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Nu 10:9 Strong Concordance And if ye go [0935] to war [04421] in your land [0776] against [06862] the enemy that oppresseth [06887] you, then ye shall blow an alarm [07321] with the trumpets [02689]; and ye shall be remembered [02142] before [06440] the LORD [03068] your God [0430], and ye shall be saved [03467] from your enemies [0341].
  King James And if ye go to war in your land against the enemy that oppresseth you, then ye shall blow an alarm with the trumpets; and ye shall be remembered before the LORD your God, and ye shall be saved from your enemies.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
If ye go to war--In the land of Canaan, either when attacked by foreign invaders or when they went to take possession according to the divine promise, "ye [that is, the priests] shall blow an alarm." This advice was accordingly acted upon (Num 31:6; Ch2 13:12); and in the circumstances it was an act of devout confidence in God. A solemn and religious act on the eve of a battle has often animated the hearts of those who felt they were engaged in a good and just cause; and so the blowing of the trumpet, being an ordinance of God, produced that effect on the minds of the Israelites. But more is meant by the words--namely, that God would, as it were, be aroused by the trumpet to bless with His presence and aid.
 
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12 And, behold, God [0430] himself is with us for our captain [07218], and his priests [03548] with sounding [08643] trumpets [02689] to cry alarm [07321] against you. O children [01121] of Israel [03478], fight [03898] ye not against the LORD [03068] God [0430] of your fathers [01]; for ye shall not prosper [06743].
6 And Moses [04872] sent [07971] them to the war [06635], a thousand [0505] of every tribe [04294], them and Phinehas [06372] the son [01121] of Eleazar [0499] the priest [03548], to the war [06635], with the holy [06944] instruments [03627], and the trumpets [02689] to blow [08643] in his hand [03027].
28 And they came [0935] to Jerusalem [03389] with psalteries [05035] and harps [03658] and trumpets [02689] unto the house [01004] of the LORD [03068].