The Meaning of Numbers 10:5 Explained

Numbers 10:5

KJV: When ye blow an alarm, then the camps that lie on the east parts shall go forward.

YLT: And ye have blown -- a shout, and the camps which are encamping eastward have journeyed.

Darby: And when ye blow an alarm, the camps that lie eastward shall set forward.

ASV: And when ye blow an alarm, the camps that lie on the east side shall take their journey.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

When ye blow  an alarm,  then the camps  that lie  on the east parts  shall go forward. 

What does Numbers 10:5 Mean?

Context Summary

Numbers 10:1-16 - The Trumpets Sound The March
Each trumpet was made of a solid piece of silver. They fulfilled several purposes, summoning an assembly, sounding the march, gathering for battle. They are referred to symbolically in Matthew 24:31, and 1 Corinthians 15:52. We are constantly being called to arise and depart! Is not the trumpet calling today to a slumbering Church to move out to the evangelization of the world? For a whole year Israel had sojourned under Sinai. They left Egypt an undisciplined crowd; they had become a nation, and a marshaled host. Each knew his pedigree and standard; every tribe had its appointed place. The soul must visit Sinai, but not live there. It must journey forth to Hermon, Olivet, and Calvary. The Church is moving on! Find thy place in the great procession and keep it. Remembered by God and saved from your enemies! Compare Numbers 10:9 and Isaiah 52:12. [source]

Chapter Summary: Numbers 10

1  The use of the silver trumpets
11  The Israelites move from Sinai to Paran
14  The order of their march
29  Hobab is entreated by Moses not to leave them
33  The blessing of Moses at the removing and resting of the ark

What do the individual words in Numbers 10:5 mean?

And when you sound the advance then shall begin their journey the camps that lie on the east side
וּתְקַעְתֶּ֖ם תְּרוּעָ֑ה וְנָֽסְעוּ֙ הַֽמַּחֲנ֔וֹת הַחֹנִ֖ים קֵֽדְמָה

וּתְקַעְתֶּ֖ם  And  when  you  sound 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, second person masculine plural
Root: תֹּוקְעִים 
Sense: to blow, clap, strike, sound, thrust, give a blow, blast.
תְּרוּעָ֑ה  the  advance 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: תְּרוּעָה  
Sense: alarm, signal, sound of tempest, shout, shout or blast of war or alarm or j oy.
וְנָֽסְעוּ֙  then  shall  begin  their  journey 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person common plural
Root: נָסַע  
Sense: to pull out, pull up, set out, journey, remove, set forward, depart.
הַֽמַּחֲנ֔וֹת  the  camps 
Parse: Article, Noun, common plural
Root: מַחֲנֶה  
Sense: encampment, camp.
הַחֹנִ֖ים  that  lie 
Parse: Article, Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural
Root: חָנָה  
Sense: to decline, incline, encamp, bend down, lay siege against.
קֵֽדְמָה  on  the  east  side 
Parse: Adverb, third person feminine singular
Root: קֶדֶם 
Sense: east, antiquity, front, that which is before, aforetime.

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