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Positive Commandment #121 of 613
Sound the ram's horn when going to war
Commandment #121 — a positive obligation from Numbers 10:9, classified under Prayer and Confession in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“"When you go to war in your land against the adversary who attacks you, then you shall sound an alarm with the trumpets, that you may be remembered before the LORD your God, and be saved from your enemies.”
— Numbers 10:9
Hebrew
ט וְכִי-תָבֹאוּ מִלְחָמָה בְּאַרְצְכֶם, עַל-הַצַּר הַצֹּרֵר אֶתְכֶם--וַהֲרֵעֹתֶם, בַּחֲצֹצְרֹת; וְנִזְכַּרְתֶּם, לִפְנֵי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם, וְנוֹשַׁעְתֶּם, מֵאֹיְבֵיכֶם.
Greek (Septuagint)
9 ἐὰν δὲ ἐξέλθητε εἰς πόλεμον ἐν τῇ γῇ ὑμῶν πρὸς τοὺς ὑπεναντίους τοὺς ἀνθεστηκότας ὑμῖν, καὶ σημανεῖτε ταῖς σάλπιγξιν καὶ ἀναμνησθήσεσθε ἔναντι κυρίου καὶ διασωθήσεσθε ἀπὸ τῶν ἐχθρῶν ὑμῶν.
Classification
- Type
- Positive (Thou Shalt)
- Category
- Prayer and Confession
- Book
- numbers
- Chapter
- 10
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- B'ha'alot'cha
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #384
- Mishneh Torah
- TimesFasts
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