Objects
ram's-horn
The ram's horn is the signal at Sinai: when it sounds a long blast, the people may go up the mountain. Daybreak then brings a very loud trumpet blast as Yahweh descends.
Category
Objects
First mention
Exodus 19:13
Tags
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Exodus 19TheophanyInstrument
Scripture references
- Exodus 19:13
No one may lay a hand on him: he must be stoned or shot by arrow; whether man or beast, he shall not live." When the ram's horn sounds a long blast, they must go up the mountain.'
- Exodus 19:16
Now at daybreak two days later, there were peals of thunder and flashes of lightning, dense cloud on the mountain and a very loud trumpet blast; and, in the camp, all the people trembled.