Numbers 10:4

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

Numbers 10:4 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 10:4

And if they blow [but] with one [trumpet]
With only one of them, or but once, with one sounding, and that an even one as before:

then the princes, [which are] the heads of the thousands of Israel,
shall gather themselves unto thee:
and they only or alone, as Aben Ezra: by this token, or by this difference of blowing both trumpets, or only one, it was, easily known when the whole congregation or when the princes only were to meet Moses at the same place, the door of the tabernacle of the congregation; and all are to attend divine service, and the ministry of the word, even the whole church of God, and all the members of it, high and low, rich and poor, princes and people.

Numbers 10:4 In-Context

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.

6 And when ye blow an alarm the second time, then ye shall move the camp of those that are lodged on the side of the Negev; they shall blow an alarm for their journeys.