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1 Jahve reče Mojsiju:

2 "Napravi sebi dvije trube; napravi ih od kovana srebra. Neka ti služe za sazivanje zajednice i za pokretanje tabora.

3 Kad se u njih zatrubi, neka se sva zajednica skupi k tebi na ulazu u Šator sastanka.

4 Ako li se zatrubi u jednu, neka se k tebi skupe glavari izraelski, tisućnici.

5 Kad popratite trubljenje bojnim poklikom, neka krenu logori utaboreni na istočnoj strani.

6 Kad popratite trubljenje bojnim poklikom po drugi put, neka krenu logori utaboreni s južne strane: neka se trubljenje poprati bojnim poklikom da oni krenu.

7 Trubite i da skupite zajednicu, ali bez bojnog poklika.

8 Neka u trube trube svećenici, sinovi Aronovi. Neka vam to bude trajnom uredbom za vaše naraštaje.

9 Kad u svojoj zemlji pođete u rat na neprijatelja koji vas pritisne, zaorite na trube s bojnim poklikom, i Jahve, Bog vaš, sjetit će se vas i bit ćete izbavljeni od svojih neprijatelja.

10 Na dan svoje svečanosti, svojih blagdana ili svojih mjesečevih mlađaka, dok prinosite svoje paljenice i pričesnice, trubite u trube. Neka to za vas bude spomen pred Bogom vašim. Ja sam Jahve, Bog vaš."

11 Druge godine drugoga mjeseca dvadesetog dana u mjesecu diže se oblak iznad Prebivališta svjedočanstva.

12 Tada se Izraelci zapute iz Sinajske pustinje na svoja putovanja. Oblak se zaustavi u pustinji Paranu.

13 Tako na Jahvinu zapovijed danu Mojsiju krenuše prvi put.

14 Prva je krenula zastava tabora Judinih sinova u svojim četama. Nad njihovom vojskom bijaše Nahšon, sin Aminadabov;

15 nad vojskom plemena Jisakarovaca stajaše Netanel, sin Suarov,

16 a nad vojskom plemena Zebulunovaca bijaše Eliab, sin Helonov.

17 Zatim, pošto je rastavljeno Prebivalište, krenuše Geršonovci i Merarijevci noseći Prebivalište.

18 Potom krenu zastava tabora Rubenova u svojim četama. Nad njihovom vojskom bijaše Elisur, sin Šedeurov;

19 nad vojskom plemena Šimunovaca stajao je Šelumiel, sin Surišadajev;

20 nad vojskom plemena Gadovaca bio je Elijasaf, sin Deuelov.

21 Potom krenuše Kehatovci noseći posvećene predmete. Tako je Prebivalište bilo podignuto prije njihova dolaska.

22 Onda krenu zastava tabora Efrajimovaca u svojim četama. Nad njihovom vojskom bijaše Elišama, sin Amihudov,

23 nad vojskom plemena Manašeovaca stajaše Gamliel, sin Pedahsurov;

24 nad vojskom plemena Benjaminovaca bijaše Abidan, sin Gidonijev.

25 A kao zalazna straža za sve tabore krenu, u svojim četama, zastava tabora Danovaca. Nad njihovom je vojskom stajao Ahiezer, sin Amišadajev.

26 Nad vojskom plemena Ašerovaca bio je Pagiel, sin Okranov;

27 a nad vojskom plemena Naftalijevaca bio je Ahira, sin Enanov.

28 Takav je bio red putovanja Izraelaca svrstanih u svoje čete. Tako su putovali.

29 Mojsije reče Hobabu, sinu Midjanca Reuela, Mojsijeva tasta: "Zaputili smo se u kraj o kojemu je Jahve rekao: 'Dat ću vam ga!' Pođi s nama i dobro ćemo ti činiti, jer je Jahve obećao sreću Izraelu."

30 "Ne idem", odgovori mu, "nego se vraćam u svoju zemlju; k svojima se vraćam."

