Bamidbar 10:7

7 But when the Kahal is to be gathered together, ye shall sound it, but ye shall not sound a teruah.

Bamidbar 10:7 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 10:7

But when the congregation is to be gathered together
At the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and not to move in separate camps or bodies one after another:

you shall blow, but you shall not sound an alarm;
blow with an even and uninterrupted sound, and not with a broken and quavering one; by which the congregation and camps were distinguished from one another, the same certain sound being given to each constantly, whereby they knew which were called to motion: see ( 1 Corinthians 14:8 ) ; according to Ben Gersom blowing was a voice drawn out, and joined or continued; an alarm, a voice not joined, but broken.

Bamidbar 10:7 In-Context

5 When ye sound a teruah, then the machanot that camp on the east shall go forward.

6 When ye sound a teruah the second time, then the machanot that camp on the south shall set out; they shall sound a teruah for their settings out.

7 But when the Kahal is to be gathered together, ye shall sound it, but ye shall not sound a teruah.

8 And the Bnei Aharon, the kohanim, shall sound the tzotzerot; and they shall be to you for a chukkat olam throughout your dorot.

9 And if ye go into milchamah (battle) in your land against the enemy that oppresseth you, then ye shall sound a blast on the tzotzerot; and ye shall be remembered before Hashem Eloheichem, and ye shall be saved from your enemies.