Numbers 10:5

10:5 When you blow an alarm,10 then the camps that are located11 on the east side must begin to travel.12

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10	tn The word for an alarm is תְּרוּעָה (téru’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.
11	tn Heb “the camps that are camping.”
12	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.