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If you go to war in your land against an adversary who opposes[a] you, then you must sound an alarm with the trumpets, and you will be remembered before the Lord your God, and you will be saved[b] from your enemies.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 10:9 tn Both the “adversary” and “opposes” come from the same root: צָרַר (tsarar), “to hem in, oppress, harass,” or basically, “be an adversary.”
  2. Numbers 10:9 tn The Niphal perfect in this passage has the passive nuance and not a reflexive idea—the Israelites would be spared because God remembered them.

When you go into battle in your own land against an enemy who is oppressing you,(A) sound a blast on the trumpets.(B) Then you will be remembered(C) by the Lord your God and rescued from your enemies.(D)

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