Numbers 29:7

7 "'Have a holy meeting on the tenth day of the seventh month. On that day do not eat and do not work.

Numbers 29:7 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 29:7

And ye shall have on the tenth day of the seventh month an holy
convocation
The month Tisri, as before; so the Targum of Jonathan:

and ye shall afflict your souls;
or persons; their bodies by fasting, and their souls by repentance and humiliation; for this was a grand fast, as it is called ( Acts 27:9 ) ,

ye shall not do any work [therein];
see ( Leviticus 23:28 ) .

Numbers 29:7 In-Context

5 Offer one male goat for a sin offering to remove your sins so you will belong to God.

6 These offerings are in addition to the monthly and daily burnt offerings. Their grain offerings and drink offerings must be done as you have been told. These offerings are made by fire to the Lord, and their smell is pleasing to him.

7 "'Have a holy meeting on the tenth day of the seventh month. On that day do not eat and do not work.

8 Bring these burnt offerings as a smell pleasing to the Lord: one young bull, one male sheep, and seven male lambs a year old. They must have nothing wrong with them.

9 With the bull give a grain offering of six quarts of fine flour mixed with oil. With the male sheep it must be four quarts,