Tree of Life Version
Numbers 10:2
2“Make two trumpets of hammered silver for yourself. They are for summoning the community and having the camps set out.
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
1Adonai spoke to Moses saying, “Make two trumpets of hammered silver for yourself. They are for summoning the community and having the camps set out. 3Whenever both are sounded, the whole community is to gather toward you at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting. 4But if only one is sounded, the princes—the heads of the tribes of Israel—are to gather toward 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 12:13and to the masons and the stonecutters, and for buying timber and cut stone to repair the damage to Adonai’s House, and for all that was laid out for the House to repair it.
- 2 Chronicles 5:12all the Levite singers—Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, their sons and their relatives—dressed in fine linen with cymbals, harps and lyres, were standing at the east end of the altar and with them were 120 kohanim blowing trumpets.
- Exodus 25:18Also make two cheruvim of gold, from hammered work, at the two ends of the atonement cover.
- Ephesians 4:5one Lord, one faith, one immersion;
- Numbers 10:7To gather the whole national community, you are to sound the sustained blasts, but not the short blasts.
- Psalms 81:3Lift up a song and sound a tambourine, a sweet lyre with a harp.
- Psalms 89:15Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne. Lovingkindness and truth go before You.
- Isaiah 1:13Bring no more worthless offerings! Incense is an abomination to Me. New Moon and Shabbat, the calling of convocations —I cannot endure it— iniquity with solemn assembly.
- Hosea 8:1“Put a shofar to your mouth! Like a vulture he comes against the house of Adonai. For they overstepped My covenant and transgressed My Torah.
- Joel 1:14Consecrate a fast. Proclaim a solemn assembly. Gather elders and all living in the land to the House of Adonai your God, and cry to Adonai.
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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