Numbers 10:1–10

The Silver Trumpets

¹The Lord spoke further to Moses, saying,

²“Make yourself two trumpets of silver, of hammered work you shall make them; and you shall use them for ^asummoning the congregation and for having the camps set out.

³“^aWhen both are blown, all the congregation shall gather themselves to you at the doorway of the tent of meeting.

⁴“Yet if only one is blown, then the ^aleaders, the heads of the ¹divisions of Israel, shall assemble before you.

⁵“But when you blow an alarm, the camps that are pitched ^aon the east side shall set out.

⁶“When you blow an alarm the second time, the camps that are pitched on ^athe south side shall set out; an alarm is to be blown for them to set out.

⁷“When convening the assembly, however, you shall blow without ^asounding an alarm.

⁸“^aThe priestly sons of Aaron, moreover, shall blow the trumpets; and ¹this shall be for you a perpetual statute throughout your generations.

⁹“When you go to war in your land against the adversary who ^aattacks you, then you shall sound an alarm with the trumpets, that you may be ^bremembered before the Lord your God, and be saved from your enemies.

¹⁰“Also in the day of your gladness and in your appointed ¹feasts, and on the first days of your months, ^ayou shall blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; and they shall be as a reminder of you before your God. I am the Lord your God.”