Numbers 10:5

10:5 When you blow an alarm, ¹  then the camps that are located ²  on the east side must begin to travel. ³ 

Numbers 10:28

10:28 These were the traveling arrangements ⁴  of the Israelites according to their companies when they traveled. ⁵ 

Numbers 14:38

14:38 But Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, who were among ⁶  the men who went to investigate the land, lived.

Numbers 31:5

31:5 So a thousand from every tribe, twelve thousand armed for battle in all, were provided out of the thousands of Israel.

Numbers 31:36

31:36 The half-portion of those who went to war numbered 337,500 sheep;

[10:5]  ¹ tn The word for an alarm is תְּרוּעָה (tÿru’ah). The root verb of this word means “to give a blast on the trumpet.” It may also on occasion mean “give a shout” in battle (Josh 6:10). In this passage it must refer to the sound of the trumpet.

[10:5]  ² tn Heb “the camps that are camping.”

[10:5]  ³ tn The perfect tense with vav (ו) consecutive functions as the equivalent of the imperfect tense. Here the emphasis is on the start of the journey.

[10:28]  ⁴ tn Or “journeyings of.”

[10:28]  ⁵ tn The verb is the preterite with vav (ו) consecutive. But in this sentence it should be subordinated as a temporal clause to the preceding statement, even though it follows it.

[14:38]  ⁷ tn The Hebrew text uses the preposition “from,” “some of” – “from those men.” The relative pronoun is added to make a smoother reading.