Bible Commentary

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 … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 10:8”

But when the congregation is to be gathered together, ye shall blow, but ye shall not sound an alarm. But when the congregation is to be gathered together,…. At the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and not to move in separate camps or bodies one after another: you shall blow, but you shall … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 10:7”

When ye blow an alarm the second time, then the camps that lie on the south side shall take their journey: they shall blow an alarm for their journeys. 6. they shall blow an alarm for their journeys ] i.e. for their startings. This is apparently intended as a brief way of saying that for … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 10:6”

When ye blow an alarm, then the camps that lie on the east parts shall go forward. 5. blow an alarm ] A signal quite different from the simple ‘blow’ in Num 10:3-4. But it is not known in what the difference consisted. Some think that ‘to blow’ means to produce a single long blast, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 10:5”

And if they blow [but] with one [trumpet], then the princes, [which are] heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves unto thee. And if they blow [but] with one [trumpet],…. With only one of them, or but once, with one sounding, and that an even one as before: then the princes, [which are] … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 10:4”

And when they shall blow with them, all the assembly shall assemble themselves to thee at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 3. when they shall blow ] See on Num 10:5. with them ] i.e. with both of them together, in contrast with the use of one alone in Num 10:4. Fuente: … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 10:3”

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. 2. trumpets ] or Clarions ( aerth). This rendering serves to distinguish the word from ( a) the ‘ram’s horn’ ( ybhl), used … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 10:2”

And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, Num 10:1-10 Make thee two trumpets of silver. The law of the silver trumpets Revelation is to man as a trumpet-call from heaven; hence the prophets are often told to lift up their voices like a trumpet. The human race is a grand army of immortals. The journey … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 10:1”

At the commandment of the LORD they rested in the tents, and at the commandment of the LORD they journeyed: they kept the charge of the LORD, at the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses. Num 9:15-23 The fiery cloud upon the Tabernacle After a reference ( Num 9:15 a) to the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 9:23”

Or [whether it were] two days, or a month, or a year, that the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle, remaining thereon, the children of Israel abode in their tents, and journeyed not: but when it was taken up, they journeyed. 22. a year ] Heb. ‘days.’ This sometimes means ‘a year’ (e.g. 1Sa 27:7); but … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 9:22”