Numbers 29:12

12 "'Have a holy meeting on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, and do not work on that day. Celebrate a festival to the Lord for seven days.

Numbers 29:12 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 29:12

And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month ye shall have
an holy convocation
Of the same month Tisri, which was the seventh from Nisan or Abib, though it was formerly the first month of the year:

ye shall do no servile work, and ye shall keep a feast unto the Lord
seven days;
the feast of tabernacles, which began on the fifteenth day of this month.

Numbers 29:12 In-Context

10 and with each of the seven lambs it must be two quarts.
11 Offer one male goat as a sin offering. This will be in addition to the sin offering which removes your sins, the daily burnt offering with its grain offering, and the drink offerings.
12 "'Have a holy meeting on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, and do not work on that day. Celebrate a festival to the Lord for seven days.
13 Bring these burnt offerings, made by fire, as a smell pleasing to the Lord: thirteen young bulls, two male sheep, and fourteen male lambs a year old. They must have nothing wrong with them.
14 With each of the thirteen bulls offer a grain offering of six quarts of fine flour mixed with oil. With each of the two male sheep it must be four quarts,
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