Trumpet

An instrument of music 1Ch 13:8

Called the trump 1Co 15:52

MADE OF

• Rams' horns Jos 6:4
• Silver Nu 10:2

Required to give an intelligible and understood sound 1Co 14:8

USED FOR

• Regulating the journeys of the children of Israel Nu 10:2,5,6
• Calling assemblies Nu 10:2,3,7
• Blowing over the sacrifices on the feast day Nu 10:10; Ps 81:3
• Blowing at all religious processions and ceremonies 1Ch 13:8; 15:24,28; 2Ch 5:13; 15:14
• Assembling the people to war Jud 3:27
• Sounding for a memorial when the people went into battle Nu 10:9; 31:6,7
• Proclaiming kings 2Ki 9:13; 11:14
• Giving alarm in cases of danger Eze 33:2-6

Moses commanded to make two, for the tabernacle Nu 10:2

Solomon made a great many, for the service of the temple 2Ch 5:12

The priests to blow the sacred Nu 10:8; 2Ch 5:12; 7:6

The feast of trumpets celebrated by blowing of Le 23:24; Nu 29:1

The jubilee introduced by blowing of Le 25:9

MIRACLES CONNECTED WITH

• Falling of the walls of Jericho Jos 6:20
• Heard at Mount Sinai at giving of the law Ex 19:16; 20:18
• Confusion produced in the camp of the Midianites by sound ofJud 7:16,22

The war-horse acquainted with the sound of Job 39:24,25

SOUNDING OF, ILLUSTRATIVE OF

• God's power to raise the dead 1Co 15:52; 1Th 4:16
• The proclamation of the gospel Ps 89:15
• The bold and faithful preaching of ministers Isa 58:1; Ho 8:1; Joe 2:1
• The latter day judgments Re 8:2,13