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Numbers 10

Numbers 10:7

The Two Silver Trumpets · Numbers 10:1–10
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Translations

Modern
To convene the assembly, you are to sound long blasts, not short ones.
Traditional
But when the congregation is to be gathered together, ye shall blow, but ye shall not sound an alarm.
Literal
And in the assembling of the assembly, you shall blow, and not sound a short blast.
Latin
Quando autem congregandus est populus, simplex tubarum clangor erit, et non concise ululabunt.

Original

Hebrew
English
To convene the assembly, you are to sound long blasts, not short ones.

Notes

Numbers 10:5–8

When it was time to journey to the next destination, the trumpets sounded to signal when to camp and when to move. This sound was in addition to the movement of the pillar of cloud (compare 9:15–22 and chapter 2).

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.

Glossary

Biblical Concept of Law Deuteronomy, Book of Numbers, Book of Trumpet

Topics

Priest: Duties of Sound the Trumpet in Summoning Assemblies and in Battle Priests: Services of Blowing the Trumpets on Various Occasions Trumpet used for Calling Assemblies Trumpet: Uses of, Prescribed by Moses