Numbers 10:1-10
two trumpets The necessity of such instruments will at once appear, when the amazing extent of this army is considered. There were various kinds of trumpets among the ancients, of different forms and materials, as Eustathius shews on Homer, where he mentions six; the second of which was στρογγυλη, turned up round, like a ram's horn; which he says the Egyptians used (from being invented by Osiris) when they assembled the people to their sacrifices. But in opposition to that form, Moses commands these to be made long, in the shape of those used at present. So Josephus informs us, who says they were near a cubit long; the tube of the thickness of a common pipe or flute; the mouth no wider than just to admit blowing into them; and their ends wide like those of a modern trumpet. 2Kgs 12:13; 2Chr 5:12 of a whole piece Exod 25:18, Exod 25:31; Eph 4:5 the calling Num 10:7; Ps 81:3, Ps 89:15; Isa 1:13; Hos 8:1; Joel 1:14 Jer 4:5; Joel 2:15-16 Num 1:4-16, Num 7:2; Exod 18:21; Deut 1:15 blow Num 10:6-7; Isa 58:1; Joel 2:1 camps Num 2:3-9 ye blow A single alarm was a signal for the eastward division to march; two such alarms the signal for the south; and probably three for the west, and four for the North. There appears therefore, a deficiency in the Hebrew Text, which is thus supplied by the LXX: και σαλπιειτε σημασιαν τριτην, και εξαρουσιν αι παρεμβολαι αι παρεμβαλλουσαι παρα θαλασσαν. και σαλπιειτε σημασιαν τεταρτην, και εξαρουσιν αι παρεμβολαι αι παρεμβαλλουσαι προς βομραν. "And when ye blow a third alarm, or signal, the camps on the west shall march; and when ye blow a fourth alarm, the camps on the north shall march." This addition, however, is not acknowledged by the Samaritan, nor any other version than the Coptic, nor any manuscript yet collated. the camps Num 2:10-16 ye shall blow Num 10:3-4 sound Joel 2:1 Num 31:6; Josh 6:4-16; 1Chr 15:24, 1Chr 16:6; 2Chr 13:12-15 if ye go Num 31:6; Josh 6:5; 2Chr 13:14 oppresseth Judg 2:18, Judg 3:27, Judg 4:2-3, Judg 6:9, Judg 6:34, Judg 7:16-21, Judg 10:8, Judg 10:12; 1Sam 10:18; Ps 106:42 then ye shall Isa 18:3, Isa 58:1; Jer 4:5, Jer 4:19, Jer 4:21, Jer 6:1, Jer 6:17; Ezek 7:14, Ezek 33:3-6; Hos 5:8; Amos 3:6; Zeph 1:16; 1Cor 14:8 remembered Gen 8:1; Ps 106:4, Ps 136:23; Luke 1:70-74 in the day Num 29:1; Lev 23:24, Lev 25:9-10; 1Chr 15:24, 1Chr 15:28, 1Chr 16:42; 2Chr 5:12-13, 2Chr 7:6; 2Chr 29:26, 2Chr 29:28; Ezra 3:10; Neh 12:35; Ps 81:3, Ps 89:15, Ps 98:5-6, Ps 150:3; Isa 27:13, Isa 55:1-4; Matt 11:28; 1Cor 15:52; 1Thess 4:16, 1Thess 4:18; Rev 22:17 a memorial Num 10:9; Exod 28:29, Exod 30:16; Josh 4:7; Acts 10:4; 1Cor 11:24-26
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