Numbers 10:2
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10:2“Make2 two trumpets of silver; you are to make3 them from a single hammered piece.4 You will use them5 for assembling the community and for directing the traveling of the camps.
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- 2 The Hebrew text uses what is called the “ethical dative”—“make [for] you two trumpets.” It need not be translated, but can simply be taken to underscore the direct imperative.
- 3 The imperfect tense is again instruction or legislation.
- 4 The instructions are not clearly spelled out here. But the trumpets were to be made of silver ingots beaten out into a sheet of silver and then bent to form a trumpet. There is archaeological evidence of silver smelting as early as 3000 b.c. Making silver trumpets would have been a fairly easy thing for the Israelites to do. The trumpet would have been straight, with a tapered form, very unlike the “ram’s horn” (שׁוֹפָר, shofar). The trumpets were used by the priests in Israel from the outset, but later were used more widely. The sound would be sharp and piercing, but limited in scope to a few notes. See further C. Sachs, The History of Musical Instruments.
- 5 Heb “and they shall be for you for assembling,” which is the way of expressing possession. Here the intent concerns how Moses was to use them.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
“Make two silver trumpets. Of hammered work you shall make them, and you shall use them for summoning the congregation and for breaking camp.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
“Make two trumpets of hammered silver, and use them for calling the community together and for having the camps set out.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
“Make two trumpets of hammered silver to summon the community and have the camps set out.
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NLTNew Living Translation
“Make two trumpets of hammered silver for calling the community to assemble and for signaling the breaking of camp.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
“Make yourself two silver trumpets; make them of hammered-work. You will use them for calling the community and for breaking the camp.
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KJV 1900King 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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