KJV King James Version
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.
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Numbers 10:2
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.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
“Make two trumpets of hammered silver to be used for calling the congregation and for having the camps set out.
WEB World English Bible
“Make two trumpets of silver. You shall make them of beaten work. You shall use them for the calling of the congregation, and for the journeying of the camps.
ASV American Standard Version
Make thee two trumpets of silver; of beaten work shalt thou make them: and thou shalt use them for the calling of the congregation, and for the journeying of the camps.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘Make to thee two trumpets of silver; beaten work thou dost make them, and they have been to thee for the convocation of the company, and for the journeying of the camps;
Surrounding context — Numbers 10
1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
2 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.
3 And when they shall blow with them, all the assembly shall assemble themselves to thee at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
4 And if they blow [but] with one [trumpet], then the princes, [which are] heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves unto thee.
5 When ye blow an alarm, then the camps that lie on the east parts shall go forward.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
עֲשֵׂ֣הH6213 · a.sahto make: doלְךָ֗H9031 · kayouשְׁתֵּי֙H8147 · she.na.yimtwoחֲצֽוֹצְרֹ֣תH2689 · cha.tso.tse.rahtrumpetכֶּ֔סֶףH3701 · ke.sephsilver: moneyמִקְשָׁ֖הH4749 · miq.shahbeatingתַּעֲשֶׂ֣הH6213 · a.sahto make: doאֹתָ֑םH853 · et[Obj.]וְהָי֤וּH1961 · ha.yahto beלְךָ֙H9031 · kayouלְמִקְרָ֣אH4744 · miq.raassemblyהָֽעֵדָ֔הH5712 · e.dahcongregationוּלְמַסַּ֖עH4550 · mas.sajourneyאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הַֽמַּחֲנֽוֹת׃H4264 · ma.cha.nehcamp
Cross-references
Joel 1:14Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders [and] all the inhabitants of the land [into] the house of the LORD your God, and cry unto the LORD,Isaiah 1:13Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; [it is] iniquity, even the solemn meeting.Psalm 81:3Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.Psalm 89:15Blessed [is] the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.2 Kings 12:13Howbeit there were not made for the house of the LORD bowls of silver, snuffers, basons, trumpets, any vessels of gold, or vessels of silver, of the money [that was] brought into the house of the LORD:Exodus 25:31And thou shalt make a candlestick [of] pure gold: [of] beaten work shall the candlestick be made: his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, shall be of the same.2 Chronicles 5:12Also the Levites [which were] the singers, all of them of Asaph, of Heman, of Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren, [being] arrayed in white linen, having cymbals and psalteries and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them an hundred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets:)Hosea 8:1[Set] the trumpet to thy mouth. [He shall come] as an eagle against the house of the LORD, because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law.Numbers 10:7But when the congregation is to be gathered together, ye shall blow, but ye shall not sound an alarm.Ephesians 4:5One Lord, one faith, one baptism,Exodus 25:18And thou shalt make two cherubims [of] gold, [of] beaten work shalt thou make them, in the two ends of the mercy seat.
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