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Numbers 10:4

4 If only one is sounded, the leaders—the heads of the clans of Israel—are to assemble before you.

Numbers 10:4 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
4 And if they blow but with one trumpet, then the princes, which are heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves unto thee.
English Standard Version (ESV)
4 But if they blow only one, then the chiefs, the heads of the tribes of Israel, shall gather themselves to you.
New Living Translation (NLT)
4 But if only one trumpet is blown, then only the leaders—the heads of the clans of Israel—must present themselves to you.
The Message Bible (MSG)
4 "When a bugle gives a single, short blast, that's the signal for the leaders, the heads of the clans, to assemble.
American Standard Version (ASV)
4 And if they blow but one, then the princes, the heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves unto thee.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
4 If only one trumpet blows, the leaders, the heads of the divisions of Israel, will meet with you.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
4 However, if one is sounded, only the leaders, the heads of Israel's clans, are to gather before you.
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
4 Suppose only one trumpet is blown. Then the leaders must gather in front of you. They are the heads of the tribes of Israel.

Numbers 10:4 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 10:4

And if they blow [but] with one [trumpet]
With only one of them, or but once, with one sounding, and that an even one as before:

then the princes, [which are] the heads of the thousands of Israel,
shall gather themselves unto thee:
and they only or alone, as Aben Ezra: by this token, or by this difference of blowing both trumpets, or only one, it was, easily known when the whole congregation or when the princes only were to meet Moses at the same place, the door of the tabernacle of the congregation; and all are to attend divine service, and the ministry of the word, even the whole church of God, and all the members of it, high and low, rich and poor, princes and people.

Numbers 10:4 In-Context

2 “Make two trumpets of hammered silver, and use them for calling the community together and for having the camps set out.
3 When both are sounded, the whole community is to assemble before you at the entrance to the tent of meeting.
4 If only one is sounded, the leaders—the heads of the clans of Israel—are to assemble before you.
5 When a trumpet blast is sounded, the tribes camping on the east are to set out.
6 At the sounding of a second blast, the camps on the south are to set out. The blast will be the signal for setting out.

Cross References 1

  • 1. S Exodus 18:21; Numbers 1:16; Numbers 7:2
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