God Commanded Instrumental Music In Worship
Almost all of Christian "worship" and money is devoted to the belief that God commanded instrumental worship in the sacrificial system. Since He has not changed His mind, what Christ ordained as A School of His Word is has been turned into "theaters for holy entertainment." It may be true that God included instrumental music when He turned Israel over to worship the starry host because of musical idolatry of the Egyptian triad. The Book of The Law was imposed because of musical idolatry: Moses ordained the Levites to execute the idolaters and gave them the continuing burden to bear the burden of the Tabernacle and the burden of their own iniquity. Their perpetual role was to stand guard in front of the Tabernacle and execute anyone before they could enter.and Nathan the prophet:
checked again 11.17.11
After the wars were over,
1Chronicles 25:1 Moreover David [King] and the captains of the host [Army] separated to the service of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals:Thousands of twanging bow strings, harps and ram's horns were intended to intimidate the enemy and turn them into cowards. These men were not prophets of God. Remember Gideon? They were prophesying in the sense that may have been their role in Egypt:
-Prophe-ta I. a foreteller, SOOTHSAYER prophet... oraculorumque interpretes, sacerdotes Aegyptiorum, quos prophetas vocant, [Priestess of Egpt prophetess call out] Aegyptius, propheta primariusTHE AUTHORITY FOR INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC
PHRASE: Aegyptius, propheta primarius 1. Aegyptius,
2. Prophetai
3. Primarius I. one of the first, of the first rank, chief, principal, excellent, remarkable,
primarius parasitus
The proof text authority for saying "God commanded instrumental praise and we must not be disobedient" Is:
2Chr. 29:25 And he SET the Levites in the house of the LORD [court]
with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps,
according to the commandment of David, and of Gad the king’s seer,
for so was the commandment of the LORD by his prophets.
There are other parallel accounts and none of them say that the "musical" instruments were commanded by God. This separation ot tasks between the Military and Clergy roles as absolutely clear when we see who performed what?
2Chr. 29:26 And the Levites stood with the instruments of David,
2Chr. 29:27 And Hezekiah commanded
to offer the burnt offering upon the altar.
And when the burnt offering began,
the song of the LORD began also with the TRUMPETS
and with the INSTRUMENTS ORDAINED by David king of Israel.
THE LEVITES WERE SET TO GUARD AND KILL ANY ONE NOT OF LEVI. The "praise" word is the root for "lucifer" and means "to make yourself vile."
HOW DID THE LEVITES COME TO BE THE EXECUTIONERS OF THOSE WHO "CAME BOLDLY BEFORE THE THRONE OF GRACE?"
We should note that Jacob had warned that we should not attend the assemblies of the Levi Tribe. After the fall from Grace at Mount Sinai, God turned them over to worship the starry host under Levites. God quarantined the worship behind closed doors and gates and Levites stood guard and could not come near any holy thing or enter any holy place. Their instruments were solemn warnings or threats that you had better be outside of the gates or on your face or bowing in submission.
Gen. 49:5 Simeon and Levi are brethren;Jacob prophesied of Jesus as the Messiah and said that we should attend HIS assemblies.
instruments of cruelty are [h3627 psaltery, weapon]
in their habitations. [stabbing, burning]
Gen. 49:6 O my soul, come not thou into their secret; [counsel: don't look to Levi for a pattern]
unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united:
for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall.
Gen. 49:7 Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel:
I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.
And don't forget that they volunteered to slaughter 3000 including their own "brethren" for engaging in musical idolatry.
"The triumphal hymn of Moses had unquestionably a religious character about it; but the employment of music in religious services, though idolatrous, is more distinctly marked in the festivities which attended the erection of the golden calf." (Smith's Bible Dictionary, Music, p. 589). See Musical Idolatry at Mount Sinai
WHY THE LEVITES WERE TO STAND GUARD? See Exodus 32
Exodus 32:25 And when Moses saw that the people were naked;THE TESTAMONY OF STEPHEN Who proves that God did not Command any of the Monarchy.
(for Aaron had made them naked unto their shame among their enemies:)
Exodus 32:26 Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said,
Who is on the LORD’s side? let him come unto me.
And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him.
Exodus 32:27 And he said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel,
Put every man his sword by his side, and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp,
And slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbour.
Exodus 32:28 And the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses:
and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men.
Exodus 32:29 For Moses had said, Consecrate yourselves to day to the LORD,
even every man upon his son, and upon his brother;
that he may bestow upon you a blessing this day.
