Numbers 10 · Verse 8

Numbers 10:8

And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow with the trumpets; and they shall be to you for an ordinance for ever throughout your generations.
Numbers 10:8, King James Version

Numbers 10:8 in other translations

BSBThe sons of Aaron, the priests, are to sound the trumpets. This shall be a permanent statute for you and the generations to come.
WEB“The sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow the trumpets. This shall be to you for a statute forever throughout your generations.
ASVAnd the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow the trumpets; and they shall be to you for a statute for ever throughout your generations.
YLTand sons of Aaron, the priests, blow with the trumpets; and they have been to you for a statute age-during to your generations.
DARBYthe sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow with the trumpets; and they shall be to you for an everlasting statute throughout your generations.
BBEThe horns are to be sounded by the sons of Aaron, the priests; this is to be a law for you for ever, from generation to generation.
WebsterAnd the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow with the trumpets; and they shall be to you for an ordinance for ever throughout your generations.

What does Numbers 10:8 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
8. the sons of Aaron the priests shall blow with the trumpets, &c.--Neither the Levites nor any in the common ranks of the people could be employed in this office of signal giving. In order to attract greater attention and more faithful observance, it was reserved to the priests alone, as the Lord's ministers; and as anciently in Persia and other Eastern countries the alarm trumpets were sounded from the tent of the sovereign, so were they blown from the tabernacle, the visible residence of Israel's King.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 10:1-10

Here are directions concerning the public notices to be given the people by sound of trumpet. Their laws in every case were to be Divine, therefore, even in this matter Moses is directed. These trumpets typify the preached gospel. It sounds an alarm to sinners, calls them to repent, proclaims liberty to the captives and slaves of Satan, and collects the worshippers of God. It directs and encourages their heavenly…

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Numbers 10:8 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וּבְנֵ֤יu.ve.Neiand [the] sons ofH1121
אַהֲרֹן֙'a.ha.RonAaronH175
הַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔יםha.Ko.ha.Nimthe priestsH3548
יִתְקְע֖וּyit.ke.'Uthey will give a blastH8628
בַּֽחֲצֹצְר֑וֹתba.cha.tzo.tze.Roton trumpetsH2689
וְהָי֥וּve.ha.Yuand they will becomeH1961
לָכֶ֛םla.Khemfor <the> you
לְחֻקַּ֥תle.chu.Kat<into> a statute ofH2708
עוֹלָ֖םo.LamperpetuityH5769
לְדֹרֹתֵיכֶֽם\׃le.do.ro.tei.Khemto generations yourH1755

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Numbers 10:8

  • Joshua 6:4-16

    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. And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast with the ram’s horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall ascend up every man straight before him. And Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said unto them, Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark of the Lord. And he said unto the people, Pass on, and compass the city, and let him that is armed pass on before the ark of the Lord. …

  • 1 Chronicles 15:24

    And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow with the trumpets before the ark of God: and Obed–edom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark.

  • Numbers 31:6

    And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand of every tribe, them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the holy instruments, and the trumpets to blow in his hand.

  • 1 Chronicles 16:6

    Benaiah also and Jahaziel the priests with trumpets continually before the ark of the covenant of God.

  • 2 Chronicles 13:12-15

    And, behold, God himself is with us for our captain, and his priests with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you. O children of Israel, fight ye not against the Lord God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper. But Jeroboam caused an ambushment to come about behind them: so they were before Judah, and the ambushment was behind them. And when Judah looked back, behold, the battle was before and behind: and they cried unto the Lord, and the priests sounded with the trumpets. Then the men of Judah gave a shout: and as the men of Judah shouted, it came to pass, that God smote Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
31:6; Jos 6:4-16; 1Ch 15:24; 16:6; 2Ch 13:12-15

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Context

  • Numbers 10:7

    But when the congregation is to be gathered together, ye shall blow, but ye shall not sound an alarm.

  • Numbers 10:8

    And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow with the trumpets; and they shall be to you for an ordinance for ever throughout your generations.

  • Numbers 10:9

    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 the Lord your God, and ye shall be saved from your enemies.

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Numbers 10:8 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y los hijos de Aarón, los sacerdotes, tocarán las trompetas; y las tendréis por estatuto perpetuo por vuestras generaciones.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Les fils d’Aaron, les sacrificateurs, sonneront des trompettes; et elles seront pour vous un statut perpétuel en vos générations.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und die Söhne Aarons, die Priester, sollen in die Trompeten stoßen. Und sie sollen euch zu einer ewigen Satzung sein bei euren Geschlechtern.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Filii autem Aaron sacerdotes clangent tubis: eritque hoc legitimum sempiternum in generationibus vestris.