Numbers 10:1

1 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying,

Numbers 10:1 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 10:1

And the Lord spake unto Moses
When the following directions concerning the trumpets were given is not certain; it may he at the time when the order of the camps of Israel was fixed, and is here recorded before the journeying of them, which was one use they were to be put unto, ( Numbers 10:2 ) ;

saying;
as follows.

Numbers 10:1 In-Context

1 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying,

2 Make thee two trumpets of silver; of beaten work shalt thou make them that thou may use them for the convocation of the congregation and for the moving of the camp.

3 And when they shall blow them, all the congregation shall join themselves to thee at the door of the tabernacle of the testimony.

4 But when they blow only one, then the princes, who are heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves unto thee.

5 When ye blow an alarm, then ye shall move the camp of those that are lodged towards the east.