Numbers 10:1-8

1 And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge:
2 Make the two trompettes of harde syluer that thou mayst vse the to call the congregacion together and when the hoste shall iurney.
3 when they blowe with them all the multitude shall resorte to the vnto the dore of the tabernacle of witnesse.
4 Yf but one trumpet blowe only then the princes which are heedes ouer the thousandes of Ysrael shall come vnto the.
5 And when ye trompe the first tyme the hostes that lye on the east partes shall goo forwarde.
6 And when ye trope the seconde tyme then the hostes that lye on ye south syde shall take their iurney: for they shall trompe when they take their iurneyes.
7 And in gatherynge the congregacion together ye shall blowe and not trompe.
8 And the sonnes of Aaron the preastes shall blowe the trompettes and shall haue them and it shalbe a lawe vnto you for euer and amonge youre childern after you.

Numbers 10:1-8 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO NUMBERS 10

This chapter gives an account of the directions given for making two silver trumpets, and of the use of them, the ends and purposes for which they were to be made, Nu 10:1-10; and of the time of taking up of the cloud from the tabernacle, and of the removal of the camp of Israel from the wilderness of Sinai, and of the order of their march, Nu 10:11-28; when Moses most earnestly passed Hobab, his brother in law, to continue with him, Nu 10:29-32; and the chapter is closed with the prayer of Moses at the setting forward of the ark, and the resting of it, Nu 10:33-36.

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