Study Desk

The LORD spoke further to Moses, saying,

"Make yourself two trumpets of silver, you shall make them of hammered work; and you shall use them for ^(C1)summoning the congregation and breaking camp.

"Now ^(C1)when both are blown, all the congregation shall meet you at the entrance of the tent of meeting.

"But if only one is blown, then the ^(C1)leaders, the heads of the ^(F1)divisions of Israel, shall meet you.

"And when you blow an alarm, the camps that are pitched ^(C1)on the east side shall set out.

"Then when you sound an alarm the second time, the camps that are pitched on ^(C1)the south side shall set out; an alarm is to be sounded for them to break camp.

"When convening the assembly, however, you shall blow the trumpets without ^(C1)sounding an alarm.

"^(C1)The sons of Aaron, moreover, the priests, shall blow the trumpets; and this shall be a permanent statute for you throughout your generations.

"And when you go to war in your land against the enemy who ^(C1)attacks you, then you shall sound an alarm with the trumpets, so that you will be ^(C2)thought of by the LORD your God, and be saved from your enemies.

"Also on the day of your joy and at your appointed ^(F1)feasts, and on the first days of your months, ^(C1)you 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."