Numbers 10:1

Two Silver 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 trumpets of hammered silver to summon the community and have the camps set out.

3 When both are sounded in long blasts, the entire community is to gather before you at the entrance to the tent of meeting.

4 However, if one is sounded, only the leaders, the heads of Israel's clans, are to gather before you.

5 "When you sound short blasts, the camps pitched on the east are to set out.