² So it shall be, when you are on the verge of battle, that the priest shall approach and speak to the people.

^8 (A)The sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow the trumpets; and these shall be to you as an ^[a]ordinance forever throughout your generations.

^9 (B)“When you go to war in your land against the enemy who ^(C)oppresses you, then you shall sound an alarm with the trumpets, and you will be ^(D)remembered before the Lord your God, and you will be saved from your enemies.

⁶ Then Moses sent them to the war, one thousand from each tribe; he sent them to the war with Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, with the holy articles and ^(A)the signal trumpets in his hand.