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29:1 “‘On the first <0259> day <02320> of the seventh <07637> month <02320>, you are to hold a holy <06944> assembly <04744>. You must not <03808> do <06213> your ordinary <05656> work <04399>, for it is a day <03117> of blowing <08643> trumpets for you. 29:2 You must offer <06213> a burnt offering <05930> as a sweet <07381> aroma <05207> to the Lord <03068>: one <0259> young bull <01241> <01121> <06499>, one <0259> ram <0352>, and seven <07651> lambs <03532> one year <08141> old <01121> without blemish <08549>. 29:3 “‘Their grain offering <04503> is to be of finely ground flour <05560> mixed <01101> with olive oil <08081>, three-tenths of an ephah <06241> <07969> for the bull <06499>, two-tenths of an ephah <06241> <08147> for the ram <0352>, 29:4 and one-tenth <06241> for each <0259> of the seven <07651> lambs <03532>, 29:5 with one <0259> male <08163> goat <05795> for a purification offering <02403> to make an atonement <03722> for <05921> you; 29:6 this is in addition <0905> to the monthly <02320> burnt offering <05930> and its grain offering <04503>, and the daily <08548> burnt offering <05930> with its grain offering <04503> and their drink offerings <05262> as prescribed <04941>, as a sweet <07381> aroma <05207>, a sacrifice made by fire <0801> to the Lord <03068>. 29:7 “‘On the tenth <06218> day of this <02088> seventh <07637> month <02320> you are to have <01961> a holy <06944> assembly <04744>. You must humble <06031> yourselves <05315>; you must not <03808> do <06213> any <03605> work <04399> on it. 29:8 But you must offer <07126> a burnt offering <05930> as a pleasing <07381> aroma <05207> to the Lord <03068>, one young <01241> <01121> bull <06499>, one <0259> ram <0352>, and seven <07651> lambs <03532> one <0259> year <08141> old <01121>, all of them without blemish <08549>. 29:9 Their grain offering <04503> must be of finely ground flour <05560> mixed <01101> with olive oil <08081>, three-tenths of an ephah <06241> <07969> for the bull <06499>, two-tenths <06241> <08147> for the ram <0352>, 29:10 and one-tenth <06241> <06241> for each <0259> of the seven <07651> lambs <03532>, 29:11 along with one male <08163> goat <05795> for a <0259> purification offering <02403>, in addition <0905> to the purification <02403> offering for atonement <03725> and the continual <08548> burnt offering <05930> with its grain offering <04503> and their drink offerings <05262>. 29:12 “‘On the fifteenth <06240> <02568> day <03117> of the seventh <07637> month <02320> you are to have a holy <06944> assembly <04744>; you must do <06213> no <03808> ordinary <05656> work <04399>, and you must keep <02287> a festival <02282> to the Lord <03069> for seven <07651> days <03117>. 29:13 You must offer <07126> a burnt offering <05930>, an offering made by fire <0801> as a pleasing <07381> aroma <05207> to the Lord <03068>: thirteen <06240> <07969> young <01241> <01121> bulls <06499>, two <08147> rams <0352>, and fourteen <06240> <0702> lambs <03532> each one <01121> year <08141> old, all of them without blemish <08549>. 29:14 Their grain offering <04503> must be of finely ground flour <05560> mixed <01101> with olive oil <08081>, three-tenths of an ephah <06241> <07969> for each <0259> of the thirteen <06240> <07969> bulls <06499> <06499>, two-tenths of an ephah <06241> <08147> for each <0259> of the two <08147> rams <0352> <0352>, 29:15 and one-tenth <06241> <06241> for each <0259> of the fourteen <06240> <0702> lambs <03532>, 29:16 along with one <0259> male <08163> goat <05795> for a purification <02403> offering, in addition <0905> to the continual <08548> burnt offering <05930> with its grain offering <04503> and its drink offering <05262>.

