Polyglot Bible: Numbers: Numbers 10

This is a parallel-text biblical resource presenting Numbers 10:1–36 in three versions simultaneously: the King James Version annotated with Strong's Concordance reference numbers, the Greek Septuagint (LXX), and the Hebrew Masoretic Text (Tanakh). The chapter divides into two distinct units: a legal-liturgical section (vv. 1–10) in which God instructs Moses to forge two silver trumpets and specifies their ritual functions — summoning the assembly, signaling camp movements, sounding alarms in warfare, and accompanying sacrifices on feast days — and a narrative section (vv. 11–36) recounting Israel's actual departure from Sinai in the second year of the wilderness period, with each of the twelve tribal divisions marching in prescribed order under named commanders. A brief diplomatic episode features Moses unsuccessfully urging his Midianite father-in-law Hobab to accompany Israel as a wilderness guide, offering him a share in God's promised blessings. The chapter closes with the Ark of the Covenant leading the march and Moses's two short liturgical formulas — "Rise up, LORD" and "Return, O LORD" — spoken at the ark's departure and rest. The distinctive value of this presentation is text-critical and comparative: readers can observe word-level divergences between the Hebrew, Greek, and English traditions, including a notable expansion in the Septuagint (verse 6 in LXX adds signals for the west and north camps absent from the Hebrew). This resource is primarily useful for scholars or students engaged in comparative biblical textual study.

Polyglot Bible: Numbers: Numbers 10

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