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Psalm 98:6
With trumpets and sound of the ram’s horn, make a joyful noise before the King, the LORD.
4Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth! Burst out and sing for joy, yes, sing praises!
5Sing praises to the LORD with the harp, with the harp and the voice of melody.
6With trumpets and sound of the ram’s horn, make a joyful noise before the King, the LORD.
7Let the sea roar with its fullness; the world, and those who dwell therein.
8Let the rivers clap their hands. Let the mountains sing for joy together.
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Trumpets and the ram’s horn make praise sound like a royal celebration, where joy and reverence belong together before YHWH as King.
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Leviticus 23:24“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 give trumpets a place in honoring the LORD, with Leviticus setting their sound within a holy gathering.
Revelation 19:16He has on his garment and on his thigh a name written, “KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.”Both texts use royal titles to declare supremacy: the psalm names the LORD King, and Revelation names the King above kings.
2 Chronicles 15:14They swore to the LORD with a loud voice, with shouting, with trumpets, and with cornets.Both passages join loud human expression with trumpets before the LORD, though Chronicles describes an oath and the psalm commands praise.
Psalm 81:2–4Raise a song, and bring here the tambourine, the pleasant lyre with the harp.Both verses command music in worship, naming instruments that give audible expression to praise.
2 Kings 9:13Then they hurried, and each man took his cloak, and put it under him on the top of the stairs, and blew the trumpet, saying, “Jehu is king.”Trumpets accompany the acknowledgment of kingship in both texts, though Kings names Jehu and the psalm names the LORD.
Psalm 47:5God has gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet.Both psalms associate the LORD with trumpet sound and raised voices.
1 Chronicles 15:28Thus all Israel brought the ark of the LORD’s covenant up with shouting, with sound of the cornet, with trumpets, and with cymbals, sounding aloud with …Both passages combine trumpets with other sounds of celebration directed toward the LORD.
2 Chronicles 29:27Hezekiah commanded them to offer the burnt offering on the altar. When the burnt offering began, the LORD’s song also began, along with the trumpets and …Both passages join trumpets with music honoring the LORD; Chronicles places that music at the beginning of the burnt offering.
Psalm 81:3Blow the trumpet at the New Moon, at the full moon, on our feast day.Both verses command trumpet sound, with Psalm 81 specifying appointed feast days.
Matthew 25:34Then the King will tell those on his right hand, ‘Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world;Both passages speak of a King, with the psalm commanding praise and Matthew recording the King welcoming those blessed by his Father.
Numbers 10:1–10The supplied line from Numbers shares the name LORD with the psalm, but contains no mention of music or kingship.
2 Chronicles 5:12–13also the Levites who were the singers, all of them, even Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their sons and their brothers, arrayed in fine linen, with cymbals and …Both texts feature trumpets among the instruments of worship, with Chronicles describing singers and priests gathered at the altar.
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Reverence has room for a joyful noise. The trumpets sound before the King, and their celebration honors his rule: YHWH is worthy of praise.
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