Numbers 10:7

7 But when the assembly is to be gathered, you shall blow, but you shall not sound an alarm.

Numbers 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.

Numbers 10:7 In-Context

5 When you blow an alarm, the camps on the east side shall set out;

6 when you blow a second alarm, the camps on the south side shall set out. An alarm is to be blown whenever they are to set out.

7 But when the assembly is to be gathered, you shall blow, but you shall not sound an alarm.

8 The sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow the trumpets; this shall be a perpetual institution for you throughout your generations.

9 When you go to war in your land against the adversary who oppresses you, you shall sound an alarm with the trumpets, so that you may be remembered before the Lord your God and be saved from your enemies.