*Law # 121 ~ BOOK THREE: THE BOOK OF SEASONS

**Law #121 To afflict and cry out before the Most High in times of catastrophe

Num. 10:9 “And if ye go to war in your land against the enemy that oppresses you, than ye shall blow an alarm with the trumpets; and ye shall be remembered before the Most High and ye shall be saved from your enemies.”

Per Judaism, the command here is to “afflict/fast and cry out before God in times of catastrophe.”

That is not the command. This command is not about afflicting or fasting but about sounding the trumpet in war. The sounding of the shofar was a form of crying out to the Most High and He promised to deliver. The Israelites were faced with much opposition in their land and this command spoke to those circumstances. However, the Most High is not telling them to afflict themselves or fast (as Judaism teaches) but specifically to blow the shofar.

Remember, blowing the shofar served many purposes; for celebration (Lev. 23:24, Sam. 6:15), to honor the presence of the Most High (Ex. 19:16), for triumph (Josh. 6:5), for assembly (Neh. 4:20), for praise and worship (Ps. 150:3), in war (Jer. 4:19, Ezek. 33:5), and for organization (Num. 10:5-6).

The true Command is to Blow an alarm with trumpets in war.