The Silver Trumpets

Numbers 10

1 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying: 2 "Make two silver trumpets for yourself; you shall make them of hammered work; you shall use them for a calling the congregation and for directing the movement of the camps. 3 "When b they blow both of them, all the congregation shall gather before you at the door of the tabernacle of meeting. 4 "But if they blow only one, then the leaders, the c heads of the divisions of Israel, shall gather to you. 5 "When you sound the d advance, e the camps that lie on the east side shall then begin their journey. 6 "When you sound the advance the second time, then the camps that lie f on the south side shall begin their journey; they shall sound the call for them to begin their journeys. 7 "And when the assembly is to be gathered together, g you shall blow, but not h sound the advance. 8 i "The sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow the trumpets; and these shall be to you as an 1 ordinance forever throughout your generations. 9 j "When you go to war in your land against the enemy who k oppresses you, then you shall sound an alarm with the trumpets, and you will be l remembered before the LORD your God, and you will be saved from your enemies. 10 "Also m in the day of your gladness, in your appointed feasts, and at the beginning of your months, you shall blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; and they shall be n a memorial for you before your God: I am the LORD your God."

  1. Cross References
    Isaiah 1:13
    Bring no more futile sacrifices; Incense is an abomination to Me. The New Moons, the Sabbaths, and the calling of assemblies - I cannot endure iniquity and the sacred meeting.
  2. Cross References
    Jeremiah 4:5
    Declare in Judah and proclaim in Jerusalem, and say: "Blow the trumpet in the land; Cry, 'Gather together,' And say, 'Assemble yourselves, And let us go into the fortified cities.
    Joel 2:15
    Blow the trumpet in Zion, Consecrate a fast, Call a sacred assembly.
  3. Cross References
    Exodus 18:21
    Moreover you shall select from all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
    Numbers 1:16
    These were chosen from the congregation, leaders of their fathers' tribes, heads of the divisions in Israel.
    Numbers 7:2
    Then the leaders of Israel, the heads of their fathers' houses, who were the leaders of the tribes and over those who were numbered, made an offering.
  4. Cross References
    Joel 2:1
    Blow the trumpet in Zion, And sound an alarm in My holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble; For the day of the LORD is coming, For it is at hand:
  5. Cross References
    Numbers 2:3
    "On the east side, toward the rising of the sun, those of the standard of the forces with Judah shall camp according to their armies; and Nahshon the son of Amminadab shall be the leader of the children of Judah."
  6. Cross References
    Numbers 2:10
    "On the south side shall be the standard of the forces with Reuben according to their armies, and the leader of the children of Reuben shall be Elizur the son of Shedeur."
  7. Cross References
    Numbers 10:3
    When they blow both of them, all the congregation shall gather before you at the door of the tabernacle of meeting.
  8. Cross References
    Joel 2:1
    Blow the trumpet in Zion, And sound an alarm in My holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble; For the day of the LORD is coming, For it is at hand:
  9. Cross References
    Numbers 31:6
    Then Moses sent them to the war, one thousand from each tribe; he sent them to the war with Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, with the holy articles and the signal trumpets in his hand.
    Joshua 6:4
    And seven priests shall bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark. But the seventh day you shall march around the city seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets.
    1 Chronicles 15:24
    Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, were to blow the trumpets before the ark of God; and ObedE'dom and Jehiah, doorkeepers for the ark.
    2 Chronicles 13:12
    "Now look, God Himself is with us as our head, and His priests with sounding trumpets to sound the alarm against you. O children of Israel, do not fight against the LORD God of your fathers, for you shall not prosper!"
  10. Cross References
    Numbers 31:6
    Then Moses sent them to the war, one thousand from each tribe; he sent them to the war with Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, with the holy articles and the signal trumpets in his hand.
    Joshua 6:5
    "It shall come to pass, when they make a long blast with the ram's horn, and when you hear the sound of the trumpet, that all the people shall shout with a great shout; then the wall of the city will fall down flat. And the people shall go up every man straight before him."
    2 Chronicles 13:14
    And when Judah looked around, to their surprise the battle line was at both front and rear; and they cried out to the LORD, and the priests sounded the trumpets.
  11. Cross References
    Judges 2:18
    And when the LORD raised up judges for them, the LORD was with the judge and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge; for the LORD was moved to pity by their groaning because of those who oppressed them and harassed them.
    Judges 4:3
    And the children of Israel cried out to the LORD; for Jabin had nine hundred chariots of iron, and for twenty years he had harshly oppressed the children of Israel.
    Judges 6:9
    And I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians and out of the hand of all who oppressed you, and drove them out before you and gave you their land.
    Judges 10:8
    From that year they harassed and oppressed the children of Israel for eighteen years - all the children of Israel who were on the other side of the Jordan in the land of the Amorites, in Gilead.
    Judges 10:12
    Also the Sidonians and Amalekites and Maonites oppressed you; and you cried out to Me, and I delivered you from their hand.
  12. Cross References
    Genesis 8:1
    Then God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the animals that were with him in the ark. And God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters subsided.
    Psalms 106:4
    Remember me, O LORD, with the favor You have toward Your people. Oh, visit me with Your salvation.
  13. Cross References
    Leviticus 23:24
    Speak to the children of Israel, saying: 'In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a sabbath- rest, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation.
    Numbers 29:1
    And in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a holy convocation. You shall do no customary work. For you it is a day of blowing the trumpets.
    1 Chronicles 15:24
    Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, were to blow the trumpets before the ark of God; and ObedE'dom and Jehiah, doorkeepers for the ark.
    2 Chronicles 5:12
    And the Levites who were the singers, all those of Asaph and Heman and Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren, stood at the east end of the altar, clothed in white linen, having cymbals, stringed instruments and harps, and with them one hundred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets -
    Psalms 81:3
    Blow the trumpet at the time of the New Moon, At the full moon, on our solemn feast day.
  14. Cross References
    Leviticus 23:24
    Speak to the children of Israel, saying: 'In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a sabbath- rest, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation.
    Numbers 10:9
    When you go to war in your land against the enemy who oppresses you, then you shall sound an alarm with the trumpets, and you will be remembered before the LORD your God, and you will be saved from your enemies.
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