Numberschapter 10

A.Two trumpets of beaten silvervv. 1-10

1 Then the LORD said to Moses, 2 “Make two trumpets of hammered silver to be used for calling the congregation and for having the camps set out. 3 When both are sounded, the whole congregation is to assemble before you at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. 4 But if only one is sounded, then the leaders, the heads of the clans of Israel, are to gather before you. 5 When you sound short blasts, the camps that lie on the east side are to set out. 6 When you sound the short blasts a second time, the camps that lie on the south side are to set out. The blasts are to signal them to set out. 7 To convene the assembly, you are to sound long blasts, not short ones. 8 The sons of Aaron, the priests, are to sound the trumpets. This shall be a permanent statute for you and the generations to come. 9 When you enter into battle in your land against an adversary who attacks you, sound short blasts on the trumpets, and you will be remembered before the LORD your God and saved from your enemies. 10 And on your joyous occasions, your appointed feasts, and the beginning of each month, you are to blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings and fellowship offerings to serve as a reminder for you before your God. I am the LORD your God.”

B.The cloud lifts and Israel marchesvv. 11-28

11 On the twentieth day of the second month of the second year, the cloud was lifted from above the tabernacle of the Testimony, 12 and the Israelites set out from the Wilderness of Sinai, traveling from place to place until the cloud settled in the Wilderness of Paran. 13 They set out this first time according to the LORD’s command through Moses. 14 First, the divisions of the camp of Judah set out under their standard, with Nahshon son of Amminadab in command. 15 Nethanel son of Zuar was over the division of the tribe of Issachar, 16 and Eliab son of Helon was over the division of the tribe of Zebulun. 17 Then the tabernacle was taken down, and the Gershonites and the Merarites set out, transporting it. 18 Then the divisions of the camp of Reuben set out under their standard, with Elizur son of Shedeur in command. 19 Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai was over the division of the tribe of Simeon, 20 and Eliasaph son of Deuel was over the division of the tribe of Gad. 21 Then the Kohathites set out, transporting the holy objects; the tabernacle was to be set up before their arrival. 22 Next, the divisions of the camp of Ephraim set out under their standard, with Elishama son of Ammihud in command. 23 Gamaliel son of Pedahzur was over the division of the tribe of Manasseh, 24 and Abidan son of Gideoni was over the division of the tribe of Benjamin. 25 Finally, the divisions of the camp of Dan set out under their standard, serving as the rear guard for all units, with Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai in command. 26 Pagiel son of Ocran was over the division of the tribe of Asher, 27 and Ahira son of Enan was over the division of the tribe of Naphtali. 28 This was the order of march for the Israelite divisions as they set out.

C.Come with us, and we will do you goodvv. 29-32

29 Then Moses said to Hobab, the son of Moses’ father-in-law Reuel the Midianite, “We are setting out for the place of which the LORD said: ‘I will give it to you.’ Come with us, and we will treat you well, for the LORD has promised good things to Israel.” 30 “I will not go,” Hobab replied. “Instead, I am going back to my own land and my own people.” 31 “Please do not leave us,” Moses said, “since you know where we should camp in the wilderness, and you can serve as our eyes. 32 If you come with us, we will share with you whatever good things the LORD gives us.”

D.Rise up, O LORD, and scatter thine enemiesvv. 33-36

33 So they set out on a three-day journey from the mountain of the LORD, with the ark of the covenant of the LORD traveling ahead of them for those three days to seek a resting place for them. 34 And the cloud of the LORD was over them by day when they set out from the camp. 35 Whenever the ark set out, Moses would say, “Rise up, O LORD! May Your enemies be scattered; may those who hate You flee before You.” 36 And when it came to rest, he would say: “Return, O LORD, to the countless thousands of Israel.”

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Chapter summary

Silver trumpets and departure from Sinai.

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Silver trumpets and departure from Sinai. Two trumpets of beaten silver. One blast, the princes assemble; both, the whole congregation; long blast, alarm for battle. The trumpets in war shall remember Israel before the LORD. On the twentieth day of the second month of the second year, the cloud lifts from the tabernacle of the testimony; Judah leads; the tribes move in order. Moses invites Hobab (his brother-in-law) to go with them: ‘we will do thee good’. The ark goes before: ‘rise up, LORD, and let thine enemies be scattered’; when it rested, ‘return, O LORD, unto the many thousands of Israel’. The march into the wilderness begins.

