Sound a ram’s horn

The ram’s horn was important in the history of Israel. One of the words often for the horn is shophar.

• A long blast on the ram’s horn was used to alert the Israelites when they could approach Mount Sinai (Exodus 19:13).
• The ram’s horn was sounded at the beginning of important feast days (Leviticus 25:9).
• After Israel marched around Jericho they would hear a long blast on the ram’s horn (Joshua 6:5). The word horn in this verse is qeren, but the word shophar is translated trumpet.

I have observed that shepherds are proud of the ram of the flock. This photo was made last week in northern Jordan not very far from Ramoth in Gilead and the border with Syria.