Bilangan 10:2
Konteks10:2 “Make 1 two trumpets of silver; you are to make 2 them from a single hammered piece. 3 You will use them 4 for assembling the community and for directing the traveling of the camps.
Yeremia 4:21
Konteks4:21 “How long must I see the enemy’s battle flags
and hear the military signals of their bugles?” 5
Yehezkiel 33:3
Konteks33:3 He sees the sword coming against the land, blows the trumpet, 6 and warns the people, 7
[10:2] 1 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] 2 tn The imperfect tense is again instruction or legislation.
[10:2] 3 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] 4 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.
[4:21] 5 tn Heb “the sound of ram’s horns,” but the modern equivalent is “bugles” and is more readily understandable.
[33:3] 6 tn Heb “shofar,” a ram’s horn rather than a brass instrument (so throughout the chapter).
[33:3] 7 tn Sounding the trumpet was a warning of imminent danger (Neh 4:18-20; Jer 4:19; Amos 3:6).