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Josh. 6:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpetsm of rams’ horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and then priests shall blow with the trumpets.

Judg. 7:16,22• ¹⁶And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put a trumpet in every man's hand, with empty pitchers, and lamps within the pitchers.
²²{i}And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and Jehovah set every man's sword against his fellow, even throughout the camp. And the host fled to Beth-shittah towards Zererah, to the border of Abel-meholah, by Tabbath.{/i} (Judg. 7:16,22)

Num. 10:8• ⁸{i}the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow with the trumpets; and they shall be to you for an everlasting statute throughout your generations.{/i} (Num. 10:8)

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Cross References

trumpets of rams'.The words {shopheroth hyyovelim,} should rather be rendered jubilee, trumpets, i.e., such as were used on the jubilee, which were probably made of horn or silver:

for the entrance of the Israelites into Canaan was indeed a jubilee to them (See Note on Le 25:11):

instead of the dreadful trumpet of war, they were ordered to sound the trumpet of joy, as already conquerors.

Lev. 25:9• ⁹And thou shalt cause a sound of the trumpet to go forth in the seventh month on the tenth [day] of the month; on the day of atonement shall ye sound the trumpet throughout all your land. (Lev. 25:9)

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Num. 10:1‑10• ¹{i}And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,{/i}
²{i}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.{/i}
³{i}And when they shall blow with them, the whole assembly shall gather to thee at the entrance of the tent of meeting.{/i}
⁴{i}And if they blow with one, then the princes, the heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather unto thee.{/i}
⁵{i}And when ye blow an alarm, the camps that lie eastward shall set forward.{/i}
⁶{i}And when ye blow an alarm the second time, the camps that lie southward shall set forward; they shall blow an alarm on their setting forward.{/i}
⁷{i}And when the congregation is to be gathered together, ye shall blow, but ye shall not blow an alarm:{/i}
⁸{i}the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow with the trumpets; and they shall be to you for an everlasting statute throughout your generations.{/i}
⁹{i}And if ye go to war in your land against the enemy that oppresseth you, then ye shall blow an alarm with the trumpets; and ye shall be remembered before Jehovah your God, and ye shall be saved from your enemies.{/i}
¹⁰{i}And in the day of your gladness, and in your set feasts, and in your new moons, ye shall blow with the trumpets over your burnt-offerings and over your sacrifices of peace-offering; and they shall be to you for a memorial before your God: I am Jehovah your God.{/i} (Num. 10:1‑10)

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Judg. 7:7‑8,15‑22• ⁷{i}And Jehovah said to Gideon,{/i} By the three hundred men that lapped will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into thine hand: and let all the other people go every man unto his place.
⁸{i}And they took the victuals of the people in their hand, and their trumpets; and all the men of Israel he sent away, every man to his tent, but retained the three hundred men. Now the camp of Midian was beneath him in the valley.{/i}
¹⁵And it was so, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and the interpretation thereof, that he worshipped, and returned into the host of Israel, and said, Arise; for Jehovah hath delivered into your hand the host of Midian.
¹⁶And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put a trumpet in every man's hand, with empty pitchers, and lamps within the pitchers.
¹⁷{i}And he said to them, Look on me, and do likewise; behold, when I come to the extremity of the camp, it shall be that, as I do, so shall ye do.{/i}
¹⁸{i}And when I blow with a trumpet, I and all that are with me, ye also shall blow the trumpets around the whole camp, and shall say, For Jehovah and for Gideon!{/i}
¹⁹{i}And Gideon, and the hundred men that were with him, came to the outside of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch; and they had but newly set the watch; and they blew the trumpets, and broke the pitchers that were in their hands.{/i}
²⁰{i}And the three companies blew the trumpets, and broke in pieces the pitchers, and held the torches in their left hand, and the trumpets in their right hand for blowing, and cried, The sword of Jehovah and of Gideon!{/i}
²¹{i}And they stood every man in his place round about the camp; and all the host ran, and cried out, and fled.{/i}
²²{i}And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and Jehovah set every man's sword against his fellow, even throughout the camp. And the host fled to Beth-shittah towards Zererah, to the border of Abel-meholah, by Tabbath.{/i} (Judg. 7:7‑8,15‑22)

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2 Chron. 13:12• ¹²{i}And behold, we have God with us at our head, and his priests, and the loud-sounding trumpets to sound an alarm against you. Children of Israel, do not fight with Jehovah the God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper.{/i} (2 Chron. 13:12)

