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Numbers 10:2–5

“Make two silver trumpets for yourself; you shall make them of hammered work; you shall use them for acalling the congregation and for directing the movement of the camps. When bthey blow both of them, all the congregation shall gather before you at the door of the tabernacle of meeting. But if they blow only one, then the leaders, the cheads of the divisions of Israel, shall gather to you. When you sound the dadvance, ethe camps that lie on the east side shall then begin their journey.

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Numbers 10:2–5 — The New International Version (NIV)

“Make two trumpets of hammered silver, and use them for calling the community together and for having the camps set out. When both are sounded, the whole community is to assemble before you at the entrance to the tent of meeting. If only one is sounded, the leaders—the heads of the clans of Israel—are to assemble before you. When a trumpet blast is sounded, the tribes camping on the east are to set out.

Numbers 10:2–5 — English Standard Version (ESV)

“Make two silver trumpets. Of hammered work you shall make them, and you shall use them for summoning the congregation and for breaking camp. And when both are blown, all the congregation shall gather themselves to you at the entrance of the tent of meeting. But if they blow only one, then the chiefs, the heads of the tribes of Israel, shall gather themselves to you. When you blow an alarm, the camps that are on the east side shall set out.

Numbers 10:2–5 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

Make thee two trumpets of silver; of a whole piece shalt thou make them: that thou mayest use them for the calling of the assembly, and for the journeying of the camps. And when they shall blow with them, all the assembly shall assemble themselves to thee at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. And if they blow but with one trumpet, then the princes, which are heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves unto thee. When ye blow an alarm, then the camps that lie on the east parts shall go forward.

Numbers 10:2–5 — New Living Translation (NLT)

“Make two trumpets of hammered silver for calling the community to assemble and for signaling the breaking of camp. When both trumpets are blown, everyone must gather before you at the entrance of the Tabernacle. But if only one trumpet is blown, then only the leaders—the heads of the clans of Israel—must present themselves to you.

“When you sound the signal to move on, the tribes camped on the east side of the Tabernacle must break camp and move forward.

Numbers 10:2–5 — New Century Version (NCV)

“Make two trumpets of hammered silver, and use them to call the people together and to march out of camp. When both trumpets are blown, the people should gather before you at the entrance to the Meeting Tent. If you blow only one trumpet, the leaders, the heads of the family groups of Israel, should meet before you. When you loudly blow the trumpets, the tribes camping on the east should move.

Numbers 10:2–5 — American Standard Version (ASV)

Make thee two trumpets of silver; of beaten work shalt thou make them: and thou shalt use them for the calling of the congregation, and for the journeying of the camps. And when they shall blow them, all the congregation shall gather themselves unto thee at the door of the tent of meeting. And if they blow but one, then the princes, the heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves unto thee. And when ye blow an alarm, the camps that lie on the east side shall take their journey.

Numbers 10:2–5 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

Make thee two trumpets of silver; of beaten work shalt thou make them; and they shall serve for the calling together of the assembly, and for the journeying of the camps. And when they shall blow with them, the whole assembly shall gather to thee at the entrance of the tent of meeting. And if they blow with one, then the princes, the heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather unto thee. And when ye blow an alarm, the camps that lie eastward shall set forward.

Numbers 10:2–5 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

“Make two trumpets out of hammered silver. Use them to call the community together and as a signal to break camp. When you blow both trumpets, the whole community will meet with you at the entrance to the tent of meeting. If only one trumpet blows, the leaders, the heads of the divisions of Israel, will meet with you. When they hear the trumpet fanfare, the tribes that are camped on the east side will break camp first.

Numbers 10:2–5 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

“Make two trumpets of hammered silver to summon the community and have the camps set out. When both are sounded in long blasts, the entire community is to gather before you at the entrance to the tent of meeting. However, if one is sounded, only the leaders, the heads of Israel’s clans, are to gather before you.

“When you sound short blasts, the camps pitched on the east are to set out.

Numbers 10:2–5 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

Make two silver trumpets; you shall make them of hammered work; and you shall use them for summoning the congregation, and for breaking camp. When both are blown, the whole congregation shall assemble before you at the entrance of the tent of meeting. But if only one is blown, then the leaders, the heads of the tribes of Israel, shall assemble before you. When you blow an alarm, the camps on the east side shall set out;

Numbers 10:2–5 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

“Make yourself two silver trumpets; make them of hammered-work. You will use them for calling the community and for breaking the camp. You will blow them, and all the community will assemble to the doorway of the tent of assembly. But if they blow only one, the leaders, the heads of the thousands of Israel, will assemble to you. When you will blow a blast, the camps that are camping on the east will set out;

Numbers 10:2–5 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

“Make two trumpets out of hammered silver. Blow them when you want the community to gather together. And blow them when you want the camps to start out. When both trumpets are blown, the whole community must gather in front of you. They must come to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. Suppose only one trumpet is blown. Then the leaders must gather in front of you. They are the heads of the tribes of Israel. When a trumpet blast is blown, the tribes that are camped on the east side must start out.

Numbers 10:2–5 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

Make yourself two trumpets of silver, of hammered work you shall make them; and you shall use them for summoning the congregation and for having the camps set out.

“When both are blown, all the congregation shall gather themselves to you at the doorway of the tent of meeting.

“Yet if only one is blown, then the leaders, the heads of the divisions of Israel, shall assemble before you.

“But when you blow an alarm, the camps that are pitched on the east side shall set out.


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