The Silver Trumpets
1 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
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"Make two silver trumpets. Of hammered work you shall make them, and you shall use them for
1summoning the congregation and for breaking camp.
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And when
2both are blown, all the congregation shall gather themselves to you at the entrance of the tent of meeting.
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But if they blow only one, then
3the chiefs, the heads of the tribes of Israel, shall gather themselves to you.
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When you blow an alarm,
4the camps that are on the east side shall set out.
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And when you blow an alarm the second time,
5the camps that are on the south side shall set out. An alarm is to be blown whenever they are to set out.
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But when the assembly is to be gathered together,
6you shall blow a long blast, but you shall not
7sound an alarm.
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8And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow the trumpets. The trumpets shall be to you for a perpetual statute throughout your generations.
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And
9when you go to war in your land against the adversary who
10oppresses you, then you shall
11sound an alarm with the trumpets, that you may be
12remembered before the LORD your God, and you shall be saved from your enemies.
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13On the day of your gladness also, and at your appointed feasts and
14at the beginnings of your months, you shall blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings. They shall be
15a reminder of you before your God: I am the LORD your God."