New Living Translation
Numbers 10:2
2“Make two trumpets of hammered silver for calling the community to assemble and for signaling the breaking of camp.
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 King James Version (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.
Context of Numbers 10:2
1Now the Lord said to Moses, “Make two trumpets of hammered silver for calling the community to assemble and for signaling the breaking of camp. 3When both trumpets are blown, everyone must gather before you at the entrance of the Tabernacle. 4But if only one trumpet is blown, then only the leaders—the heads of the clans of Israel—must present themselves 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 12:13The money brought to the Temple was not used for making silver bowls, lamp snuffers, basins, trumpets, or other articles of gold or silver for the Temple of the Lord.
- 2 Chronicles 5:12And the Levites who were musicians—Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and all their sons and brothers—were dressed in fine linen robes and stood at the east side of the altar playing cymbals, lyres, and harps. They were joined by 120 priests who were playing trumpets.
- Exodus 25:18Then make two cherubim from hammered gold, and place them on the two ends of the atonement cover.
- Ephesians 4:5There is one Lord, one faith, one baptism,
- Numbers 10:7But when you call the people to an assembly, blow the trumpets with a different signal.
- Psalms 81:3Blow the ram’s horn at new moon, and again at full moon to call a festival!
- Psalms 89:15Happy are those who hear the joyful call to worship, for they will walk in the light of your presence, Lord.
- Isaiah 1:13Stop bringing me your meaningless gifts; the incense of your offerings disgusts me! As for your celebrations of the new moon and the Sabbath and your special days for fasting— they are all sinful and false. I want no more of your pious meetings.
- Hosea 8:1“Sound the alarm! The enemy descends like an eagle on the people of the Lord, for they have broken my covenant and revolted against my law.
- Joel 1:14Announce a time of fasting; call the people together for a solemn meeting. Bring the leaders and all the people of the land into the Temple of the Lord your God, and cry out to him there.
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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