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Numbers 10:7

Old Testament Law (Torah) ASV (1901)

What does Numbers 10:7 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “But when the assembly is to be gathered together, ye shall blow, but ye shall not sound an alarm.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

But when the assembly is to be gathered together, ye shall blow, but ye shall not sound an alarm.
Numbers 10:7 — American Standard Version

Context — Numbers 10

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
4And if they blow but one, then the princes, the heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves unto thee.
5And when ye blow an alarm, the camps that lie on the east side shall take their journey.
6And when ye blow an alarm the second time, the camps that lie on the south side shall take their journey: they shall blow an alarm for their journeys.
7But when the assembly is to be gathered together, ye shall blow, but ye shall not sound an alarm.
8And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow the trumpets; and they shall be to you for a statute for ever throughout your generations.
9And when ye go to war in your land against the adversary that oppresseth you, then ye shall sound an alarm with the trumpets; and ye shall be remembered before Jehovah your God, and ye shall be saved from your enemies.
10Also in the day of your gladness, and in your set feasts, and in the beginnings of your months, ye shall blow the trumpets over your burnt-offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace-offerings; and they shall be to you for a memorial before your God: I am Jehovah your God.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“But when the congregation is to be gathered together, etc.] At the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and not to move in separate camps or bodies one after another: you shall blow, but you shall not sound an alarm; blow with an even and uninterrupted sound, and not with a broken and quavering one; by which the congregation and camps were distinguished from one another, the same certain sound being given to each constantly, whereby they knew which were called to motion: (see <461408>1 Corinthians 14:8); according to Ben Gersom blowing was a voice drawn out, and joined or continued; an alarm, a voice not joined, but broken.”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“ye shall blow: Num 10:3, Num 10:4 sound: Joe 2:1 Numbers 10:8”
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Keil & Delitzsch
C. F. Keil & F. Delitzsch · Commentary on the Old Testament · 19th-century historical commentary
“But to call the congregation together they were to blow, not to sound an alarm. תּקע signifies blowing in short, sharp tones. הריע = תּרוּעה תּקע, blowing in a continued peal. Numbers 10:8”
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