„Fă două trâmbiţe din argint; să le faci din argint bătut şi să le foloseşti pentru chemarea adunării şi pentru pornirea taberelor. Când se va suna din ele, toată adunarea să vină înaintea ta, la intrarea în Cortul Întâlnirii. Când se va suna doar dintr-o singură trâmbiţă, să vină la tine doar conducătorii, căpeteniile miilor lui Israel.

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“Make two trumpets(A) of hammered silver, and use them for calling the community(B) together and for having the camps set out.(C) When both are sounded, the whole community is to assemble before you at the entrance to the tent of meeting. If only one is sounded, the leaders(D)—the heads of the clans of Israel—are to assemble before you.

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The Two Bugles

10 1-3 God spoke to Moses: “Make two bugles of hammered silver. Use them to call the congregation together and give marching orders to the camps. When you blow them, the whole community will meet you at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting.

4-7 “When a bugle gives a single, short blast, that’s the signal for the leaders, the heads of the clans, to assemble. When it gives a long blast, that’s the signal to march. At the first blast the tribes who were camped on the east set out. At the second blast the camps on the south set out. The long blasts are the signals to march. The bugle call that gathers the assembly is different from the signal to march.

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