Bilangan 8:13
Konteks8:13 You are to have the Levites stand before Aaron 1 and his sons, and then offer them as a wave offering to the Lord.
Bilangan 10:2
Konteks10:2 “Make 2 two trumpets of silver; you are to make 3 them from a single hammered piece. 4 You will use them 5 for assembling the community and for directing the traveling of the camps.
Bilangan 23:5
Konteks23:5 Then the Lord put a message 6 in Balaam’s mouth and said, “Return to Balak, and speak what I tell you.” 7
[8:13] 1 tc The Greek text adds the
[10:2] 2 tn The Hebrew text uses what is called the “ethical dative” – “make [for] you two trumpets.” It need not be translated, but can simply be taken to underscore the direct imperative.
[10:2] 3 tn The imperfect tense is again instruction or legislation.
[10:2] 4 sn The instructions are not clearly spelled out here. But the trumpets were to be made of silver ingots beaten out into a sheet of silver and then bent to form a trumpet. There is archaeological evidence of silver smelting as early as 3000
[10:2] 5 tn Heb “and they shall be for you for assembling,” which is the way of expressing possession. Here the intent concerns how Moses was to use them.