When you blow an alarm, the camps that lie on the east side shall take their journey.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Blow an alarm - that is, a long continuous peal. Compare Numbers 10:7, ye shall blow, but not sound an alarm: that is, blow in shor…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

When you blow an alarm. — The word teruah, alarm, is supposed to denote a loud and continuous blast, by which th…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

When you blow an alarm
Making a broken, uneven, and quavering sound, which is called a "tara-tan-tara":

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Here, directions are given concerning the public notices to be given to the people by sound of trumpet. Their laws were in every case to be Divine;…

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