New King James Version
Numbers 10:2
2“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.
Numbers 10:2 in other versions
- King James Version (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.
- New International Version (NIV)“Make two trumpets of hammered silver, and use them for calling the community together and for having the camps set out.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"Make two silver trumpets. Of hammered work you shall make them, and you shall use them for summoning the congregation and for breaking camp.
- New Living Translation (NLT)“Make two trumpets of hammered silver for calling the community to assemble and for signaling the breaking of camp.
Context of Numbers 10:2
1And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: “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. 3When they blow both of them, all the congregation shall gather before you at the door of the tabernacle of meeting. 4But if they blow only one, then the leaders, the heads of the divisions of Israel, shall gather to you.
Read all of Numbers 10Numbers 10:2 word by word
עֲשֵׂ֣ה לְךָ֗ שְׁתֵּי֙ חֲצֽוֹצְרֹ֣ת כֶּ֔סֶף מִקְשָׁ֖ה תַּעֲשֶׂ֣ה אֹתָ֑ם וְהָי֤וּ לְךָ֙ לְמִקְרָ֣א הָֽעֵדָ֔ה וּלְמַסַּ֖ע אֶת־הַֽמַּחֲנֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Makeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
- thee twoשְׁנַ֫יִםshenayim shettayim · twoH8147
- trumpetsחֲצֹצְרָהchătsôtserâh · trumpetH2689
- of silverכֶּ֫סֶףkeseph · silver: moneyH3701
- of a whole pieceמִקְשָׁהmiqshâh · hammered workH4749
- them: that thou mayest useהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
- them for the callingמִקְרָאmiqrâ' · assemblyH4744
- of the assemblyעֵדָה‛êdâh · congregationH5712
- and for the journeyingמַסַּעmassa‛ · journeyH4550
- of the campsמַחֲנֶהmachăneh · campH4264
Cross-references for Numbers 10:2
- 2 Kings 12:13However there were not made for the house of the Lord basins of silver, trimmers, sprinkling-bowls, trumpets, any articles of gold or articles of silver, from the money brought into the house of the Lord.
- 2 Chronicles 5:12and the Levites who were the singers, all those of Asaph and Heman and Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren, stood at the east end of the altar, clothed in white linen, having cymbals, stringed instruments and harps, and with them one hundred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets—
- Exodus 25:18And you shall make two cherubim of gold; of hammered work you shall make them at the two ends of the mercy seat.
- Ephesians 4:5one Lord, one faith, one baptism;
- Numbers 10:7And when the assembly is to be gathered together, you shall blow, but not sound the advance.
- Psalms 81:3Blow the trumpet at the time of the New Moon, At the full moon, on our solemn feast day.
- Psalms 89:15Blessed are the people who know the joyful sound! They walk, O Lord, in the light of Your countenance.
- Isaiah 1:13Bring no more futile sacrifices; Incense is an abomination to Me. The New Moons, the Sabbaths, and the calling of assemblies— I cannot endure iniquity and the sacred meeting.
- Hosea 8:1“Set the trumpet to your mouth! He shall come like an eagle against the house of the Lord, Because they have transgressed My covenant And rebelled against My law.
- Joel 1:14Consecrate a fast, Call a sacred assembly; Gather the elders And all the inhabitants of the land Into the house of the Lord your God, And cry out to the Lord.
Commentaries on Numbers 10:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Make thee two trumpets of silver - The necessity of such instruments will at once appear, when the amazing extent of this numerous army is considered; and how even the sound of two trumpets could reach them all is difficult to conceive; but we may suppose that, when they were sounded, the motion of those that were within reach of that sound taught the others in succession what they should do. As the trumpets were to be blown by the priests only, the sons…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2The trumpet was a straight instrument, differing in this respect from the curved horn or cornet; and is represented, among the other spoils of the temple, on the Arch of Titus. See Exodus 25:23 cut. From Egyptian monuments it appears that the Jewish trumpet was copied from that used in the armies of the Pharaohs. The cornet was at first a simple ram‘s horn Joshua 6:4, and the metal instrument of later times preserved the original shape.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-4They used the two trumpets to alert people for important announcements (compare Revelation 8–11).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-362. Make thee two trumpets of silver--These trumpets were of a long form, in opposition to that of the Egyptian trumpets, with which the people were convened to the worship of Osiris and which were curved like rams' horns. Those which Moses made, as described by Josephus and represented on the arch of Titus, were straight, a cubit or more in length, the tubes of the thickness of a flute. Both extremities bore a close resemblance to those in use among us…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Numbers 10
- 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
- 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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