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Blowing Trumpets
29:1 “‘On the first day of the seventh month , you are to hold a holy assembly . You must not do your ordinary work , for it is a day of blowing trumpets for you. 29:2 You must offer a burnt offering as a sweet aroma to the Lord : one young bull , one ram , and seven lambs one year old without blemish . 29:3 “‘Their grain offering is to be of finely ground flour mixed with olive oil , three-tenths of an ephah for the bull , two-tenths of an ephah for the ram , 29:4 and one-tenth for each of the seven lambs , 29:5 with one male goat for a purification offering to make an atonement for you; 29:6 this is in addition to the monthly burnt offering and its grain offering , and the daily burnt offering with its grain offering and their drink offerings as prescribed , as a sweet aroma , a sacrifice made by fire to the Lord .
The Day of Atonement
29:7 “‘On the tenth day of this seventh month you are to have a holy assembly . You must humble yourselves ; you must not do any work on it. 29:8 But you must offer a burnt offering as a pleasing aroma to the Lord , one young bull , one ram , and seven lambs one year old , all of them without blemish . 29:9 Their grain offering must be of finely ground flour mixed with olive oil , three-tenths of an ephah for the bull , two-tenths for the ram , 29:10 and one-tenth for each of the seven lambs , 29:11 along with one male goat for a purification offering , in addition to the purification offering for atonement and the continual burnt offering with its grain offering and their drink offerings .
The Feast of Temporary Shelters
29:12 “‘On the fifteenth day of the seventh month you are to have a holy assembly ; you must do no ordinary work , and you must keep a festival to the Lord for seven days . 29:13 You must offer a burnt offering , an offering made by fire as a pleasing aroma to the Lord : thirteen young bulls , two rams , and fourteen lambs each one year old, all of them without blemish . 29:14 Their grain offering must be of finely ground flour mixed with olive oil , three-tenths of an ephah for each of the thirteen bulls , two-tenths of an ephah for each of the two rams , 29:15 and one-tenth for each of the fourteen lambs , 29:16 along with one male goat for a purification offering, in addition to the continual burnt offering with its grain offering and its drink offering . 29:17 “‘On the second day you must offer twelve young bulls , two rams , fourteen lambs one year old, all without blemish , 29:18 and their grain offering and their drink offerings for the bulls , for the rams , and for the lambs , according to their number as prescribed , 29:19 along with one male goat for a purification offering, in addition to the continual burnt offering with its grain offering and their drink offerings . 29:20 “‘On the third day you must offer eleven bulls , two rams , fourteen lambs one year old, all without blemish , 29:21 and their grain offering and their drink offerings for the bulls , for the rams , and for the lambs , according to their number as prescribed , 29:22 along with one male goat for a purification offering, in addition to the continual burnt offering with its grain offering and its drink offering . 29:23 “‘On the fourth day you must offer ten bulls , two rams , and fourteen lambs one year old, all without blemish , 29:24 and their grain offering and their drink offerings for the bulls , for the rams , and for the lambs , according to their number as prescribed , 29:25 along with one male goat for a purification offering, in addition to the continual burnt offering with its grain offering and its drink offering . 29:26 “‘On the fifth day you must offer nine bulls , two rams , and fourteen lambs one year old , all without blemish ,

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  • 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...

  • 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-...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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 ...

  • 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]

  • 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:...

  • 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 ...

  • 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.

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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:...

  • Sanitation

    [nave] SANITATION. Carcasses Lev. 5:2; Lev. 10:4, 5; Lev. 11:24-28, 31-40; Lev. 22:4, 6; Num. 9:6, 10; Num. 19:11-16; Num. 31:19; Deut. 21:22, 23 Childbirth Lev. 12:3; Ezek. 16:4 Circumcision See: Circumcision. Contagion Le...
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  • 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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Expository Notes on the Bible (Constable)

  • Keil and Delitzsch pointed out that ancient Near Easterners offered certain offerings before God incorporated these into the Mosaic Law. Moses previously mentioned burnt offerings in Genesis 12:7; 13:4, 18; 22; 26:25; 33:20; ...
  • This feast (Heb. Sukkot) was another very joyous occasion for the Israelites. It was the third fall festival. It commemorated the Israelites' journey from Egyptian bondage to blessing in Canaan. Its other names were the Feast...
  • To formulate a statement that summarizes the teaching of this book it will be helpful to identify some of the major revelations in Numbers. These constitute the unique values of the book.The first major value of Numbers is th...
  • I. Experiences of the older generation in the wilderness chs. 1-25A. Preparations for entering the Promised Land from the south chs. 1-101. The first census and the organization of the people chs. 1-42. Commands and rituals t...
  • God ordered that priests should announce His movement of the people by blowing two silver trumpets because the Israelites would not watch the cloud continuously. The blasts from the trumpets would reach the farthest tents in ...
  • Another step in preparing to enter Canaan involved setting forth in an organized fashion all the sacrifices that God required the priests to offer for the whole nation during a year. These offerings maintained fellowship with...
  • The last chapter of Leviticus (ch. 27) contains instructions regarding how the Israelites were to handle vows under the Mosaic Law. In contrast this chapter deals with when and under what circumstances they could annul vows a...
  • The point of connection of this section with what precedes is the sacrificial meals. Moses repeated here the instructions regarding those important feasts that included sacrificial meals that the people would eat at the taber...
  • 45:18-20 On the first new year's day of each year the people should offer a young bull without blemish to cleanse the accumulated sinful defilement of the sanctuary. The priest in charge was to apply some of the blood of a si...
  • 6:16 Fasting in Israel involved going without food to engage in a spiritual exercise, usually prayer, with greater concentration. Fasting fostered and indicated self-humiliation before God, and confession often accompanied it...
  • 8:2 John saw someone, perhaps God, give seven trumpets to a group of seven angels standing before the heavenly throne (cf. 1:4; 3:1; 8:6; 15:1). Exactly who these angels were is not clear. Some interpreters have identified th...

Expositions Of Holy Scripture (Maclaren)

  • Lev. 23:33-44And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 34. Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the feast of tabernacles for seven days unto the Lord. 35. On the first day s...
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