Numbers 10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 10:36

And when it passed ,.... The ark, and the cloud over it: he said ; Moses stood and prayed, as before, according to the above Targums, in the following manner: return, O Lord, unto the many thousands of Israel ; who were six hundred thousand footmen, besides women and children, Numbers 11:21 ; the import of this petition is, that upon the resting of the ark God would take up his abode with them, grant them his presence, and manifest his love, grace, mercy, and goodness unto them;... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 10

Moses is commanded to make two silver trumpets for calling the assembly, Numbers 10:1 , Numbers 10:2 . On what occasions these trumpets should be sounded. First, for calling the assembly to the door of the tabernacle, Numbers 10:3 . Secondly, to summon the princes and captains of the thousands of Israel, Numbers 10:4 . Thirdly, to make the eastern camps strike their tents, Numbers 10:5 . Fourthly, to make those on the south do the like, Numbers 10:6 . No alarm to be sounded when... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 10:2

Make thee two trumpets of silver - The necessity of such instruments will at once appear, when the amazing extent of this numerous army is considered; and how even the sound of two trumpets could reach them all is difficult to conceive; but we may suppose that, when they were sounded, the motion of those that were within reach of that sound taught the others in succession what they should do. As the trumpets were to be blown by the priests only, the sons of Aaron, there were only two,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 10:5

When ye blow an alarm - תרועה teruah , probably meaning short, broken, sharp tones, terminating with long ones, blown with both the trumpets at once. From the similarity in the words some suppose that the Hebrew teruah was similar to the Roman taratantara, or sound of their clarion. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 10:6

When ye blow an alarm the second time - A single alarm, as above stated, was a signal for the eastward division to march; two such alarms, the signal for the south division; and probably three for the west division, and four for the north. It is more likely that this was the case, than that a single alarm served for each, with a small interval between them. The camps, or grand divisions of this great army, always lay, as we have already seen, to the east, south, west, and north: and here the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 10:9

If ye go to war - These trumpets shall be sounded for the purpose of collecting the people together, to deliberate about the war, and to implore the protection of God against their enemies. Ye shall be remembered before the Lord - When ye decamp, encamp, make war, and hold religious festivals, according to his appointment, which appointment shall be signified to you by the priests, who at the command of God, for such purposes, shall blow the trumpets, then ye may expect both the presence... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 10:10

In the day of your gladness - On every festival the people shall be collected by the same means. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 10:11

The twentieth day of the second month - The Israelites had lain encamped in the wilderness of Sinai about eleven months and twenty days; compare Exodus 19:1 ; with this verse. They now received the order of God to decamp, and proceed towards the promised land; and therefore the Samaritan introduces at this place the words which we find in Deuteronomy 1:6-8 ; : "The Lord our God spake unto us in Horeb, saying: Ye have dwelt long enough in this mount, turn and take your journey," etc. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 10:12

The cloud rested in the wilderness of Paran - This was three days' journey from the wilderness of Sinai, (see Numbers 10:33 ;), and the people had three stations; the first at Kibroth-hattaavah, the second at Hazeroth, Numbers 11:35 , and the third in the wilderness of Paran, see Numbers 12:16 . But it is extremely difficult to determine these journeyings with any degree of exactness; and we are often at a loss to know whether the place in question was in a direct or retrograde... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 10:14

The standard - of Judah - See this order of marching explained at large on Numbers 2 (note). The following is the order in which this vast company proceeded in their march: - Judah Issachar Zebulun Gershonites, and Merarites carrying the tabernacle. Reuben Simeon Gad The Kohathites with the sanctuary. Ephraim Manasseh Benjamin Dan Asher Naphtali. read more

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