31 "Molim te, ne ostavljaj nas!" - reče. "Budući da znaš gdje nam se treba u pustinji utaboriti, valjat ćeš nam kao oči.

32 Ako s nama pođeš, dobročinstva koja nam Jahve bude udijelio s tobom ćemo dijeliti."

33 Od Jahvina brda putovali su tri dana hoda. Kovčeg Jahvina saveza išao je pred njima ta tri dana hoda da im potraži mjesto odmora.

34 Danju je opet Jahvin oblak bio nad njima, kako bi se iz tabora zaputili.

35 Kad bi Kovčeg polazio, Mojsije bi rekao: "Ustani, Jahve! Neprijatelji tvoji neka se rasprše! Koji tebe mrze nek' bježe pred tobom!"

36 A kad bi se zaustavljao, popratio bi: "Vrati se, o Jahve! Izraelu ti si tisuće bezbrojne!"

   

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Apocalypse Revealed # 397

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397. And the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound. (8:6) This symbolizes their being prepared and ready to examine the state of the church and consequent life in people for whom religion is faith alone.

The symbolism of trumpets follows from the statute governing their use among the children of Israel, which Moses describes in this way: Jehovah told Moses to make silver trumpets for summoning the assembly and for the setting out of the camps, and they were also to sound them on days of celebration, feasts, new moons, and over burnt offerings and sacrifices. Furthermore, when they went to war against enemies oppressing them, they were to sound an alarm with the trumpets, and then they would come into remembrance before Jehovah God and be saved from their enemies. (Numbers 10:1-10)

It can be seen from this what sounding with trumpets symbolizes. Here, that the seven angels sounding symbolizes an examination and exposure of the state of the church and its character among people for whom religion is faith alone, as is apparent from the particulars in this chapter and from the particulars in the following chapters up to chapter 16 inclusive, understood in their spiritual sense.

[2] From the ways trumpets were used among the children of Israel it can also be seen what trumpets and sounding them symbolize in the following places:

Sound a trumpet in Zion, and sound it in My holy mountain! ...For the day of Jehovah is coming... (Joel 2:1-2)

Jehovah will be seen over them, and His arrow will go forth like lightning; and the Lord Jehovih will sound the ram's horn... (Zechariah 9:14)

Jehovah shall go forth like a lion... (and) sound an alarm... (Isaiah 42:13)

...on that day a great ram's horn will be sounded, and those who perish in the land of Assyria, and those who are exiled in the land of Egypt, will come and bow themselves to Jehovah on the holy mountain... (Isaiah 27:13)

He will send His angels with the great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. (Matthew 24:31)

Blessed are the people who know the trumpet's sound! They walk, O Jehovah, in the light of Your countenance. (Psalms 89:15)

When the morning stars sing together, and... the sons of God sound the trumpet. (Job 38:7)

[3] Since the soundings of trumpets had these symbolic meanings, and in the Israelite Church everything was presented concretely in accordance with correspondences and the consequent symbolism, therefore it also came to pass, when Jehovah descended upon Mount Sinai, that there were voices and lightnings and a thick cloud, and the sound of a ram's horn, loud, with the sound of the ram's horn growing and becoming louder and louder, so that the people in the camp trembled greatly. (Exodus 19:16-25)

Therefore it also came to pass that when the three hundred men with Gideon sounded their ram's horns in the campaign against Midian, then every Midianite man's sword was set against his companion and they fled (Judges 7:16-22). Likewise that twelve thousand of the children of Israel with holy vessels and trumpets in their hands overcame Midian (Numbers 31:1-8). Also that the wall of Jericho fell after seven priests with seven ram's horns went around the city seven times (Joshua 6:1-20).

Therefore we read in Jeremiah:

Sound against (Babylon) all around..., her walls are thrown down. (Jeremiah 50:15)

And in Zephaniah:

...a day of darkness and blackness..., a day of ram's horn and its sounding against the fortified cities... (Zephaniah 1:15-16)

  
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Many thanks to the General Church of the New Jerusalem, and to Rev. N.B. Rogers, translator, for the permission to use this translation.