Numbers 10

KJ3 Literal Translation — Chapter 10 of 36

1 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

2 Make two trumpets of silver for yourself. You shall make them of hammered work, and they shall be to you for the calling of the congregation, and for causing the camps to pull up stakes.

3 And when they blow with them, all the congregation shall gather themselves to you at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

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Chapter Summary

Instructions for making and using silver trumpets for calling assemblies and signaling movement. Israel departs from Sinai with the tribes moving in organized formation. Moses asks his father-in-law Hobab to guide them through the wilderness.

Key Hebrew Words

זִבְחֵ֣י sacrifice H2077 · TWOT 525a
תְּרוּעָ֑ה shout of war H8643 · TWOT 2135b
תָרִֽיעוּ raise a shout H7321 · TWOT 2135
קֵֽדְמָ front H6924 · TWOT 1988a
יְהוּדָ֛ה Judah H3063 · TWOT 850c

People & Context

Two Silver Trumpets Made

God commands Moses to make two hammered silver trumpets for calling the congregation and directing the camps to move. The priests are to blow them for…

Departure from Sinai Wilderness

On the twentieth day of the second month in the second year, the cloud lifts from the tabernacle. The Israelites pull up stakes for the first time and…

Order of March

The camp of Judah (with Issachar and Zebulun) sets out first, followed by the Gershonites and Merarites bearing the tabernacle structure. Next goes th…

Timeline

Two Silver Trumpets Made

God commands Moses to make two hammered silver trumpets for calling the congregation and directing the camps to move. The priests are to blow them for alarms, in times of war, and during joyful feasts over their sacrifices.

Numbers 10:1-10
Departure from Sinai Wilderness

On the twentieth day of the second month in the second year, the cloud lifts from the tabernacle. The Israelites pull up stakes for the first time and journey from the wilderness of Sinai to the wilderness of Paran.

Numbers 10:11-13
Order of March

The camp of Judah (with Issachar and Zebulun) sets out first, followed by the Gershonites and Merarites bearing the tabernacle structure. Next goes the camp of Reuben (with Simeon and Gad), then the Kohathites bearing the sanctuary items, followed by the camp of Ephraim (with Manasseh and Benjamin), and finally the camp of Dan (with Asher and Naphtali).

Numbers 10:14-28

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