Numbers 29:1

Offerings for the Feast of Trumpets

1 “On the first day of the seventh month you shall have a holy convocation. You shall not do any ordinary work. ¹It is a day for you to blow the trumpets,

Numbers 29:1 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 29:1

And in the seventh month
The month Tisri, as the Targum of Jonathan, which answers to part of our September and October; a month famous for days to be religiously observed, having more of them in it than any other month in the year:

on the first day of the month, ye shall have a holy convocation;
see ( Leviticus 23:24 ) ,

ye shall do no servile work;
therefore, in the place referred to, is called a sabbath:

it is a day of blowing the trumpets unto you;
of which, (See Gill on Leviticus 23:24).

Numbers 29:1 In-Context

1 “On the first day of the seventh month you shall have a holy convocation. You shall not do any ordinary work. It is a day for you to blow the trumpets,

2 and you shall offer a burnt offering, for a pleasing aroma to the Lord: one bull from the herd, one ram, seven male lambs a year old without blemish;

3 also their grain offering of fine flour mixed with oil, three tenths of an ephah for the bull, two tenths for the ram,

4 and one tenth for each of the seven lambs;

5 with one male goat for a sin offering, to make atonement for you;

Cross References

• 1. 29:1 Lev. 23:24; See ch. 10:1-10