Numbers 10:8
in Numbers 10The sons of Aaron, the priests, are to sound the trumpets. This shall be a permanent statute for you and the generations to come.
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ASV
And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow the trumpets; and they shall be to you for a statute for ever throughout your generations.
KJV
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.
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This verse in Numbers 10
Commentary
5 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
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.
This site's exposition
And the sons of Aaron, the priests
on Numbers 10:8-10
The trumpets belong to the priests and to nobody else, and the ordinance runs through the generations, so 2 Chronicles 5:12 has a hundred and twenty priests sounding them at the temple. Verse 9 gives the trumpets to war and verse 10 gives them to gladness, new moons and sacrifices, and both uses are called a memorial before God. Numbers 31:6 sends Phinehas to battle with the trumpets in his hand, and at 2 Chronicles 13:12 Abijah points to the priests with the sounding trumpets as the reason Judah cannot be fought.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And the sons of Aaron the priests shall blow with the trumpets,....
As great as they were, they must not think it a disparagement to them to be trumpeters in the house of God; the meanest office there was honourable. This signified that the Lord's ministers should lift up their voice like a trumpet, to show people their sins ( Isa. lviii. 1 ), to call them to Christ, Isa. xxvii.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
In order to attract greater attention and more faithful observance, it was reserved to the priests alone, as the Lord's ministers; and as anciently in Persia and other Eastern countries the alarm trumpets were sounded from the tent of the sovereign, so were they blown from the tabernacle, the visible residence of Israel's King.
The words behind it
10 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּבְנֵ֤י | uvenei | and [the] sons of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| אַהֲרֹן֙ | ʾaharon | Aaron | H175 → | 347 times |
| הַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים | hakohanim | the priests | H3548 → | 750 times |
| יִתְקְע֖וּ | yitkeu | they will give a blast | H8628 → | 69 times |
| בַּֽחֲצֹצְר֑וֹת | bachatzotzerot | on trumpets | H2689 → | 29 times |
| וְהָי֥וּ | vehayu | and they will become | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| לָכֶ֛ם | lakhem | for <the> you | ||
| לְחֻקַּ֥ת | lechukat | <into> a statute of | H2708 → | 104 times |
| עוֹלָ֖ם | olam | perpetuity | H5769 → | 438 times |
| לְדֹרֹתֵיכֶֽם׃ | ledoroteikhem | to generations your | H1755 → | 167 times |
וּבְנֵ֤יand [the] sons of
uveneiH1121 →4930 times
אַהֲרֹן֙Aaron
ʾaharonH175 →347 times
הַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔יםthe priests
hakohanimH3548 →750 times
יִתְקְע֖וּthey will give a blast
yitkeuH8628 →69 times
בַּֽחֲצֹצְר֑וֹתon trumpets
bachatzotzerotH2689 →29 times
וְהָי֥וּand they will become
vehayuH1961 →3559 times
לָכֶ֛םfor <the> you
lakhem
לְחֻקַּ֥ת<into> a statute of
lechukatH2708 →104 times
עוֹלָ֖םperpetuity
olamH5769 →438 times
לְדֹרֹתֵיכֶֽם׃to generations your
ledoroteikhemH1755 →167 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Chronicles 15:24Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer—the priests—were to blow the trumpets before the ark of God. Obed-edom and Jehiah were also to be guardians of the ark.
it leads to
- 1 Chronicles 16:6
and the priests Benaiah and Jahaziel blew the trumpets regularly before the ark of the covenant of God.
- 1 Chronicles 15:28
So all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouting, with the sounding of rams’ horns and trumpets, and with cymbals and the music of harps and lyres.
- Joel 2:1
Blow the ram’s horn in Zion; sound the alarm on My holy mountain! Let all who dwell in the land tremble, for the Day of the LORD is coming; indeed, it is near—
- 1 Chronicles 15:18
and with them their brothers next in rank: Zechariah, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, and the gatekeepers Obed-edom and Jeiel.
- Psalms 81:13
If only My people would listen to Me, if Israel would follow My ways,
- 1 Chronicles 16:6
Through
Numbers 31:6And Moses sent the thousand from each tribe into battle, along with Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest, who took with him the vessels of the sanctuary and the trumpets for signaling.
it leads to
- Numbers 14:44
But they dared to go up to the ridge of the hill country, though neither Moses nor the ark of the covenant of the LORD moved from the camp.
- Numbers 10:8–9
The sons of Aaron, the priests, are to sound the trumpets. This shall be a permanent statute for you and the generations to come.
- Numbers 14:44
Through
1 Chronicles 16:6and the priests Benaiah and Jahaziel blew the trumpets regularly before the ark of the covenant of God.
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 29:26–28
The Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets.
- 2 Chronicles 29:26–28
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.