Numbers 10:3

3 When both trumpets are blown, everyone must gather before you at the entrance of the Tabernacle.

Numbers 10:3 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 10:3

And when they shall blow with them
With both the trumpets, in an even and continued sound, that is, the sons of Aaron:

all the assembly shall assemble themselves to thee at the door of the
tabernacle of the congregation;
to hear what was to be said unto them: blowing both the trumpets together was a token that the whole congregation was called to meet together at the tabernacle, the door of which was the usual place of assembling, especially on religious counts, for there also the Lord met them, ( Exodus 29:42 Exodus 29:43 ) .

Numbers 10:3 In-Context

1 Now the LORD said to Moses,
2 “Make two trumpets of hammered silver for calling the community to assemble and for signaling the breaking of camp.
3 When both trumpets are blown, everyone must gather before you at the entrance of the Tabernacle.
4 But if only one trumpet is blown, then only the leaders—the heads of the clans of Israel—must present themselves to you.
5 “When you sound the signal to move on, the tribes camped on the east side of the Tabernacle must break camp and move forward.

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Hebrew Tent of Meeting.
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