Numbers 29:12
The Festival of Tabernacles
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“ ‘On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, hold a sacred assembly and do no regular work. Celebrate a festival to the LORD for seven days.
Read Numbers 29:12 Using Other Translations
And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work, and ye shall keep a feast unto the LORD seven days:
"On the fifteenth day of the seventh month you shall have a holy convocation. You shall not do any ordinary work, and you shall keep a feast to the LORD seven days.
“Five days later, on the fifteenth day of the same month, you must call another holy assembly of all the people, and you may do no ordinary work on that day. It is the beginning of the Festival of Shelters, a seven-day festival to the LORD .
What does Numbers 29:12 mean?
John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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.
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