Numbers 29:1-10

The Festival of Trumpets

1 “ ‘On the first day of the seventh month hold a sacred assembly and do no regular work. It is a day for you to sound the trumpets.
2 As an aroma pleasing to the LORD, offer a burnt offering of one young bull, one ram and seven male lambs a year old, all without defect.
3 With the bull offer a grain offering of three-tenths of an ephah[a] of the finest flour mixed with olive oil; with the ram, two-tenths[b] ;
4 and with each of the seven lambs, one-tenth.[c]
5 Include one male goat as a sin offering[d] to make atonement for you.
6 These are in addition to the monthly and daily burnt offerings with their grain offerings and drink offerings as specified. They are food offerings presented to the LORD, a pleasing aroma.

The Day of Atonement

7 “ ‘On the tenth day of this seventh month hold a sacred assembly. You must deny yourselves[e] and do no work.
8 Present as an aroma pleasing to the LORD a burnt offering of one young bull, one ram and seven male lambs a year old, all without defect.
9 With the bull offer a grain offering of three-tenths of an ephah of the finest flour mixed with oil; with the ram, two-tenths;
10 and with each of the seven lambs, one-tenth.

Cross References 19

Footnotes 5

  • [a]. That is, probably about 11 pounds or about 5 kilograms; also in verses 9 and 14
  • [b]. That is, probably about 7 pounds or about 3.2 kilograms; also in verses 9 and 14
  • [c]. That is, probably about 3 1/2 pounds or about 1.6 kilograms; also in verses 10 and 15
  • [d]. Or "purification offering" ; also elsewhere in this chapter
  • [e]. Or "must fast"
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