Numbers 10:1

The Silver Trumpets

1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

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 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

2 "Make yourself two silver trumpets; make them [of] hammered-work. {You will use them} for calling the community and for breaking the camp.

3 You will blow them, and all the community will assemble to the doorway of the tent of assembly.

4 But if they blow only one, the leaders, the heads of the thousands of Israel, will assemble to you.

5 [When] you will blow a blast, the camps that are camping on the east will set out;