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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Numbers 10:9 - 10:9
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If ye go to war - In the land of Canaan, either when attacked by foreign invaders or when they went to take possession according to the divine promise, “ye [that is, the priests] shall blow an alarm.” This advice was accordingly acted upon (Num 31:6; 2Ch 13:12); and in the circumstances it was an act of devout confidence in God. A solemn and religious act on the eve of a battle has often animated the hearts of those who felt they were engaged in a good and just cause; and so the blowing of the trumpet, being an ordinance of God, produced that effect on the minds of the Israelites. But more is meant by the words - namely, that God would, as it were, be aroused by the trumpet to bless with His presence and aid.