7But when the congregation is to be gathered together, ye shall blow, but ye shall not sound an alarm.
Linguistic Insight
Tap any underlined word in the verse to see its original meaning.
Cross-References
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD cometh, for it is nigh at hand;
And when they shall blow with them, all the assembly shall assemble themselves to thee at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-10)We have here directions concerning the public notices that were to be given to the people upon several occasions by sound of trumpet. In a thing of this nature, one would think, Moses needed not to have been taught of God: his own reason might teach him the conveniency of trumpets; but the constitution of Israel was to be in every thing divine, and therefore even in this matter, small as it seems.…
My Notes
Notes are saved on this device.