And when ye blow an alarm, the camps that lie on the east side shall take their journey.
When you sound short blasts, the camps that lie on the east side are to set out.
`And ye have blown--a shout, and the camps which are encamping eastward have journeyed.
And when ye blow an alarm, the camps that lie eastward shall set forward.
Numbers — Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament).
2 Make thee two trumpets of silver. This passage respecting the silver trumpets, which gave the gathering-signal, so that the people should always be attentive to the voice and will of God, is properly annexed to the First Commandment. For God would have the Israelites set in motion by their…