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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>,

• Num 29:1-6 -- Blowing Trumpets
• Num 29:7-11 -- The Day of Atonement

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• 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....
  

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• 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:...
  

• 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.
  

• 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 ...
  

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• 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:...
  

• Pleasing Aroma

  [nave] PLEASING AROMA Gen. 8:21; Ex. 29:18, 25, 41; Lev. 2:12; 3:16; 8:21, 28; 23:13; 26:31; Num. 28:6, 13; 29:6; 2 Cor. 2:15; Eph. 5:2; Phil. 4:18
  

• Lamb

  [ebd] (1.) Heb. kebes, a male lamb from the first to the third year. Offered daily at the morning and the evening sacrifice (Ex. 29:38-42), on the Sabbath day (Num. 28:9), at the feast of the New Moon (28:11), of Trumpets (29:2), ...
  

• ASTRONOMY, I

  [isbe] ASTRONOMY, I - as-tron'-omi: I. THE HEAVENLY BODIES 1. The Ordinances of Heaven 2. The Sun (1) The Names for the Sun (2) The "City of the Sun" (3) The Greater Light-Giver (4) The Purpose of the Sun (5) The Sun as a Type 3. T...
  

• The Feast of Trumpets

  

• The Day of Atonement

  

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