Objects
trumpet
A very loud trumpet blast sounds at Sinai as Yahweh descends; after the Ten Words the people see the trumpet blasting with thunder, lightning and smoke, and keep their distance.
Category
Objects
First mention
Exodus 19:16
Tags
3
Exodus 19-20TheophanyInstrument
Scripture references
- 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.
- Exodus 19:19
Louder and louder grew the trumpeting. Moses spoke, and God answered him in the thunder.
- Exodus 20:18
Seeing the thunder pealing, the lightning flashing, the trumpet blasting and the mountain smoking, the people were all terrified and kept their distance.