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Psalm 81:3
Blow the trumpet at the New Moon, at the full moon, on our feast day.
1For the Chief Musician. On an instrument of Gath. By Asaph. Sing aloud to God, our strength! Make a joyful shout to the God of Jacob!
2Raise a song, and bring here the tambourine, the pleasant lyre with the harp.
3Blow the trumpet at the New Moon, at the full moon, on our feast day.
5He appointed it in Joseph for a covenant, when he went out over the land of Egypt, I heard a language that I didn’t know.
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The trumpet sounds at marked times in Israel’s calendar, giving praise a shared rhythm that may challenge how much worship depends on your mood.
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Genesis 1:14God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs to mark seasons, days, and years;Genesis names heavenly lights as markers of time; the psalm names phases of the moon as times for trumpet blasts.
Numbers 10:10“Also in the day of your gladness, and in your set feasts, and in the beginnings of your months, you shall blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings, and …Both texts join trumpet blasts with set feasts and the beginning of the month in Israel’s worship.
Leviticus 23:24–25“Speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, there shall be a solemn rest for you, a memorial of blowing of …Both texts appoint trumpet sounds for a marked calendar day, with Leviticus specifying the first day of the seventh month.
Numbers 15:3and will make an offering by fire to the LORD—a burnt offering, or a sacrifice, to accomplish a vow, or as a free will offering, or in your set feasts, to make …Set feasts appear in both texts, with the psalm naming trumpet blasts and Numbers describing offerings to the LORD.
2 Chronicles 2:4Behold, I am about to build a house for the name of the LORD my God, to dedicate it to him, to burn before him incense of sweet spices, for the continual show …Both texts name new moons and set feasts as occasions for worship, expressed through trumpets in one and offerings in the other.
Leviticus 23:2“Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘The set feasts of the LORD, which you shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my set feasts.The psalm marks a feast day with trumpet sounds; Leviticus identifies the LORD’s set feasts as holy gatherings.
Numbers 10:2“Make two trumpets of silver. You shall make them of beaten work. You shall use them for the calling of the congregation and for the journeying of the camps.Trumpets serve communal purposes in both texts: marking Israel’s feast day and calling the congregation together.
1 Samuel 20:5David said to Jonathan, “Behold, tomorrow is the new moon, and I should not fail to dine with the king; but let me go, that I may hide myself in the field to …The new moon marks an expected occasion in both texts, a trumpet observance in the psalm and a royal meal in Samuel.
Psalm 47:5God has gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet.Both psalms feature the sound of a trumpet in praise, though Psalm 47 describes God going up.
2 Chronicles 13:14When Judah looked back, behold, the battle was before and behind them; and they cried to the LORD, and the priests sounded with the trumpets.Both passages feature trumpet blasts, though Chronicles places them amid battle and cries to the LORD rather than a feast.
Deuteronomy 16:15You shall keep a feast to the LORD your God seven days in the place which the LORD chooses, because the LORD your God will bless you in all your increase and …Both passages describe a feast within Israel’s worship; Deuteronomy adds its seven-day length and joy in the LORD’s blessing.
Numbers 10:1–10The supplied Numbers opening names the LORD speaking to Moses; it contains no trumpet or feast details to compare.
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Praise has a place on the calendar here. Israel’s feast day belongs to a shared life under God’s command, with trumpet sounds marking time set apart for him.
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