Numbers 10:8

8 And the sonnes of Aaron the preastes shall blowe the trompettes and shall haue them and it shalbe a lawe vnto you for euer and amonge youre childern after you.

Numbers 10:8 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 10:8

And the sons of Aaron the priests shall blow with the
trumpets
Eleazar and Ithamar, the one with the one and the other with the other, there being at first but two, as there were but two priests; but in Solomon's time there were an hundred twenty priests, and as many trumpets, ( 2 Chronicles 5:12 ) ; hence Maimonides says ^F12, there were never fewer than two trumpets, nor more than an hundred twenty;

and they shall be to you for an ordinance for ever throughout your
generations:
for they were not only for present use, for the journeying of the camps in the wilderness, but for calling together the assembly in later times, as well as for other uses next mentioned; which would obtain in future ages till the coming of Christ, and even under the Gospel dispensation the mystical use of them continues, the preaching of the everlasting Gospel.

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FOOTNOTES:

F12 Hilchot Cele Hamikdash, c. 3. sect. 4.

Numbers 10:8 In-Context

6 And when ye trope the seconde tyme then the hostes that lye on ye south syde shall take their iurney: for they shall trompe when they take their iurneyes.

7 And in gatherynge the congregacion together ye shall blowe and not trompe.

8 And the sonnes of Aaron the preastes shall blowe the trompettes and shall haue them and it shalbe a lawe vnto you for euer and amonge youre childern after you.

9 And when ye shall goo to warre in youre londe agenst youre enymies that vexe you ye shall trompe with the trompettes and ye shalbe remebred before the Lorde youre God and saued from youre enymies.

10 Also when ye be mery in youre fest dayes and in the first dayes of youre monethes ye shall blowe the trompettes ouer youre burnt sacrifices and peaseofferynges that it maye be a remebrauce of you before youre God. I am the lorde youre God.