Exodus 32:30 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses said unto the people,
Ye have sinned a great sin: and now I will go up unto the LORD;
peradventure I shall make an atonement for your sin.
Exodus 32:31 And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said,
Oh, this people have sinned a great sin,
and have made them gods of gold.
Exodus 32:32 Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin--;
and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written.
Exodus 32:33 And the LORD said unto Moses,
Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book.
Exodus 32:34 Therefore now go,
lead the people unto the place of which I have spoken unto thee:
behold, mine Angel shall go before thee:
nevertheless in the day when I visit I will visit their sin upon them.
Exodus 32:35 And the LORD plagued the people,
because they made the calf, which Aaron made.
Acts 7:37 This is that Moses, which said unto the children of Israel,THE THREATENED PLAGUE BROKE OUT WHEN THE SACRIFICES WERE NOT "GUARDED."
A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren,
like unto me; him shall ye hear.
Acts 7:38 This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness
with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina,
and with our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us:
Acts 7:39 To whom our fathers would not obey,
but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt,
Acts 7:40 Saying unto Aaron,
Make us gods to go before us [back to Egypt]:
for as for this Moses, which brought us out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.
Acts 7:41 And they made a calf in those days,
and offered sacrifice unto the idol,
and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.
> But this thing commanded I them, saying,
> But they HEARKENED NOT, nor inclined their ear,
Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people:
and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you,
that it may be well unto you. Jeremiah 7:23
but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart,
and went backward, and not forward. Jeremiah 7:24
Euphrainō , Ep. euphr-, fut. Att.155.12, Pi.I.7(6).3
Pind. I. 6 Just as we mix the second bowl of wine when the men's symposium is flourishing, here is the second song of the Muses for Lampon's children and their athletic victories: first in Nemea, Zeus, in your honor they received the choicest of garlands,
Pind. I. 7 In which of the local glories of the past, divinely blessed Thebe, did you most delight your spirit? Was it when you raised to eminence the one seated beside Demeter of the clashing bronze cymbals, flowing-haired [5] Dionysus? Or when you received, as a snow-shower of gold in the middle of the night, the greatest of the gods, when he stood in the doorway of Amphitryon, and then went in to the wife to beget Heracles?
But since ancient grace sleeps, and mortals are forgetful of whatever does not reach the highest bloom of skillful song, joined to glorious streams of words, [20] then begin the victory procession with a sweet-singing hymn for Strepsiades;
Acts 7:42 Then God turned,"The triumphal hymn of Moses had unquestionably a religious character about it; but the employment of music in religious services, though idolatrous, is more distinctly marked in the festivities which attended the erection of the golden calf." (Smith's Bible Dictionary, Music, p. 589).
This "rising up to play" involved eating, drinking, nakedness and musical worship. The goddess, Hathor, is the best candidate for the Mother Goddess of the Mount Sinai idolatry. Here priestessess or prophetesses were highly trained with musical instruments, cultic songs and be able to join in the religious dance.
"Music and drugs were co-consiprators in religious ecstasy. They may have used some product of the sycamore fig which both intoxicated and induced an altered state of consciousness. The ergo of barley was well known.
"Women and girls from the different ranks of society were proud to enter the service of the gods as singers and musicians. The understanding of this service was universal: these singers constituted the 'harem of the gods'." (End of Quasten Click to see Music and the Feminine connection)What you can never learn while you are a clapping and a sanging!
and gave them up [g3860 cast out, put in prison]
to worship the host of heaven;
2Chr 28:1 Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem:When Hezekiah began as king he had a city and temple so vile that not even the "worship of the starry host" could be carried out. Hezekiah is clearly said to have a political motive to prepare the city for an expected invasion.
but he did not that which was right in the sight of the LORD, like David his father:
2Chr 28:2 For he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel,
and made also molten images for Baalim.2Chr 28:3 Moreover he burnt incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom,
and burnt his children in the fire,
after the abominations of the heathen whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel.2Chr 28:4 He sacrificed also and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.
2Chr 28:5 Wherefore the LORD his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria; and they smote him, and carried away a great multitude of them captives, and brought them to Damascus. And he was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who smote him with a great slaughter.
While removing the garbage and instruments used by the Assyrians from the holy places, the Levites were not permitted to go inside any holy place or handle any holy thing. Furthermore, Moses had assigned them as guards--day and night--to execute any one not of the Aaronic priesthod from entering any holy place. The Levites themselves would execute any Levite who violated the law.
