Numbers 10:1

Trumpets

1 The LORD spoke to Moses:

Numbers 10:1 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 10:1

And the Lord spake unto Moses
When the following directions concerning the trumpets were given is not certain; it may he at the time when the order of the camps of Israel was fixed, and is here recorded before the journeying of them, which was one use they were to be put unto, ( Numbers 10:2 ) ;

saying;
as follows.

Numbers 10:1 In-Context

1 The LORD spoke to Moses:

2 Make two silver trumpets and make them from hammered metalwork. Use them for summoning the community and for breaking camp.

3 When both are blown, the entire community will meet you at the entrance of the meeting tent.

4 When one is blown, the chiefs, the leaders of Israel's divisions, will meet you.

5 When you blow a series of short blasts, the camp on the east side will march.