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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.

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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.