Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 10:8

And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow with the trumpets; and they shall be to you for an ordinance forever throughout your generations.

The sons of Aaron – As the trumpets were emblematic of the voice of God, the priests only were to use them. At this time there were only two sons of Aaron; but in later times, when the number of priests was greater, more trumpets were used; we read of seven in the times of Joshua and David (see the marginal references.); and of a hundred and twenty in that of Solomon 2Ch 5:12.

Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible

The sons of Aaron shall blow, to oblige them to the greater regard and observance, as if God himself had called them.

Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole

8. the sons of Aaron the priestsshall blow with the trumpets, c.Neither the Levites nor any inthe common ranks of the people could be employed in this office ofsignal giving. In order to attract greater attention and morefaithful observance, it was reserved to the priests alone, as theLord’s ministers and as anciently in Persia and other Easterncountries the alarm trumpets were sounded from the tent of thesovereign, so were they blown from the tabernacle, the visibleresidence of Israel’s King.

Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And the sons of Aaron the priests shall blow with the trumpets,…. Eleazar and Ithamar, the one with the one and the other with the other, there being at first but two, as there were but two priests; but in Solomon’s time there were an hundred twenty priests, and as many trumpets, 2Ch 5:12; hence Maimonides says l, there were never fewer than two trumpets, nor more than an hundred twenty;

and they shall be to you for an ordinance for ever throughout your generations: for they were not only for present use, for the journeying of the camps in the wilderness, but for calling together the assembly in later times, as well as for other uses next mentioned; which would obtain in future ages till the coming of Christ, and even under the Gospel dispensation the mystical use of them continues, the preaching of the everlasting Gospel.

l Hilchot Cele Hamikdash, c. 3. sect. 4.

Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible

These trumpets were to be used for the holy purposes of the congregation generally, and therefore not only the making, but the manner of using them was prescribed by God Himself. They were to be blown by the priests alone, and “ to be for an eternal ordinance to the families of Israel, ” i.e., to be preserved and used by them in all future times, according to the appointment of God. The blast of these trumpets was to call Israel to remembrance before Jehovah in time of war and on their feast-days.

Num 10:9

“ If ye go to war in your land against the enemy who oppresses you, and ye blow the trumpets, ye shall bring yourselves to remembrance before Jehovah, and shall be saved (by Him) from your enemies.” , to come into war, or go to war, is to be distinguished from , to make ready for war, go out to battle (Num 31:21; Num 32:6).

Num 10:10

“ And on your joyous day, and your feasts and new moons, he shall blow the trumpets over your burnt-offerings and peace-offerings, that they may be to you for a memorial (remembrance) before your God.” – is any day on which a practical expression was given to their joy, in the form of a sacrifice. The are the feasts enumerated in chs. 28 and 29 and Lev 23. The “beginnings of the months,” or new-moon days, were not, strictly speaking, feast-days, with the exception of the seventh new moon of the year (see at Num 28:11). On the object, viz., “ for a memorial, ” see Exo 28:29, and the explanation, p. 450. In accordance with this divine appointment, so full of promise, we find that in after times the trumpets were blown by the priests in war (Num 31:6; 2Ch 13:12, 2Ch 13:14; 2Ch 20:21-22, 2Ch 20:28) as well as on joyful occasions, such as at the removal of the ark (1Ch 15:24; 1Ch 16:6), at the consecration of Solomon’s temple (2Ch 5:12; 2Ch 7:6), the laying of the foundation of the second temple (Ezr 3:10), the consecration of the walls of Jerusalem (Neh 12:35, Neh 12:41), and other festivities (2Ch 29:27).

Fuente: Keil & Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament

(8) And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow with the trumpets.As Aaron had only two sons at this time, there was need only of two trumpets. In most of the places in which the word hazozerah (trumpet) occurs (as, e.g., Num. 31:6; 1Ch. 15:24), this instrument appears to have been used by the priests. There are cases, however, in the later history (as 2Ki. 11:14; 1Ch. 16:42), in which the trumpets appear to have been used by the Levites, and perhaps by those who were neither priests nor Levites. The number of these trumpets was increased in the time of David and Solomon. We read in 1Ch. 15:24 of seven priests blowing with them before the ark of God, and in 2Ch. 5:12 of one hundred and twenty priests blowing with them. Josephus says that Solomon made 200,000 trumpets, according to the command of Moses (Antiq., Book 8, chap. 3).

Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)

8. The priests, shall blow And they alone, in the giving of the signals in this statute, and they were to preserve these trumpets and use them in all future generations in the manner described by this law.

Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Observe another striking similitude. The sons of Aaron were to be the trumpeters. The ministers of JESUS are his heralds, and no other. That is an awful Scripture of the LORD by the prophet. It were well, if it were duly considered by all preachers, Jer 23:21 .

Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)

Num 10:8 And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow with the trumpets; and they shall be to you for an ordinance for ever throughout your generations.

Ver. 8. Shall blow with the trumpets. ] A trumpeter, as one observeth, winds his trumpet with his mouth, and holds it up with his hand: so should a minister both preach and practise; vivere concionibus, concionari moribus.

Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)