• Num 29:1-6 -- Blowing Trumpets
• Num 29:7-11 -- The Day of Atonement
• Num 29:12-40 -- The Feast of Temporary Shelters

• TRUMPETS, FEAST OF

  [ebd] was celebrated at the beginning of the month Tisri, the first month of the civil year. It received its name from the circumstances that the trumpets usually blown at the commencement of each month were on that occasion blown...
  [isbe] TRUMPETS, FEAST OF - 1. Description: In Lev 23:23-25 the first day (new moon) of the seventh month is set apart as a solemn rest, "a memorial of blowing of trumpets" (the Hebrew leaves "of trumpets" to be understood), signal...
  [smith] (Numbers 29:1; Leviticus 23:24) the feast of the new moon, which fell on the first of Tisri. It differed from the ordinary festivals of the new moon in several important particulars. It was one of the seven days of holy convo...
  

• Sin-offering

  [ebd] (Heb. hattath), the law of, is given in detail in Lev. 4-6:13; 9:7-11, 22-24; 12:6-8; 15:2, 14, 25-30; 14:19, 31; Num. 6:10-14. On the day of Atonement it was made with special solemnity (Lev. 16:5, 11, 15). The blood was th...
  

• Bull

  [nave] BULL, or Ox [Synonymous terms in A.V.]. Uses of: For sacrifice, Ex. 29:3, 10-14, 36; Lev. 4:8, 16; Num. 7:87, 88; 28:11-31; 29; Heb. 9:13; 10:4; plowing, 1 Sam. 14:14; 1 Kin. 19:19; Prov. 14:4; Isa. 32:20; Jer. 31:18; trea...
  

• Offerings

  [nave] OFFERINGS Offered at the door of the tabernacle, Lev. 1:3; 3:2; 17:4, 8, 9; of the temple, 2 Chr. 7:12; 1 Kin. 8:62; 12:27. All animal sacrifices must be eight days old or over, Lev. 22:27. Must be salted, Lev. 2:13; Ezek....
  

• Seven

  [nave] SEVEN Interesting facts concerning the number. Days Week consists of, Gen. 2:3; Ex. 20:11; Deut. 5:13, 14. Noah in the ark before the flood, Gen. 7:4, 10; remains in the ark after sending forth the dove, Gen. 8:10, 12. M...
  

• SACRIFICE, IN THE OLD TESTAMENT, 2

  [isbe] SACRIFICE, IN THE OLD TESTAMENT, 2 - V. The Mosaic Sacrificial System. 1. The Covenant Sacrifice: The fundamental function of Moses' work was to establish the covenant between Israel and God. This important transaction took ...
  

• FEASTS AND FASTS

  [isbe] FEASTS AND FASTS - fests (mo`edh, "an appointed day" or "an assembling," chagh, from chaghagh, "to dance" or possibly "to make a pilgrimage"; tsom, "fast," ta`anith, "a day of affliction"): I. PRE-EXILIC A) Annual 1. Passove...
  

• ATONEMENT, DAY OF

  [ebd] the great annual day of humiliation and expiation for the sins of the nation, "the fast" (Acts 27:9), and the only one commanded in the law of Moses. The mode of its observance is described in Lev. 16:3-10; 23:26-32; and Num...
  [isbe] ATONEMENT, DAY OF - a-ton'-ment: I. THE LEGAL ENACTMENTS 1. Named 2. Leviticus 16 (1) Contents, Structure and Position (a) Leviticus 16:1-10 (b) Leviticus 16:11-24 (c) Leviticus 16:25-28 (d) Leviticus 16:29-34 Use of Number ...
  

• Festivals, Religious

  [ebd] There were daily (Lev. 23), weekly, monthly, and yearly festivals, and great stress was laid on the regular observance of them in every particular (Num. 28:1-8; Ex. 29:38-42; Lev. 6:8-23; Ex. 30:7-9; 27:20). (1.) The septena...
  

