⁹ Then have the trumpet^(A) sounded everywhere on the tenth day of the seventh month;^(B) on the Day of Atonement^(C) sound the trumpet throughout your land.

⁹ 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)

¹⁰ Also at your times of rejoicing—your appointed festivals and New Moon feasts^(A)—you are to sound the trumpets^(B) over your burnt offerings^(C) and fellowship offerings,^(D) and they will be a memorial for you before your God. I am the Lord your God.^(E)”

The Festival of Trumpets^(A)

29 “‘On the first day of the seventh month hold a sacred assembly and do no regular work.^(B) It is a day for you to sound the trumpets.

⁶ Moses sent them into battle,^(A) a thousand from each tribe, along with Phinehas^(B) son of Eleazar, the priest, who took with him articles from the sanctuary^(C) and the trumpets^(D) for signaling.

¹⁴ She looked and there was the king, standing by the pillar,^(A) as the custom was. The officers and the trumpeters were beside the king, and all the people of the land were rejoicing and blowing trumpets.^(B) Then Athaliah tore^(C) her robes and called out, “Treason! Treason!”^(D)

¹² God is with us; he is our leader. His priests with their trumpets will sound the battle cry against you.^(A) People of Israel, do not fight against the Lord,^(B) the God of your ancestors, for you will not succeed.”^(C)