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Numbers 10:1

WEBKJVBSBESVNKJVNASBNLT
The Lord spoke further to Moses, saying,
Numbers 10:1 · New American Standard Bible
Parallel translations
  • WEB Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
  • KJV And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
  • BSB Then the LORD said to Moses,
  • NKJV And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
  • NLT Now the Lord said to Moses,

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Quick answer

God speaks again to Moses, introducing the command about the silver trumpets. A new instruction for ordering the camp follows.

Overview

This formula opens God's directions for the silver trumpets used to assemble and move the people. As throughout Numbers, Israel's communal life is shaped by direct revelation, showing that God governs His people by His word.

Cross-references & the web

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Themes, concepts, people & topics

Topics (1)
TRUMPET

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Commentaries & study tools

  • VideoBibleProject — Numbers videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical

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  • VideoWatch teaching on Numbers 10:1YouTube · Lay · Free

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  • CommentaryEnduring Word — verse-by-verseDavid Guzik · Lay · Free · evangelical

    Clear, readable, conservative exposition — the best free place to start on any passage.

  • CommentaryClassic commentaries for this verseBibleHub (20+ works) · Pastoral · Free

    Matthew Henry, Barnes, Gill, the Pulpit Commentary, Ellicott, Cambridge, and more — stacked on one page for this exact verse.

  • CommentaryMatthew Henry on NumbersMatthew Henry · Pastoral · Free · evangelical

    The beloved Puritan exposition of this whole book — warm, devotional, and verse by verse (free, CCEL).

  • ReferenceInterlinear, lexicon & Strong'sBlue Letter Bible · Seminary · Free

    Hebrew/Greek interlinear, word definitions, and cross-references for this verse.

Christ at the center

In the wilderness Christ is the water from the rock, the bronze serpent lifted up that the dying might look and live (John 3:14), and the star and scepter that Balaam saw rising out of Jacob.

How Numbers 10:1 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

Original language

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And the LORDיְהֹוָהspakeדָבַרunto Mosesמֹשֶׁהsayingאָמַר
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