Drawn from Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory, Matthew Henry, Complete Commentary, John Wesley, Notes on the Old Testament and John Calvin, Commentaries.

Context

Law · Moses — Numbers overview

A. 1–10 Two trumpets of beaten silver
B. 11–28 The cloud lifts and Israel marches
C. 29–32 Come with us, and we will do you good
D. 33–36 Rise up, O LORD, and scatter thine enemies

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Numbers 113 verses
- Numbers 1:1On the first day of the second month of the second year after the Israelites had come out of the land of Egypt, the LORD spoke to Moses in the Tent of Meeting in the Wilderness of Sinai. He said:
- Numbers 1:5These are the names of the men who are to assist you: From the tribe of Reuben, Elizur son of Shedeur;
- Numbers 1:6from Simeon, Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai;
- Numbers 1:7from Judah, Nahshon son of Amminadab;
- Numbers 1:8from Issachar, Nethanel son of Zuar;
- Numbers 1:9from Zebulun, Eliab son of Helon;
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Numbers 712 verses
- Numbers 7:2And the leaders of Israel, the heads of their families, presented an offering. These men were the tribal leaders who had supervised the registration.
- Numbers 7:6So Moses took the carts and oxen and gave them to the Levites.
- Numbers 7:9But he did not give any to the Kohathites, since they were to carry on their shoulders the holy objects for which they were responsible.
- Numbers 7:18On the second day Nethanel son of Zuar, the leader of Issachar, drew near.
- Numbers 7:24On the third day Eliab son of Helon, the leader of the Zebulunites, drew near.
- Numbers 7:35and a peace offering of two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Elizur son of Shedeur.
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Numbers 25 verses
- Numbers 2:3On the east side, toward the sunrise, the divisions of Judah are to camp under their standard:
- Numbers 2:10On the south side, the divisions of Reuben are to camp under their standard:
- Numbers 2:14Next will be the tribe of Gad. The leader of the Gadites is Eliasaph son of Deuel,
- Numbers 2:18On the west side, the divisions of Ephraim are to camp under their standard:
- Numbers 2:34So the Israelites did everything the LORD commanded Moses; they camped under their standards in this way and set out in the same way, each man with his clan and his family.
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Numbers 105 verses
- Numbers 10:3When both are sounded, the whole congregation is to assemble before you at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
- Numbers 10:6When you sound the short blasts a second time, the camps that lie on the south side are to set out. The blasts are to signal them to set out.
- Numbers 10:14First, the divisions of the camp of Judah set out under their standard, with Nahshon son of Amminadab in command.
- Numbers 10:17Then the tabernacle was taken down, and the Gershonites and the Merarites set out, transporting it.
- Numbers 10:18Then the divisions of the camp of Reuben set out under their standard, with Elizur son of Shedeur in command.
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Deuteronomy 14 verses
- Deuteronomy 1:6The LORD our God said to us at Horeb: “You have stayed at this mountain long enough.
- Deuteronomy 1:10The LORD your God has multiplied you, so that today you are as numerous as the stars in the sky.
- Deuteronomy 1:15So I took the leaders of your tribes, wise and respected men, and appointed them as leaders over you—as commanders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens, and as officers for your tribes.
- Deuteronomy 1:33who went before you on the journey, in the fire by night and in the cloud by day, to seek out a place for you to camp and to show you the road to travel.
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Numbers 93 verses
- Numbers 9:1In the first month of the second year after Israel had come out of the land of Egypt, the LORD spoke to Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai:
- Numbers 9:5and they did so in the Wilderness of Sinai, at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month. The Israelites did everything just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
- Numbers 9:23They camped at the LORD’s command, and they set out at the LORD’s command; they carried out the LORD’s charge according to His command through Moses.
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Joel 22 verses
- Joel 2:1Blow the ram’s horn in Zion; sound the alarm on My holy mountain! Let all who dwell in the land tremble, for the Day of the LORD is coming; indeed, it is near—
- Joel 2:15Blow the ram’s horn in Zion, consecrate a fast, proclaim a sacred assembly.
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Joshua 62 verses
- Joshua 6:4Have seven priests carry seven rams’ horns in front of the ark. Then on the seventh day, march around the city seven times, while the priests blow the horns.
- Joshua 6:9While the horns continued to sound, the armed troops marched ahead of the priests who blew the horns, and the rear guard followed the ark.
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Cross-references from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge and OpenBible.info.