After cleaning out the garbage and burning down all of the pagan shrines (churches) in the city, Hezekiah proposed a plague-stopping animal sacrifice. This plague or wrath was promised by God through Moses if the Levites ceased to stand guard and let the king take animal sacrifices out from quarantine behind temple and city gates.
Notice that the Levites are not involved in the normal sacrifices:
2Chr. 29:20 Then Hezekiah the king rose early,SECONDLY IT WAS HEZEKIAH'S IDEA TO TRY TO MAKE PEACE WITH APOSTATE ISRAEL.
and gathered the rulers of the city, and went up to the house of the LORD.
2Chr. 29:21 And they brought
seven bullocks,
and seven rams,
and seven lambs,
and seven he goats,
for a SIN OFFERING2Chr. 29:22 So they killed the bullocks,
for the kingdom, and
for the sanctuary, and
for Judah.
And he commanded the priests the sons of Aaron to offer them on the altar of the LORD.
and the priests received the blood, and sprinkled it on the altar:
likewise, when they had killed the rams,
they sprinkled the blood upon the altar:
they killed also the lambs,
and they sprinkled the blood upon the altar.
THEREFORE THE SIN OFFERING OF THE GOATS WAS FOR THE ABSENT ISRAELITES. Hezekiah wanted to invite the nation of Israel to come to Jerusalem to help protect against the threatened attack.
2Chr. 29:23 And they brought forth the he goats
for the sin offering before the king and the congregation;
and they laid their hands upon them:
2Chr. 29:24 And the priests killed them,
and they made RECONCILIATION with their blood upon the altar,
to make an atonement for all ISRAEL:
for the king commanded that the BURNT offering and the sin offering
should be made for all ISRAEL
Scholars are divided over the meaning of the goats: we first hear of the demand to make a scape goat offering to Azazel (the devil) after Nadab and Abihu. Others connect the worship of the abandoned Jews to Dionysus which was the Sabazianizm or star worship.
PREPARATION OF THE MILITARY FOR THE HOLOCAUST
2Chr. 29:25 And he SET the Levites in the house of the LORD [court]
with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps,
according to the commandment of David, and of Gad the king’s seer,
and Nathan the prophet:
for so was the commandment of the LORD by his prophets
WHAT HAD GOD COMMANDED FOR THE LEVITES?
Levites under the King and Commanders of the army were SET in the court.
Constituo 1. To station or post troops somewhere, to draw up, set in order: “legionem
Con-custōdītus closely watched, carefully guarded:
This is not a pattern for the ekklesia or synagogue of Christ. If you are to be a singer or instrument player even in the outer court the Levites will carry out their mission and kill you.
This was the only command by God through Moses.
WHAT HAD GOD COMMANDED FOR THE PRIESTS?Numbers 18:1 And the LORD said unto Aaron,
Thou and thy sons and thy father’s house with thee
shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary:
and thou and thy sons with thee
shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood.
Numbers 18:2 And thy brethren also of the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father, bring thou with thee,
that they may be joined unto thee, and minister unto thee:
but thou and thy sons with thee shall minister before the tabernacle of witness.
Numbers 18:3 And they shall keep thy charge,
and the charge of all the tabernacle:
only they shall not come nigh the vessels of the sanctuary and the altar,
that neither they, nor ye also, die.
[3] excubabuntque Levitae ad praecepta tua et ad cuncta opera tabernaculi ita dumtaxat ut ad vasasanctuarii et altare non accedant ne et illi moriantur et vos pereatis simulNumbers 18:4 And they shall be joined unto thee,
and keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation,
for all the service of the tabernacle:
and a stranger shall not come nigh unto you.
To Keep the Charge meant to keep unauthorized people out with harm to anyone who violated their duties.
Ex-cŭboNumbers 18:5 And ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary,
I. to lie or sleep out of doors.
II. In partic., to lie out on guard, to keep watch, to watch. “legiones in armis,” [Troups, Army, Implements of war, arms, both of defence and offence]
Custōdĭa , 1. Usu. in plur. and in milit. lang., persons who serve as guards, a guard, watch, sentinel:
II. With the access. idea of hindering free motion, a watching, guarding, custody, restraint, confinement.
and the charge of the altar:
that there be no wrath any more upon the children of Israel.
