What Is Ram’s horn in the Bible?
Object
In the Bible, a trumpet made from a ram’s horn, which sounded very loud.
A detail
- Careful: it is not a car horn or a loudspeaker.
Where it appears in the Bible
Exodus 19:16; Exodus 20:18
What the Bible says
Exodus 19:16
And now the third day was come, and the morning appeared: and behold thunders began to be heard, and lightning to flash, and a very thick cloud to cover the mount, and the noise of the trumpet sounded exceeding loud, and the people that was in the camp, feared.
Exodus 20:18
And all the people saw the voices and the flames, and the sound of the trumpet, and the mount smoking: and being terrified and struck with fear, they stood afar off,
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.
Source: Dictionary.com, “shofar”