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Psalms 81:3
3Blow the trumpet at the New Moon, At the full moon, on our feast day.
Psalms 81:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.
- New International Version (NIV)Sound the ram’s horn at the New Moon, and when the moon is full, on the day of our festival;
- English Standard Version (ESV)Blow the trumpet at the new moon, at the full moon, on our feast day.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Blow the trumpet at the time of the New Moon, At the full moon, on our solemn feast day.
Context of Psalms 81:3
1Sing aloud to God our strength; Shout for joy to the God of Jacob (Israel). 2Raise a song, sound the timbrel, The sweet sounding lyre with the harp. Blow the trumpet at the New Moon, At the full moon, on our feast day. 4For this is a statute for Israel, An ordinance of the God of Jacob. 5He established it for a testimony in Joseph When He went throughout the land of Egypt. I heard the language [of One whom] I did not know, saying,
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תִּקְע֣וּ בַחֹ֣דֶשׁ שׁוֹפָ֑ר בַּ֝כֵּ֗סֶה לְי֣וֹם חַגֵּֽנוּ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 81:3
- Psalms 98:6With trumpets and the sound of the horn Shout with joy before the King, the Lord.
- Numbers 10:1The Lord spoke further to Moses, saying,
- 1 Chronicles 15:24Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer the priests blew the trumpets before the ark of God. Obed-edom and Jehiah (Jeiel) were also gatekeepers for the ark.
- 1 Chronicles 16:6and Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests blew trumpets continually before the ark of the covenant of God.
- 2 Chronicles 5:12and all of the Levitical singers, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun, with their sons and relatives, clothed in fine linen, with cymbals, harps, and lyres were standing at the east end of the altar, and with them a hundred and twenty priests blowing trumpets
- 2 Chronicles 13:12Behold, God is with us at our head, and His priests [are here] with their signal trumpets to sound an alarm against you. O sons of Israel, do not fight against the Lord God of your fathers, for you cannot succeed.”
- Leviticus 23:24“Say to the children of Israel, ‘On the first day of the seventh month (almost October), you shall observe a day of solemn sabbatical rest, a memorial day announced by the blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation.
- Numbers 10:10Also in the day of rejoicing, and in your appointed feasts, and at the beginnings of your months, you shall sound the trumpets over your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifice of your peace offerings; and they shall be as a reminder of you before your God. I am the Lord your God.”
- Numbers 28:11‘Then at the beginning of [each of] your months you shall present a burnt offering to the Lord: two bulls, one ram, seven male lambs one year old without blemish;
- 2 Kings 4:23He said, “Why are you going to him today? It is neither the New Moon nor the Sabbath.” And she said, “It will be all right.”
- Colossians 2:16Therefore let no one judge you in regard to food and drink or in regard to [the observance of] a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath day.
- Numbers 15:3then make an offering by fire to the Lord, a burnt offering or a sacrifice to fulfill a special vow, or as a freewill offering or in your appointed feasts, to make a sweet and soothing aroma to the Lord, from the herd or from the flock.
- Deuteronomy 16:15Seven days you shall celebrate a feast to the Lord your God in the place which the Lord chooses, because the Lord your God will bless you in all your produce and in all the work of your hands, so that you will be altogether joyful.
- 2 Chronicles 2:4Observe, I am about to build a house for the Name of the Lord my God, dedicated to Him, to burn fragrant incense [of sweet spices] before Him, to set out the showbread continually, and to offer burnt offerings morning and evening, on Sabbaths, New Moons, and on the festivals of the Lord our God, as ordained forever in Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 8:13a certain number every day, offering them up as Moses commanded for the Sabbaths, the New Moons, and the three annual feasts—the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Booths (Tabernacles).
- Lamentations 2:6And He has violently broken down His temple like a [fragile] garden hedge; He has destroyed His appointed meeting place. The Lord has caused the appointed feast and Sabbath To be forgotten in Zion And has despised and rejected the king and the priest In the indignation of His anger.
Commentaries on Psalms 81:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Blow up the trumpet - שופר shophar, a species of horn. Certainly a wind instrument, as the two last were stringed instruments. Perhaps some chanted a psalm in recitativo, while all these instruments vere used as accompaniments. In a representative system of religion, such as the Jewish, there must have been much outside work, all emblematical of better things: no proof that such things should be continued under the Gospel dispensation, where outsides have…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Blow up the trumpet - The word rendered blow means to make a clangor or noise as on a trumpet. The trumpet was, like the timbrel, the harp, and the psaltery, a common instrument of music, and was employed on all their festive occasions. It was at first made of horn, and then was made similar in shape to a horn. Compare Joshua 6:5; Leviticus 25:9; Job 39:25. In the new moon - On the festival held at the time of the new moon. There was a high festival on…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3The ram’s horn gathered armies and announced special holy days (Psalms 47:5; 98:6). New Moon: The first day of each lunar month was a festival.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. the new moon--or the month. the time appointed--(Compare Pr 7:20).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 81
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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