Numbers 10:5

5 "When you sound an alarm, the camps to the east will commence traveling.

Numbers 10:5 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 10:5

When ye blow an alarm
Making a broken, uneven, and quavering sound, which is called a "tara-tan-tara":

then the camps that lie on the east parts shall go forward;
the camps of Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun, which lay to the east of the tabernacle, at the front of it; see ( Numbers 1:3 Numbers 1:5 Numbers 1:7 ) ; this was to be the token for their march, which was first of all; ( Numbers 10:14 ) .

Numbers 10:5 In-Context

3 When they are sounded, the entire community is to assemble before you at the entrance to the tent of meeting.

4 If only one is sounded, then just the leaders, the heads of the clans of Isra'el, are to assemble before you.

5 "When you sound an alarm, the camps to the east will commence traveling.

6 When you sound a second alarm, the camps to the south will set out; they will sound alarms to announce when to travel.

7 However, when the community is to be assembled, you are to sound; but don't sound an alarm.