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2 Chron. 20:17,19,21• ¹⁷{i}Ye shall not have to fight on this occasion: set yourselves, stand and see the salvation of Jehovah who is with you! Judah and Jerusalem, fear not nor be dismayed; tomorrow go out against them, and Jehovah will be with you.{/i}
¹⁹{i}And the Levites, of the sons of the Kohathites, and of the sons of the Korahites, stood up to praise Jehovah the God of Israel with an exceeding loud voice.{/i}
²¹{i}And he consulted with the people, and appointed singers to Jehovah, and those that should praise in holy splendour, as they went forth before the armed men, and say, Give thanks to Jehovah; for his loving-kindness endureth forever!{/i} (2 Chron. 20:17,19,21)

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Isa. 27:13• ¹³And it shall come to pass in that day [that] the great trumpet shall be blown, and they shall come that were perishing in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt; and they shall worship Jehovah in the holy mountain at Jerusalem. (Isa. 27:13)

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Zech. 4:6• ⁶{i}And he answered and spoke unto me, saying, This is the word of Jehovah unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power,{/i} but by my Spirit, saith Jehovah of hosts{i}. (Zech. 4:6)

seven times.

Gen. 2:3• ³And God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it; because that on it he had rested from all his work which God had created in making . (Gen. 2:3)

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Gen. 7:2‑3• ²Of every clean beast thou shalt take [by] sevens, a male and its female, but of the beasts that [are] not clean two, a male and its female;
³also of birds of the heavens [by] sevens, male and female: to keep seed alive on the face of all the earth. (Gen. 7:2‑3)

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Lev. 4:6• ⁶And the priest shall dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle of the blood seven times before Jehovah, before the veil of the sanctuary. (Lev. 4:6)

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Lev. 14:16• ¹⁶and the priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that is in his left hand, and shall sprinkle of the oil with his finger seven times before Jehovah. (Lev. 14:16)

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Lev. 25:8• ⁸And thou shalt count to thee seven Sabbaths of years, seven years seven times; and the days of the seven Sabbaths of years shall be to thee forty and nine years. (Lev. 25:8)

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Num. 23:1• ¹And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams. (Num. 23:1)

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1 Kings 18:43• ⁴³{i}And he said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he went up and looked, and said, There is nothing.{/i} And he said, Go again, seven times. (1 Kings 18:43)

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2 Kings 5:10• ¹⁰{i}And Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean.{/i} (2 Kings 5:10)

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Job 42:8• ⁸And now take unto you seven bullocks and seven rams, and go unto my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt-offering; and Job, my servant, shall pray for you — for surely his face I accept — that I may not deal with you [after your] folly, for ye have not spoken to me rightly as my servant Job. (Job 42:8)

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Zech. 4:2• ²and said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have looked, and behold a candlestick all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and his seven lamps thereon, and seven pipes to the seven lamps, which are upon the top thereof: (Zech. 4:2)

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Rev. 1:4,20• ⁴John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from him that is and that was and that is to come; and from the seven Spirits who {i}are{/i} before his throne;
²⁰the mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest on my right hand, and the seven golden lamp-stands; the seven stars are angels of the seven churches, and the seven lamp-stands are seven churches. (Rev. 1:4,20)

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Rev. 5:1,6• ¹And I saw upon the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the back, sealed up with seven seals.
⁶And I saw in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders, a Lamb standing as slain, having seven horns and seven eyes which are the [seven] Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth. (Rev. 5:1,6)

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Rev. 8:2,6• ²And I saw the seven angels who stand before God; and there were given to them seven trumpets.
⁶And the seven angels that had the seven trumpets prepared themselves that they should sound. (Rev. 8:2,6)

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Rev. 10:3• ³and cried with a loud voice, as a lion roareth: and when he cried, the seven thunders uttered their own voices. (Rev. 10:3)

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Rev. 15:1,7• ¹And I saw another sign in the heaven, great and wonderful: seven angels having the seven last plagues; for in them was finished the indignation of God.
⁷And one of the four living creatures gave the seven angels seven golden bowls, full of the indignation of God that liveth unto the ages of the ages. (Rev. 15:1,7)

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Rev. 16:1• ¹And I heard a loud voice [out of the temple] saying to the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the seven bowls of the indignation of God unto the earth. (Rev. 16:1)

J. N. Darby Translation

And seven priests shall carry before the ark seven blast-trumpetsa; and on the seventh day ye shall go round the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets.

JND Translation Notes

See Note, Lev. 25.10.

W. Kelly Translation

And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams’ horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets.