Numbers 10:5

5 When you loudly blow the trumpets, the tribes camping on the east should move.

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 both trumpets are blown, the people should gather before you at the entrance to the Meeting Tent.

4 If you blow only one trumpet, the leaders, the heads of the family groups of Israel, should meet before you.

5 When you loudly blow the trumpets, the tribes camping on the east should move.

6 When you loudly blow them again, the tribes camping on the south should move; the loud sound will tell them to move.

7 When you want to gather the people, blow the trumpets, but don't blow them as loudly.