Numbers 10:8-9

8 "1The priestly sons of Aaron, moreover, shall blow the trumpets; and this shall be for you a perpetual statute throughout your generations.
9 "When you go to war in your land against the adversary who 2attacks you, then you shall sound an alarm with the trumpets, that you may be 3remembered before the LORD your God, and be saved from your enemies.

Numbers 10:8-9 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO NUMBERS 10

This chapter gives an account of the directions given for making two silver trumpets, and of the use of them, the ends and purposes for which they were to be made, Nu 10:1-10; and of the time of taking up of the cloud from the tabernacle, and of the removal of the camp of Israel from the wilderness of Sinai, and of the order of their march, Nu 10:11-28; when Moses most earnestly passed Hobab, his brother in law, to continue with him, Nu 10:29-32; and the chapter is closed with the prayer of Moses at the setting forward of the ark, and the resting of it, Nu 10:33-36.

Cross References 3

  • 1. Numbers 31:6; Joshua 6:4; 2 Chronicles 13:12
  • 2. Judges 2:18; 1 Samuel 10:18; Psalms 106:42
  • 3. Genesis 8:1; Psalms 106:4

Footnotes 1

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