“Make two trumpets of hammered silver to be used for calling the congregation and for having the camps set out.
Parallel translations
- WEB “Make two trumpets of silver. You shall make them of beaten work. You shall use them for the calling of the congregation, and for the journeying of the camps.
- KJV Make thee two trumpets of silver; of a whole piece shalt thou make them: that thou mayest use them for the calling of the assembly, and for the journeying of the camps.
- NKJV “Make two silver trumpets for yourself; you shall make them of hammered work; you shall use them for calling the congregation and for directing the movement of the camps.
- NASB “Make yourself two trumpets of silver, you shall make them of hammered work; and you shall use them for summoning the congregation and breaking camp.
- NLT “Make two trumpets of hammered silver for calling the community to assemble and for signaling the breaking of camp.
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Quick answer
God commands two silver trumpets, hammered from beaten work, to summon the people and signal the camps to move. They were instruments for ordering the whole nation.
Overview
The trumpets gave God a means to call and direct the vast camp in an orderly way. Made of silver and beaten work, they served both assembly and journey, reflecting God's concern that His people gather and move together in unity and order under His guidance.
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Cross-references · 11
- Joel 1:14Consecrate a fast; proclaim a solemn assembly! Gather the elders and all the residents of the land to the house of the LORD your God, and cry out to the LORD.
- Isa 1:13Bring your worthless offerings no more; your incense is detestable to Me—your New Moons, Sabbaths, and convocations. I cannot endure iniquity in a solemn assembly.
- Ps 81:3Sound the ram’s horn at the New Moon, and at the full moon on the day of our Feast.
- 2 Chr 5:12all the Levitical singers—Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their sons and relatives—stood on the east side of the altar, dressed in fine linen and playing cymbals, harps, and lyres, accompanied by 120 priests sounding trumpets.
- Eph 4:5one Lord, one faith, one baptism;
- Hos 8:1Put the ram’s horn to your lips! An eagle looms over the house of the LORD, because the people have transgressed My covenant and rebelled against My law.
- Num 10:7To convene the assembly, you are to sound long blasts, not short ones.
- Ps 89:15Blessed are those who know the joyful sound, who walk, O LORD, in the light of Your presence.
- Exod 25:18Make two cherubim of hammered gold at the ends of the mercy seat,
- Exod 25:31Then you are to make a lampstand of pure, hammered gold. It shall be made of one piece, including its base and shaft, its cups, and its buds and petals.
- 2 Kgs 12:13However, the money brought into the house of the LORD was not used for making silver basins, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, trumpets, or any articles of gold or silver for the house of the LORD.
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