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Leviticus, Part 2 and Numbers, Part 1: Holy Days, Holy People

  1. Lesson One
    Sacred Time: Sabbath and Jubilee (Lev 25)
    13 Activities
  2. Lesson Two
    Sacred Time: Pilgrimage Festivals (Lev 23, Num 9, 28-29; Deut 16)
    12 Activities
  3. Lesson Three
    Sacred Community (Lev 11-20)
    14 Activities
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    3 Assessments
  4. Lesson Four
    People Ready (Num 1-10)
    15 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  5. Lesson Five
    People Not Ready (Num 11-20)
    20 Activities
  6. Course Wrap-Up
    Course Completion
    1 Activity
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    1 Assessment

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In Numbers 10, the same trumpets used for battle were used for worship. When we get to Joshua and the Israelites surround the city of Jericho, they’re going to blow these trumpets. That will activate a kind of cosmic moment of divine judgment. God was organizing Israel as a worshiping community, and also a mobile militia, and the trumpet was an emblem of both worship and warfare. 

As you can see from the chart below, the trumpet was a simple means of communication with a diverse range of meaning. Even when it wasn’t activating divine judgement and bringing down city walls, it had a crucial role in the life of Israel, for practical concerns, worship and war. 

Source: Roy E. Gane, The NIV Application Commentary: Leviticus, Numbers, 2004, p. 571.

The Signal and VersesSoundsWho the Signal Is For
Assembly at the Sanctuary: 10:3-7Long on 2 trumpetCommunity assembles at sanctuary court
Assembly at the Sanctuary: 10:4Long on 1 trumpetChieftains assemble at sanctuary court
Break Camp for Travel: 10:51st shortTribes camping east of sanctuary set out
Break Camp for Travel: 10:62nd shortTribes camping south of sanctuary set out
Break Camp for Travel: Understood, LXX 10:6; cf 2:24, 10:223rd shortTribes camping west of sanctuary set out
Break Camp for Travel: Understood, LXX 10:6; cf 2:31, 10:254th shortTribes camping north of sanctuary set out
Go to War: 10:9ShortIsraelites go to war in their land against oppressors
Celebrate: 10:10LongIsraelites celebrate religious joyful times, appointed festivals, new moons