Numbers 10:4

What does Numbers 10:4 mean?

A plain-English look at Numbers 10:4 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And if they blow but one, then the princes, the heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves unto thee.

KJV

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 themselves unto thee.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And if they blow but one, then the princes, the heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves unto thee.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

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

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And if with one they blow, then have the princes, heads of the thousands of Israel, met together unto thee;

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

If thou sound but once, the princes and the heads of the multitude of Israel shall come to thee.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And if they blow with one, then the princes, the heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather unto thee.

Context

v.3And when they shall blow them, all the congregation shall gather themselves unto thee at the door of the tent of meeting.

v.4This passage

v.5And when ye blow an alarm, the camps that lie on the east side shall take their journey.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Deuteronomy 1:15

    So I took the heads of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, and captains of fifties, and captains of tens, and officers, according to your tribes.

  • Exodus 18:21

    Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating unjust gain; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:

  • Numbers 7:2

    that the princes of Israel, the heads of their fathers’ houses, offered. These were the princes of the tribes, these are they that were over them that were numbered:

  • Numbers 1:4

    And with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one head of his fathers’ house.

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