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Numbers 10:4

If only one of them is sounded, then the chiefs, the heads of the thousands of Israel, are to come to you.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Government;   Priest;   Trumpet;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Priests;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Priest;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Feasts and Festivals of Israel;   Miracle;   Priest, Priesthood;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Congregation;   Music, Instrumental;   Priest;   Thousands;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Congregation;   Music;   Numbers, the Book of;   Priest;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Alarm;   Music, Instruments, Dancing;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Numbers, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Trump Trumpet ;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Trumpets;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Camp and encamp;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Priest;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Government of the Hebrews;   Music;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Last Days at Sinai;   On to Canaan;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Alarm;   Blow;   Congregation;   Numbers, Book of;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Bible Manuscripts;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
If they blow but one, then the princes, the heads of the thousands of Yisra'el, shall gather themselves to you.
King James Version
And if they blow but with one trumpet, then the princes, which are heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves unto thee.
Lexham English Bible
But if they blow only one, the leaders, the heads of the thousands of Israel, will assemble to you.
New Century Version
If you blow only one trumpet, the leaders, the heads of the family groups of Israel, should meet before you.
New English Translation
"But if they blow with one trumpet, then the leaders, the heads of the thousands of Israel, must come to you.
Amplified Bible
"However, if a single trumpet is blown, then the leaders, heads of the tribes of Israel, shall gather themselves to you.
New American Standard Bible
"But if only one is blown, then the leaders, the heads of the divisions of Israel, shall meet you.
Geneva Bible (1587)
But if they blowe with one, then the princes, or heades ouer the thousandes of Israel shall come vnto thee.
Legacy Standard Bible
Yet if only one is blown, then the leaders, the heads of the divisions of Israel, shall assemble before you.
Contemporary English Version
But if just one is blown, only the twelve tribal leaders need to come together.
Complete Jewish Bible
If only one is sounded, then just the leaders, the heads of the clans of Isra'el, are to assemble before you.
Darby Translation
And if they blow with one, then the princes, the heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather unto thee.
Easy-to-Read Version
But if you blow long blasts on only one trumpet, only the leaders will come to meet with you. (These are the leaders of the twelve tribes of Israel.)
English Standard Version
But if they blow only one, then the chiefs, the heads of the tribes of Israel, shall gather themselves to you.
George Lamsa Translation
And if they blow but with one trumpet, the princes and the heads of the thousands of Israel shall gather themselves to you.
Good News Translation
But when only one trumpet is sounded, then only the leaders of the clans are to gather around you.
Christian Standard Bible®
However, if one is sounded, only the leaders, the heads of Israel’s clans, are to gather before you.
Literal Translation
And if they blow with one, then the rulers, the heads of the thousands of Israel, shall assemble to you.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Whan they blowe but with one, then the captaynes, the rulers ouer the thousandes in Israel shal gather them selues together vnto the.
American Standard Version
And if they blow but one, then the princes, the heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves unto thee.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And if they blowe but one trumpet, then the princes which are heades ouer the thousandes of Israel shall come vnto thee.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And if they blow but with one, then the princes, the heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves unto thee.
King James Version (1611)
And if they blow but with one trumpet, then the Princes, which are heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselues vnto thee.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And if they shall sound with one, all the rulers even the princes of Israel shall come to thee.
English Revised Version
And if they blow but with one, then the princes, the heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves unto thee.
Berean Standard Bible
But if only one is sounded, then the leaders, the heads of the clans of Israel, are to gather before you.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
If thou schalt sowne onys, the princes and the heedis of the multitude of Israel schulen come to thee;
Young's Literal Translation
And if with one they blow, then have the princes, heads of the thousands of Israel, met together unto thee;
Update Bible Version
And if they blow but one, then the princes, the heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves to you.
Webster's Bible Translation
And if they blow [but] with one [trumpet], then the princes, [who are] heads of the thousands of Israel, shall assemble themselves to thee.
World English Bible
If they blow but one, then the princes, the heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves to you.
New King James Version
But if they blow only one, then the leaders, the heads of the divisions of Israel, shall gather to you.
New Living Translation
But if only one trumpet is blown, then only the leaders—the heads of the clans of Israel—must present themselves to you.
New Life Bible
If only one horn sounds, then the leaders, the heads of the families of Israel, will gather in front of you.
New Revised Standard
But if only one is blown, then the leaders, the heads of the tribes of Israel, shall assemble before you.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, if, only once, they blow, then shall the princes, the heads of the thousands of Israel, gather themselves unto thee.
Douay-Rheims Bible
If thou sound but once, the princes and the heads of the multitude of Israel shall come to thee.
Revised Standard Version
But if they blow only one, then the leaders, the heads of the tribes of Israel, shall gather themselves to you.
THE MESSAGE
"When a bugle gives a single, short blast, that's the signal for the leaders, the heads of the clans, to assemble. When it gives a long blast, that's the signal to march. At the first blast the tribes who were camped on the east set out. At the second blast the camps on the south set out. The long blasts are the signals to march. The bugle call that gathers the assembly is different from the signal to march.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Yet if only one is blown, then the leaders, the heads of the divisions of Israel, shall assemble before you.

Contextual Overview

1 And the Lord said to Moses, 2 Make two silver horns of hammered work, to be used for getting the people together and to give the sign for the moving of the tents. 3 When they are sounded, all the people are to come together to you at the door of the Tent of meeting. 4 If only one of them is sounded, then the chiefs, the heads of the thousands of Israel, are to come to you. 5 When a loud note is sounded, the tents placed on the east side are to go forward. 6 At the sound of a second loud note, the tents on the south side are to go forward: the loud note will be the sign to go forward. 7 But when all the people are to come together, the horn is to be sounded but not loudly. 8 The horns are to be sounded by the sons of Aaron, the priests; this is to be a law for you for ever, from generation to generation. 9 And if you go to war in your land against any who do you wrong, then let the loud note of the horn be sounded; and the Lord your God will keep you in mind and give you salvation from those who are against you. 10 And on days of joy and on your regular feasts and on the first day of every month, let the horns be sounded over your burned offerings and your peace-offerings; and they will put the Lord in mind of you: I am the Lord your God.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Numbers 1:4-16, Numbers 7:2, Exodus 18:21, Deuteronomy 1:15

Reciprocal: Numbers 10:7 - ye shall blow 1 Corinthians 15:52 - last

Cross-References

Numbers 24:24
But ships will come from the direction of Kittim, troubling Asshur and troubling Eber, and like the others their fate will be destruction.
Isaiah 23:1
The word about Tyre. Let a cry of sorrow go up, O ships of Tarshish, because your strong place is made waste; on the way back from the land of Kittim the news is given to them.
Isaiah 23:12
And he said, There is no more joy for you, O crushed virgin daughter of Zidon: up! go over to Kittim; even there you will have no rest.
Ezekiel 27:12
Tarshish did business with you because of the great amount of your wealth; they gave silver, iron, tin, and lead for your goods.
Ezekiel 27:25
Tarshish ships did business for you in your goods: and you were made full, and great was your glory in the heart of the seas.
Daniel 11:30
For those who go out from the west will come against him, and he will be in fear and will go back, full of wrath against the holy agreement; and he will do his pleasure: and he will go back and be united with those who have given up the holy agreement.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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.


 
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