Numbers 10:2

What does Numbers 10:2 mean?

A plain-English look at Numbers 10:2 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Make thee two trumpets of silver; of beaten work shalt thou make them: and thou shalt use them for the calling of the congregation, and for the journeying of the camps.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Make thee two trumpets of silver; of beaten work shalt thou make them: and thou shalt use them for the calling of the congregation, and for the journeying of the camps.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Make two silver horns of hammered work, to be used for getting the people together and to give the sign for the moving of the tents.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

`Make to thee two trumpets of silver; beaten work thou dost make them, and they have been to thee for the convocation of the company, and for the journeying of the camps;

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Make thee two trumpets of beaten silver, wherewith thou mayest call together the multitude when the camp is to be removed.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Make thee two trumpets of silver; of beaten work shalt thou make them; and they shall serve for the calling together of the assembly, and for the journeying of the camps.

Context

v.1And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

v.2This passage

v.3And when they shall blow them, all the congregation shall gather themselves unto thee at the door of the tent of meeting.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Psalms 89:15

    Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: They walk, O Jehovah, in the light of thy countenance.

  • Exodus 25:18

    And thou shalt make two cherubim of gold; of beaten work shalt thou make them, at the two ends of the mercy-seat.

  • 2 Kings 12:13

    But there were not made for the house of Jehovah cups of silver, snuffers, basins, trumpets, any vessels of gold, or vessels of silver, of the money that was brought into the house of Jehovah;

  • Isaiah 1:13

    Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; new moon and sabbath, the calling of assemblies,—I cannot away with iniquity and the solemn meeting.

  • 2 Chronicles 5:12

    also the Levites who were the singers, all of them, even Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their sons and their brethren, arrayed in fine linen, with cymbals and psalteries and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them a hundred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets);

  • Exodus 25:31

    And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work shall the candlestick be made, even its base, and its shaft; its cups, its knops, and its flowers, shall be of one piece with it:

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