Numbers 9
It appears to be about a year since the Israelites left Egypt and they are to hold their second passover.
The Passover is spoiled for some people as they are ritually uncleaase they have come into contact with a dead body.
An allowance is made for people who cannot celebrate the passover, they can celebrate a month later.
Foreigners are allowed to join in but have to be treated the same as a native born Israelite.
When the Tabernacle is set up, God''s presence settled like a cloud over it - at night it looked like fire.
when the cloud or fire settled the Israelites made camp, when it moved they followed it.
Sometimes it would stay a few days, sometimes a year, sometimes only overnight.
Numbers 10
Moses is commanded to make 2 silver trumpets - forget your modern trumpet, valves were not invented until the 18th century.
Which reminds me of a quote by one of the funniest priests ever to be in the Church of England, Sydney Smith, who once remarked "his idea of heaven was eating frois gras to the sound of trumpets" One wonders.......
When both trumpets sound the whole community is to assemble, if only one the leaders are to assemble.
Whoever is playing the trumpets had a different signal - the trumpets were also used to signal the camp moving out with subsequent signals for the next group to start moving etc.
These trumpets are to be sounded when going to war with an enemy and for regular religious festivals (live the one every new moon)
At this point the Israelites leave Sinai and move on with the 12 tribes setting out in turn with the Levites in the middle
Moses persuades his brother in law to come with them and every time the Ark of the covenant set out or stopped Moses would pray.
It appears to be about a year since the Israelites left Egypt and they are to hold their second passover.
The Passover is spoiled for some people as they are ritually uncleaase they have come into contact with a dead body.
An allowance is made for people who cannot celebrate the passover, they can celebrate a month later.
Foreigners are allowed to join in but have to be treated the same as a native born Israelite.
When the Tabernacle is set up, God''s presence settled like a cloud over it - at night it looked like fire.
when the cloud or fire settled the Israelites made camp, when it moved they followed it.
Sometimes it would stay a few days, sometimes a year, sometimes only overnight.
Numbers 10
Moses is commanded to make 2 silver trumpets - forget your modern trumpet, valves were not invented until the 18th century.
Which reminds me of a quote by one of the funniest priests ever to be in the Church of England, Sydney Smith, who once remarked "his idea of heaven was eating frois gras to the sound of trumpets" One wonders.......
When both trumpets sound the whole community is to assemble, if only one the leaders are to assemble.
Whoever is playing the trumpets had a different signal - the trumpets were also used to signal the camp moving out with subsequent signals for the next group to start moving etc.
These trumpets are to be sounded when going to war with an enemy and for regular religious festivals (live the one every new moon)
At this point the Israelites leave Sinai and move on with the 12 tribes setting out in turn with the Levites in the middle
Moses persuades his brother in law to come with them and every time the Ark of the covenant set out or stopped Moses would pray.
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