• Atonement

  [isbe] ATONEMENT - a-ton'-ment: Translates kaphar; chaTa'; ratsah, the last employed only of human relations (1 Sam 29:4); translates the following Greek stems hilas-, simple and compounded with various prepositions; allag- in comp...
  [nave] ATONEMENT For tabernacle and furniture, Lev. 16:15-20, 33. In consecration of the Levites, Num. 8:21. For those defiled by the dead, Num. 6:11. Made for houses, Lev. 14:53. For sin, see below. By meat offerings, Lev. 5:...
  

• Tabernacles, Feast of

  [ebd] the third of the great annual festivals of the Jews (Lev. 23:33-43). It is also called the "feast of ingathering" (Ex. 23:16; Deut. 16:13). It was celebrated immediately after the harvest, in the month Tisri, and the celebra...
  [nave] TABERNACLES, FEAST OF, called also Feast of Ingathering. Instituted, Ex. 23:16; 34:22; Lev. 23:34-43; Num. 29:12-40; Deut. 16:13-16. Design of, Lev. 23:42, 43. The law read in coection with, every seventh year, Deut. 31:10-...
  

• Measure

  [nave] MEASURE The following modern equivalents of ancient measurements are based upon the latest researches, and are probably as nearly correct as is possible at this time: Dry 1. Bushel, about a peck, Matt. 5:15; Mark 4:21; Luk...
  

• Trumpets

  [nave] TRUMPETS, Feast of When and how observed, Lev. 23:24, 25; Num. 29:1-6. Celebrated after the captivity with joy, Neh. 8:2, 9-12. See: Feasts.
  

• TABERNACLES, THE FEAST OF

  [smith] (Exodus 23:16) ("the feast of ingathering"), the third of the three great festivals: of the Hebrews, which lasted from the 15th till the 22d of Tisri. The following are the principal passages in the Pentateuch which refer to...
  

• LAMBS

  [smith] are the young of sheep, but originally included also the young of goats. They formed an important part of almost every sacrifice. (Exodus 29:38-41; Numbers 28:9,11; 29:2,13-40) etc. [On the paschal lamb see PASSOVER]
  

• MOUTH

  [isbe] MOUTH - mowth (peh, chekh, garon (Ps 149:6); Aramaic pum, tera (Dan 3:26); stoma, 71 times, once logos, i.e. "word of mouth," "speech" (Acts 15:27); once we find the verb epistomizo, "to silence," "to stop the mouth" (Tit 1:...
  

• Rest

  [nave] REST Divine institutions for, See: Sabbath. Days of, Ex. 23:12; 34:21. The aual feasts added rest days, Lev. 23:7, 8, 21, 25, 28, 30, 31, 35, 36; Num. 28:18, 25, 26; 29:1, 7, 12, 35. Recommended by Jesus, Mark 6:31, 32; 7...
  

• SACRIFICE

  [smith] The peculiar features of each kind of sacrifice are referred to under their respective heads. I. (A) ORIGIN OF SACRIFICE. --The universal prevalence of sacrifice shows it to have been primeval, and deeply rooted in the instin...
  

• TALMUD

  [isbe] TALMUD - tal'-mud (talmudh): I. PRELIMINARY REMARKS AND VERBAL EXPLANATIONS II. IMPORTANCE OF THE TALMUD III. THE TRADITIONAL LAW UNTIL THE COMPOSITION OF THE MISHNA IV. DIVISION AND CONTENTS OF THE MISHNA (AND THE TALMUD) 1...
  

• Convocation

  [ebd] a meeting of a religious character as distinguished from congregation, which was more general, dealing with political and legal matters. Hence it is called an "holy convocation." Such convocations were the Sabbaths (Lev. 23:...
  

• The Feast of Trumpets

  

• The Feast of Tabernacles

  

• The Day of Atonement

  

• What is the significance of numbers in Scripture?
  The following material from The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia should be helpful here: III. Significant numbers Numbers are also used with a symbolical or theological significance. One is used to convey th...

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