Bible Cross References
For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?
Numbers 10:9
When you are at war in your land, defending yourselves against an enemy who has attacked you, sound the signal for battle on these trumpets. I, the LORD your God, will help you and save you from your enemies.
Joshua 6:4-20
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Seven priests, each carrying a trumpet, are to go in front of the Covenant Box. On the seventh day you and your soldiers are to march around the city seven times while the priests blow the trumpets.
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Then they are to sound one long note. As soon as you hear it, all the people are to give a loud shout, and the city walls will collapse. Then the whole army will go straight into the city."
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Joshua called the priests and told them, "Take the Covenant Box, and seven of you go in front of it, carrying trumpets."
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Then he ordered the people to start marching around the city, with an advance guard going on ahead of the LORD's Covenant Box.
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So, just as Joshua had ordered, an advance guard started out ahead of the priests who were blowing trumpets; behind these came the priests who were carrying the Covenant Box, followed by a rear guard. All this time the trumpets were sounding.
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But Joshua had ordered the people not to shout, not to say a word until he gave the order.
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So he had this group of men take the LORD's Covenant Box around the city one time. Then they came back to camp and spent the night there.
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Joshua got up early the next morning, and for the second time the priests and soldiers marched around the city in the same order as the day before: first, the advance guard; next, the seven priests blowing the seven trumpets; then, the priests carrying the LORD's Covenant Box; and finally, the rear guard. All this time the trumpets were sounding.
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On this second day they again marched around the city one time and then returned to camp. They did this for six days.
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On the seventh day they got up at daybreak and marched seven times around the city in the same way---this was the only day that they marched around it seven times.
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The seventh time around, when the priests were about to sound the trumpets, Joshua ordered the people to shout, and he said, "The LORD has given you the city!
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The city and everything in it must be totally destroyed as an offering to the LORD. Only the prostitute Rahab and her household will be spared, because she hid our spies.
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But you are not to take anything that is to be destroyed; if you do, you will bring trouble and destruction on the Israelite camp.
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Everything made of silver, gold, bronze, or iron is set apart for the LORD. It is to be put in the LORD's treasury."
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So the priests blew the trumpets. As soon as the people heard it, they gave a loud shout, and the walls collapsed. Then all the army went straight up the hill into the city and captured it.
Judges 7:16-18
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He divided his three hundred men into three groups and gave each man a trumpet and a jar with a torch inside it.
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He told them, "When I get to the edge of the camp, watch me, and do what I do.
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When my group and I blow our trumpets, then you blow yours all around the camp and shout, 'For the LORD and for Gideon!' "
Nehemiah 4:18-21
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and everyone who was building kept a sword strapped to their waist. The man who was to sound the alarm on the bugle stayed with me.
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I told the people and their officials and leaders, "The work is spread out over such a distance that we are widely separated from one another on the wall.
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If you hear the bugle, gather around me. Our God will fight for us."
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So every day, from dawn until the stars came out at night, half of us worked on the wall, while the other half stood guard with spears.
Job 39:24
Trembling with excitement, the horses race ahead; when the trumpet blows, they can't stand still.
Job 39:25
At each blast of the trumpet they snort; they can smell a battle before they get near, and they hear the officers shouting commands.
Isaiah 27:13
When that day comes, a trumpet will be blown to call back from Assyria and Egypt all the Israelites who are in exile there. They will come and worship the LORD in Jerusalem, on his sacred hill.
Amos 3:6
Does the war trumpet sound in a city without making the people afraid? Does disaster strike a city unless the LORD sends it?
Ephesians 6:11-18
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Put on all the armor that God gives you, so that you will be able to stand up against the Devil's evil tricks.
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For we are not fighting against human beings but against the wicked spiritual forces in the heavenly world, the rulers, authorities, and cosmic powers of this dark age.
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So put on God's armor now! Then when the evil day comes, you will be able to resist the enemy's attacks; and after fighting to the end, you will still hold your ground.
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So stand ready, with truth as a belt tight around your waist, with righteousness as your breastplate,
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and as your shoes the readiness to announce the Good News of peace.
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At all times carry faith as a shield; for with it you will be able to put out all the burning arrows shot by the Evil One.
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And accept salvation as a helmet, and the word of God as the sword which the Spirit gives you.
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Do all this in prayer, asking for God's help. Pray on every occasion, as the Spirit leads. For this reason keep alert and never give up; pray always for all God's people.