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 9:21

9:21 And when ⁴  the cloud remained only ⁵  from evening until morning, when the cloud was taken up ⁶  the following morning, then they traveled on. Whether by day or by night, when the cloud was taken up they traveled.

Numbers 10:6

10:6 And when you blow an alarm the second time, then the camps that are located on the south side must begin to travel. ⁷  An alarm must be sounded ⁸  for their journeys.

Numbers 10:17

10:17 Then the tabernacle was dismantled, and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari set out, carrying the tabernacle.

Numbers 10:21

10:21 And the Kohathites set out, carrying the articles for the sanctuary; ⁹  the tabernacle was to be set up ¹⁰  before they arrived. ¹¹ 

[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.

[9:21]  ⁴ tn The construction is the same in the preceding verse.

[9:21]  ⁵ tn “Only” is supplied to reflect the contrast between the two verses.

[9:21]  ⁶ tn The construction in this half of the verse uses two vav (ו) consecutive clauses. The first is subordinated to the second as a temporal clause: “when…then….”

[10:6]  ⁷ tc The MT does not mention the departures of the northerly and westerly tribes. The Greek text completes the description by adding them, making a full schedule of the departure of the groups of tribes. The Greek is not likely to be original, however, since it carries all the signs of addition to complete the text, making a smooth, full reading. The MT is to be preferred; it apparently used two of the groups to give the idea.

[10:6]  ⁸ tn The Hebrew text has “they shall blow an alarm”; the sentence without a formal subject should be taken as a passive idea.

[10:21]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “carrying the sanctuary,” a metonymy of whole for parts, representing all the holy objects that were located in the sanctuary.

[10:21]  ¹¹ tn The verb is the third person plural form; without an expressed subject it is treated as a passive.

[10:21]  ¹² tn Heb “against their coming.”