Numbers 10:2

Translations

Modern

“Make two trumpets of hammered silver to be used for calling the congregation and for having the camps set out.

Traditional

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.

Literal

“Make for yourself two silver trumpets. Of hammered work you shall make them, and you shall make use of them for calling the congregation, and for pulling up the camps.

Latin

Fac tibi duas tubas argenteas ductiles, quibus convocare possis multitudinem quando movenda sunt castra.

Interlinear

Hebrew

English

“Make two trumpets of hammered silver to be used for calling the congregation and for having the camps set out.

Notes

Numbers 10:2–4

They used the two trumpets to alert people for important announcements (compare Revelation 8–11).

Numbers 10:1–10

Israel needed clear signals so the tribes could receive instructions. Two silver trumpets provided a simple and effective way to signal all the tribes to move.
These trumpets were not the ram’s horns (Hebrew shofar) often mentioned in the Old Testament (for example, Joshua 6:4–6). Israelite craftsmen made them from hammered silver brought out of Egypt.

Related verses

Isaiah 1:13
Bring your worthless offerings no more; your incense is detestable to Me. New Moons, Sabbaths, and convocations—I cannot endure iniquity in a solemn assembly.
Joel 1:14
Consecrate a fast; proclaim a solemn assembly! Gather the elders and all the residents of the land to the house of the LORD your God, and cry out to the LORD.
Psalm 81:3
Sound the ram’s horn at the New Moon, and at the full moon on the day of our Feast.
Hosea 8:1
Put the ram’s horn to your lips! An eagle looms over the house of the LORD, because the people have transgressed My covenant and rebelled against My law.
Ephesians 4:5
…one Lord, one faith, one baptism;
Psalm 89:15
Blessed are those who know the joyful sound, who walk, O LORD, in the light of Your presence.
Exodus 25:31
Then you are to make a lampstand of pure, hammered gold. It shall be made of one piece, including its base and shaft, its cups, and its buds and petals.
2 Kings 12:13
However, the money brought into the house of the LORD was not used for making silver basins, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, trumpets, or any articles of gold or silver for the house of the LORD.
Numbers 10:7
To convene the assembly, you are to sound long blasts, not short ones.
Exodus 25:18
Make two cherubim of hammered gold at the ends of the mercy seat,
2 Chronicles 5:12
…all the Levitical singers—Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their sons and relatives—stood on the east side of the altar, dressed in fine linen and playing cymbals, harps, and lyres, accompanied by 120 priests sounding trumpets.

Glossary

Biblical Concept of Law Deuteronomy, Book of Musical Instruments Numbers, Book of Silversmith Trumpet

Topics

Music: Instruments of Made of Silver Priest: Duties of Sound the Trumpet in Summoning Assemblies and in Battle Priests: Services of Blowing the Trumpets on Various Occasions Silver: Trumpets Trumpet used for Calling Assemblies Trumpet used for Regulating the Journeys of the Children of Israel Trumpet: Made of Silver Trumpet: Moses Commanded to Make Two, for the Tabernacle Trumpet: Uses of, Prescribed by Moses

Numbers 10:2

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