Num 10:5-8 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Num 10:5-8: 10:5-8 When it was time to break camp , the sound of the trumpets supplemented the movement of the pillar of cloud (cp. 9:15-22 ) by signaling when to camp and when to move on (see ch 2 ).

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‏ Numbers 10:5-8

Summary for Num 10:5-8: 10:5-8 ^a When it was time to break camp, the sound of the trumpets supplemented the movement of the pillar of cloud (cp. 9:15-22 ^b) by signaling when to camp and when to move on (see ch 2 ^c).
10:8 ^d Only the priests ... are allowed to blow the trumpets: All uses of these trumpets were related to God and his government of Israel, both of which the priests served.