3:27 When he reached Seirah, 3 he blew a trumpet 4 in the Ephraimite hill country. The Israelites went down with him from the hill country, with Ehud in the lead. 5
1 tn Heb “a memorial of loud blasts.” Although the term for “horn” does not occur here, allowing for the possibility that vocal “shouts” of acclamation are envisioned (see P. J. Budd, Leviticus [NCBC], 325), the “blast” of the shofar (a trumpet made from a ram’s “horn”) is most likely what is intended. On this occasion, the loud blasts on the horn announced the coming of the new year on the first day of the seventh month (see the explanations in J. E. Hartley, Leviticus [WBC], 387, and B. A. Levine, Leviticus [JPSTC], 160).
2 tn Heb “rams’ horns, trumpets.”
3 tn Heb “When he arrived.”
4 tn That is, “mustered an army.”
5 tn Heb “now he was before them.”