Numbers 10
Numbers 10:1 Yahveh spoke to Moses, and this is what he said,
Numbers 10:2 “Make two silver trumpets. You will make them of hammered work, and you will use them for convening the congregation and for breaking camp.
Numbers 10:3 And when both are blown, all the congregation will gather themselves to you at the entrance of the conference tent.
Numbers 10:4 But if they blow only one, then the leaders, the heads of the tribes of Israel, should gather themselves to you.
Numbers 10:5 When you blow an alarm, the camps that are on the east side will advance.
Numbers 10:6 And when you blow an alarm the second time, the camps that are on the south side will advance. An alarm is to be blown whenever they are to set out.
Numbers 10:7 But when the assembly is to be collected, you will blow a long blast, but you will not sound an alarm.
Numbers 10:8 And the sons of Aaron, the priests, will blow the trumpets. The trumpets will be to you for a permanent prescription throughout your generations.
Numbers 10:9 And when you go to war in your land against the adversary who oppresses you, then you will sound an alarm with the trumpets, that you may be remembered in the sight of Yahveh your God, and you will be saved from your enemies.
Numbers 10:10 On the day of your gladness also, and at your appointed feasts and at the beginnings of your months, you will blow the trumpets over your ascending offerings and over the sacrifices of your offering for healthy relationships. They will be a reminder of you in the sight of your God: I am Yahveh your God.”
Numbers 10:11 Then in the second year, in the second month, on the twentieth day of the month, this happened: the cloud lifted from over the tabernacle of the reminder,
Numbers 10:12 and the sons of Israel advanced by stages from the Sinai open country. And the cloud settled down in the wilderness of Paran.
Numbers 10:13 They advanced for the first time at the command of Yahveh by Moses.
Numbers 10:14 The standard of the camp of the people of Judah advanced first by their companies, and over their company was Nachshon the son of Amminadab.
Numbers 10:15 And over the company of the tribe of the people of Issachar was Nethanel the son of Zuar.
Numbers 10:16 And over the company of the tribe of the people of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon.
Numbers 10:17 And when the tabernacle was taken down, the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari, who carried the tabernacle, advanced.
Numbers 10:18 And the standard of the camp of Reuben advanced by their companies, and over their company was Elitsur the son of Shedeur.
Numbers 10:19 And over the company of the tribe of the people of Simeon was Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
Numbers 10:20 And over the company of the tribe of the people of Gad was Elyasaph the son of Deuel.
Numbers 10:21 Then the Kohathites advanced, carrying the holy things, and the tabernacle was set up before their arrival.
Numbers 10:22 And the standard of the camp of the people of Ephraim advanced by their companies, and over their company was Elishama the son of Ammihud.
Numbers 10:23 And over the company of the tribe of the people of Manasseh was Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
Numbers 10:24 And over the company of the tribe of the people of Benjamin was Abidan the son of Gideoni.
Numbers 10:25 Then the standard of the camp of the people of Dan, acting as the rear guard of all the camps, advanced by their companies, and over their company was Achiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
Numbers 10:26 And over the company of the tribe of the people of Asher was Pagiel the son of Ochran.
Numbers 10:27 And over the company of the tribe of the people of Naphtali was Achira the son of Enan.
Numbers 10:28 This was the order of march of the people of Israel by their companies, when they advanced.
Numbers 10:29 And Moses said to Hobab the son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses’ father-in-law, “We are advancing for the place of which Yahveh said, ‘I will give it to you.’ Come with us, and we will do good to you, because Yahveh has promised good to Israel.”
Numbers 10:30 But he said to him, “I will not go. I will depart to my own land and to my kindred.”
Numbers 10:31 And he said, “Please do not leave us, because you know where we should camp in the open country, and you will serve as eyes for us.
Numbers 10:32 And if you do go with us, whatever good Yahveh will do to us, the same will we do to you.”
Numbers 10:33 So they advanced from the mount of Yahveh for a three days’ journey. And the ark of the covenant of Yahveh went before them three days’ journey, to seek out a resting place for them.
Numbers 10:34 And the cloud of Yahveh was over them by day, whenever they advanced from the camp.
Numbers 10:35 And whenever the ark advanced, Moses said, “Arise, O Yahveh, and let your enemies be scattered, and let those who hate you run away before you.”
Numbers 10:36 And when it rested, he said, “Return, O Yahveh, to the ten thousand thousands of Israel.”
Numbers 10 quotes:
“Every now and then, a hymn is sung the way it’s supposed to be sung, a day is lived the way it’s supposed to be lived, a congregation moves out in service the way it’s supposed to move out in service. This day, for Israel, is just such a day. For once, everything and everyone is in order. For once, no one is arguing about what they should do. Like that great day when God said, “Go,” and Abram went, or when Jesus said, “Come, follow,” and the disciples came and followed, this is a time when God’s creatures do what they are created to do.”
Boyce Richard Nelson. Leviticus and Numbers. 1st ed. Westminster John Knox Press 2008. p. 140.
“Whatever the soldiers’ frame of mind, valiant or diffident, all needed to be assured of the Lord’s promised help; and that blast on the trumpets was to remind them that they were remembered by the LorD … and rescued from their enemies (9). The Lord had given his word that he would be alongside them in every conflict situation, assuring them that they would be rescued from their enemies. With the sound of that cheering trumpet blast, reminding them of the divine promise, they could go out to face the worst of oppressors.”
Brown Raymond. The Message of Numbers : Journey to the Promised Land. InterVarsity Press 2002. pp. 78-79.
“Both the reconciling of people to God by the Lord Jesus Christ and the giving of the Holy Spirit into their hearts to comfort them and to guide them must eventuate in action. We need to pay attention to the message of James that faith without works is dead. We must put our ideas into practice.”
Gutzke, Manford George. Plain Talk on Leviticus and Numbers. Zondervan Pub. House., 1981. p. 82.
“Whenever both trumpets sounded, the entire community would assemble before Moses at the tent of meeting. But if one trumpet sounded, only the leaders would be summoned to appear before Moses. When the tribes were to break camp and move on, the signal was a blast, evidently a different sound than the signal for gathering them together, which required a blow. The latter was probably a longer sound.
Aaron and his sons were to blow the trumpets. The Lord directed them to observe this procedure as a lasting ordinance. He also provided two other uses of the trumpet—a battle cry to arms when attacked by an enemy and a summons to feast days. The first alarm looked forward to the nation residing in the land. Before they drew arms, they would sound the trumpets as a means of asking for God’s help in engaging their enemies. The other use of the trumpet came during the observance of important feast days.”
Martin, Glen, and Max E. Anders. Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers. Broadman & Holman, 2002. p. 295.
“They were straight pipes, a little less than 18 in. (45cm) long with a flared opening at the end. They could be blown in various ways to give different signals. What distinguished blowing and sounding an alarm is uncertain. But if we follow Jewish tradition, long blasts (Hebrew tāqa‘, RSV blow) were used to assemble people to Moses, to the tent of meeting and for worship (3–4, 10).”
Wenham, Gordon J.. Numbers: An Introduction and Commentary (Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries Book 4) (pp. 114-115). InterVarsity Press. Kindle Edition.
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