'Summoning' in the Bible
On this same day you shall make a proclamation, you are to have a holy convocation (calling together); you shall not do any laborious work [on that day]. It is to be a permanent statute throughout your generations wherever you may be.
“Make yourself two trumpets of silver, of hammered work you shall make them; and you shall use them for summoning the congregation and for having the camps set out.
But when summoning the assembly, you will blow, but you will not signal with a loud noise.
"Then Zippor's son, King Balak of Moab, showed up and fought against Israel. He sent word to Balaam, summoning Beor's son to put a curse on you.
She sent word to Abinoam's son Barak from Kedesh-naphtali, summoning him. She asked him, "The LORD God of Israel has commanded you, hasn't he? He told you, "Go out, march to Mount Tabor, and take 10,000 men with you from the tribes of Naphtali and Zebulun.
The Lord's spirit took control of Gideon. He blew a trumpet, summoning the Abiezrites to follow him.
Hezekiah sent messages throughout Israel and Judah; he even wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh, summoning them to come to the Lord's temple in Jerusalem and observe a Passover celebration for the Lord God of Israel.
So they sent an edict throughout Israel from Beer Sheba to Dan, summoning the people to come and observe a Passover for the Lord God of Israel in Jerusalem, for they had not observed it on a nationwide scale as prescribed in the law.
For I am already bringing disaster on the city that bears My name, so how could you possibly go unpunished? You will not go unpunished, for I am summoning a sword against all the inhabitants of the earth”—this is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts.
The sovereign Lord showed me this: I saw the sovereign Lord summoning a shower of fire. It consumed the great deep and devoured the fields.
Summoning His 12 disciples, He gave them authority over unclean spirits, to drive them out and to heal every disease and sickness.
Summoning the crowd, He told them, “Listen and understand:
Then summoning him, his lord *said to him, ‘You wicked slave, I forgave you all that debt because you pleaded with me.
And some of those who were standing there, [when they] heard [it], said, "This man is summoning Elijah!"
Then his mother and his brothers arrived. Milling around outside, they sent for him, continuously summoning him.
Then summoning the Twelve to Him, He proceeded to send them out by twos, and gave them authority over the foul spirits.
Summoning the crowd again, He told them, “Listen to Me, all of you, and understand:
In those days there was again a large crowd, and they did not have anything they could eat. Summoning the disciples, he said to them,
Summoning the crowd along with His disciples, He said to them, “If anyone wants to be My follower, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow Me.
Summoning His disciples, He said to them, “I assure you: This poor widow has put in more than all those giving to the temple treasury.
And some of the bystanders, [when they] heard [it], said, "Behold, he is summoning Elijah!"
Pilate was surprised that He was already dead. Summoning the centurion, he asked him whether He had already died.
And his disciples reported to John about all these [things]. And summoning a certain two of his disciples, John
Summoning two of his disciples, John sent them to the Lord, saying, “Are You the Expected One, or do we look for someone else?”
Summoning the Twelve, He gave them power and authority over all the demons, and power to heal diseases.
And summoning ten of his own slaves, he gave them ten minas and said to them, 'Do business {until I come back}.'
The Council (Sanhedrin, Jewish High Court) took his advice; and after summoning the apostles, they flogged them and ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and released them.
Then summoning two of the centurions, he said, “Have two hundred soldiers ready by the third hour of the night (9:00 p.m.) to go as far as Caesarea, with seventy horsemen and two hundred spearmen;