as an alarum
“shall go forward”
H5265properly, to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e., start on a journey
“then the camps”
H4264an encampment (of travellers or troops); hence, an army, whether literal (of soldiers) or figurative (of dancers, angels, cattle, locusts, stars; or e
“that lie”
H2583properly, to incline; by implication, to decline (of the slanting rays of evening); specifically, to pitch a tent; generally to encamp (for abode or s
“on the east parts”
H6924the front, of place (absolutely, the fore part, relatively the east) or time (antiquity); often used adverbially (before, anciently, eastward)
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