Numbers10:10

Translation

and in the day of your joy, and in your appointed times,

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and at the head of your moons, you shall blow the trumpets over your “going up” sacrifices, and your peace offerings; and they shall be for you a remembrance before your ELOHIM.

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I am YHVH your ELOHIM.

Paraphrase

When you celebrate joyfully, and when you assemble at an appointed time for a special purpose, and when you do something special to mark the arrival of the new moon, you must have the priests blow these special trumpets to highlight the moment when the burnt offering is placed on the altar, and when your peace offering is placed on the altar. These shall serve as a memorial on your behalf before THE CREATOR AND OWNER OF ALL THINGS whom you serve. Don’t forget where these commands come from; they come from me; I am THE ETNERNAL AND PERSONAL GOD, and I am THE CREATOR AND RULER OF ALL THINGS whom you have committed yourself to obey.

Footnotes

1: "appointed"

This is simply the word “appointed”. It is usually rendered “appointed feasts” because those were the most often spoken of things in Israel that were appointed. I try to stay away from the word “feasts” because it brings images to our minds that are not the same as what happened then. The point here is that a time had been appointed for something special to happen.

2

In this instance and the one at the end of this sentence, I have used the easily recognized form of this Hebrew name for God, even though the actual form used is something different. In order to express the idea of “your God”, in contrast to simply “God”, changes were made to the spelling of the name. However, to avoid confusion for people who have not studied Hebrew, I always use the same form.