Indignātĭo ,Numbers 18:6 And I, behold, I have taken your brethren
B. In partic., an exciting of indignation by rhetorical art: “indignatio est oratio, per quam conficitur, ut in aliquem hominem magnum odium, aut in rem gravis offensio concitetur,” Cic. Inv. 1, 53, 100; Quint. 4, 3, 15.—
Vincŭlum , or (also in class. prose), contr., vinclum , i, n. id.,I. that with which any thing is bound, a band, bond, rope, cord, fetter, tie (cf.: catena, manica, compes).
2. Esp. in the plur., of the fetters of prisoners, and hence sometimes to be rendered prison; and vincula publica, the state-prison:
the Levites from among the children of Israel:
to you they are given as a gift for the LORD,
to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.
The Lord's Service was to keep any Israelite or even a Levite from coming near any holy thing or into any holy place.
Num 18:7 Therefore thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priest’s office for every thing of the altar,
and within the veil; and ye shall serve: I have given your priest’s office unto you as a service of gift:
and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
Custōdĭa , 1. Usu. in plur. and in milit. lang., persons who serve as guards, a guard, watch, sentinel:Their job under the King and Commanders of the army was to kill you if you "came boldly before the throne of grace."
II. With the access. idea of hindering free motion, a watching, guarding, custody, restraint, confinement.
The Levites were not commanded to use any "musical" device in front of the Tabernacle: because people attended "synagogue" they already understood that if they came too close to the outer tabernacle they would be executed.
"And, behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tenth in Israel for an inheritance,
for their service which they serve,
even the service of the tabernacle of the congregation. Numbers 18:21
Service means "hard bondage" the same meaning as Abad or Apollyon the destroyer.
"Neither must the children of Israel henceforth come nigh the tabernacle of the congregation,
lest they bear sin, and die. Numbers 18:22
Numbers 18:23 But the Levites shall do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation,
and they shall bear their iniquity:
it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations,
that among the children of Israel they have no inheritance.
Numbers 10:2 Make thee two trumpets of silver; of a whole piece shalt thou make them:BY WHOSE AUTHORITY WERE THE INSTRUMENTS ADDED AND ACTUALLY PLAYED?
that thou mayest use them for the calling of the assembly, and for the journeying of the camps.
Numbers 10:7 But when the congregation is to be gathered together, ye shall blow,
but ye shall not sound an alarm.
h4150 Moad the set-time-place for the synagogue beginning in the wilderness the holy convocation on first and seventh days of festivals came to be the synagogue each Sabbath.
When the synagogue was called by a trumpet sound it was most often to hear the Word of God from Moses and the elders of small groups. This pattern for the synagogue continued throughout history and was exampled by Jesus.
7321. ruwa {, roo-ah´; a primitive root; to mar (especially by breaking); figuratively, to split the ears (with sound), i.e. shout (for alarm or joy):—blow an alarm, cry (alarm, aloud, out), destroy, make a joyful noise, smart, shout (for joy), sound an alarm, triumph.
The Command was the perpetual command that only the sons of Aaron could blow the trumpets: this was never "music" but to signal events.
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.
2Chr. 29:26 And the Levites stood with the instruments of David,
2Chr. 29:27 And Hezekiah commanded
to offer the burnt offering upon the altar.
And when the burnt offering began,
the song of the LORD began also with the TRUMPETS
and with the INSTRUMENTS ORDAINED by David king of Israel.
The command of Moses was still in effect but it was not "instrumental music" in congregational worship.
Sto, a. To stand in the ranks or under arms, to fight: “quisque uti steterat, jacet obtinetque ordinem, Sententiā,”The "congregation" is listed and none of the civillians were permitted to be even inside the gates.
h4673. matstsab, mats-tsawb´; from 5324; a fixed spot; figuratively, an office, a military post:—garrison, station, place where...stood.
Chronicles 29:28 And all the congregation worshipped,
and the singers sang, and the trumpeters sounded:
and all this continued until the burnt offering was finished.
2Chronicles 29:29 And when they had made an end of offering,
the king and all that were present with him bowed themselves, and worshipped.
Because the NOISE was made only DURING the burning of the Goats; and God had not commanded any sacrifices or burnt offerings, no one should be surprised because God ABANDONED them to worship the starry host. Those whom God had not abandoned attended the Church of Christ in the wilderness and that never changed even after Christ:
Acts 15:21 For Moses of old time hathJesus stood up to READ the assigned text and then SAT DOWN.
in every city them that preach him,
being read in the synagogues every sabbath day.
While the Levites stood Guard and would execute any person not of the Civil-Military-Priestly national systems, the sounds also commanded anyone not playing or singing to WORSHIP. Playing and singing is never called worship.
Daniel 3:5 That at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer,
and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the golden image
that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up:
Daniel 3:15 Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the image which I have made; well: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands?
THE SPIRIT OF CHRIST SPOKE ONLY THROUGH THE PROPHETS AND APOSTLES
The church is built up, edified or education ONLY on the Prophets and apostles. Christ defined the future REST day in great detail and the prophets repudiate all of the "music" as being the cause of people hungering and thirsting and dying for lack of the Word of God. Peter left a "memory" of his eye-- and ear-- witnesses and outlawed "private interpretation" or further expounding.
Isaiah 1:10 Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom;If God commanded instrumental music in worship, it is clearly the worship of the starry host: this was the worship until God removed Israel and then Judah into captivity and death. This sentence had been imposed because of musical worship of the Egyptian triad at Mount Sinai.
give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.
Isaiah 1:11 To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD:
I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts;
and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats.
Isaiah 1:12 When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts?
Isaiah 1:13 Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me;
the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies,
I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting.
Isaiah 1:14 Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me;
I am weary to bear them.
Isaiah 1:15 And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
Isaiah 1:16 Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
Isaiah 1:17 Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
Jeremiah 7:3 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.
Jeremiah 7:4 Trust ye not in lying words, saying,
The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, are these.
Jeremiah 7:5 For if ye throughly amend your ways and your doings;
if ye throughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbour;
Jeremiah 7:6 If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow,
and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt:
Jeremiah 7:7 Then will I cause you to dwell in this place,
in the land that I gave to your fathers, for ever and ever.
Jeremiah 7:8 Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit.
Jeremiah 7:21 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel;
Put your burnt offerings unto your sacrifices, and eat flesh.
Jeremiah 7:22 For I spake not unto your fathers,
nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt,
concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices:
Jeremiah 7:23 But this thing commanded I them, saying,
Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people:
and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you.
Jeremiah 7:24 But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear,
but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart,
and went backward, and not forward.
Jeremiah 7:25 Since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt unto this day
I have even sent unto you all my servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending them:
Jeremiah 7:26 Yet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but hardened their neck: t
hey did worse than their fathers.
Jeremiah 7:27 Therefore thou shalt speak all these words unto them;
but they will not hearken to thee:
thou shalt also call unto them;
but they will not answer thee.
Jeremiah 7:28 But thou shalt say unto them,
This is a nation that obeyeth not the voice of the LORD their God, nor receiveth correction:
truth is perished, and is cut off from their mouth.
Further Notes about the musical service of the Levites.
How to set Ambushment:
2 Chron 20:19 And the Levites, of the children of the Kohathites, and of the children of the Korhites, stood up to praise the Lord God of Israel with a loud voice on high.
2 Chron 20:20 And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the Lord your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.
2 Chron 20:21 And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto the Lord, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, Praise the Lord; for his mercy endureth for ever.
Rinnah (h7440) rin-naw'; from 7442; prop. a creaking (or shrill sound), i. e. shout (of joy or grief): - cry, gladness, joy, proclamation, rejoicing, shouting, sing (-ing), triumph.
2 Chron 20: 22 And when they began to sing and to praise, the Lord set AMBUSHMENTS against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were come against Judah; and they were smitten.
Ranah (h7439) raw-naw'; a prim. root; to whiz: - rattle.
He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword. Job 39:22
The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield. Job 39:23
[The Rule of the Trumpets: the trumpets] of alarm for all their service for the [ . . . ] for their commissioned men, 17[by tens of thousands and thousands and hundreds and fifties] and tens. Upon the t[rumpets . . . ]
[ . . . ] )8[ . . . ] 19[ . . . which ] 20 [,, . they shall write . . . the trumpets of Col. 3 the battle formations, and the trumpets for assembling them when the gates of the war are opened so that the infantry might advance, the trumpets for the signal of the slain, the trumpets of 2 the ambush, the trumpets of pursuit when the enemy is defeated, and the trumpets of reassembly when the battle returns.
2 Chron 20:23 For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of mount Seir, utterly to slay and destroy them: and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, every one helped to destroy another.
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