Leviticus 25:9
in Leviticus 25Then you are to sound the horn far and wide on the tenth day of the seventh month, the Day of Atonement. You shall sound it throughout your land.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Then shalt thou send abroad the loud trumpet on the tenth day of the seventh month; in the day of atonement shall ye send abroad the trumpet throughout all your land.
KJV
Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the jubile to sound on the tenth day of the seventh month, in the day of atonement shall ye make the trumpet sound throughout all your land.
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This verse in Leviticus 25
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThe trumpet was sounded in the close of the day of atonement; thence the jubilee commenced, and very fitly; when they had been humbling and afflicting their souls for sin, then they were made to hear this voice of joy and gladness, Ps. xi.
This site's exposition
thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years
on Leviticus 25:8-9
Seven sabbaths of years are counted out, seven times seven, and the count closes at forty and nine. The trumpet is then sounded on the tenth day of the seventh month, which Leviticus 16:29 fixed as the day of atonement, so liberty is proclaimed on the one day of the year the nation's sin has been carried away. The word jubile occurs here for the first time in Scripture.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Then shall thou cause the trumpet of the jubilee to sound,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
The land, as on the sabbatic year, was neither sowed nor reaped, but allowed to enjoy with its inhabitants a sabbath of repose; and its natural produce was the common property of all. Moreover, every inheritance throughout the land of Judea was restored to its original owner.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
“This [the fiftieth] year is distinguished from all other years by being given a special name. And what is that name? Its name is yoveil [literally: ‘the ram’s horn’] on account of the blowing of the Shofar.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 5 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
13 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְהַֽעֲבַרְתָּ֞ | vehaavarta | and you will cause to pass through | H5674 → | 556 times |
| שׁוֹפַ֤ר | shofar | a ram's horn of | H7782 → | |
| תְּרוּעָה֙ | teruah | [the] sound of a loud blast | H8643 → | |
| בַּחֹ֣דֶשׁ | bachodesh | in the month | H2320 → | 284 times |
| הַשְּׁבִעִ֔י | hashevii | <the> seventh | H7637 → | 98 times |
| בֶּעָשׂ֖וֹר | beasor | on the ten | H6218 → | 16 times |
| לַחֹ֑דֶשׁ | lachodesh | of the month | H2320 → | 284 times |
| בְּיוֹם֙ | beyom | on [the] day of | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| הַכִּפֻּרִ֔ים | hakipurim | <the> atonement<s> | H3725 → | 8 times |
| תַּעֲבִ֥ירוּ | taaviru | you will cause to pass | H5674 → | 556 times |
| שׁוֹפָ֖ר | shofar | a ram's horn | H7782 → | |
| בְּכָל־ | bekhol | in all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| אַרְצְכֶֽם׃ | ʾartzekhem | land your | H776 → | 2504 times |
וְהַֽעֲבַרְתָּ֞and you will cause to pass through
vehaavartaH5674 →556 times
שׁוֹפַ֤רa ram's horn of
shofarH7782 →
תְּרוּעָה֙[the] sound of a loud blast
teruahH8643 →
בַּחֹ֣דֶשׁin the month
bachodeshH2320 →284 times
הַשְּׁבִעִ֔י<the> seventh
hasheviiH7637 →98 times
בֶּעָשׂ֖וֹרon the ten
beasorH6218 →16 times
לַחֹ֑דֶשׁof the month
lachodeshH2320 →284 times
בְּיוֹם֙on [the] day of
beyomH3117 →2304 times
הַכִּפֻּרִ֔ים<the> atonement<s>
hakipurimH3725 →8 times
תַּעֲבִ֥ירוּyou will cause to pass
taaviruH5674 →556 times
שׁוֹפָ֖רa ram's horn
shofarH7782 →
בְּכָל־in all
bekholH3605 →5413 times
אַרְצְכֶֽם׃land your
ʾartzekhemH776 →2504 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Leviticus 23:24“Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘On the first day of the seventh month you are to have a day of rest, a sacred assembly announced by trumpet blasts.
it leads to
- 1 Thessalonians 4:16
For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will be the first to…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 1 Corinthians 15:52
in an instant, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.
- Numbers 29:1–6
“On the first day of the seventh month, you are to hold a sacred assembly, and you must not do any regular work. This will be a day for you to sound the trumpets.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:16
Through
1 Thessalonians 1:8For not only did the message of the Lord ring out from you to Macedonia and Achaia, but your faith in God has gone out to every place, so that we have no need…
it leads to
- Romans 1:8
First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is being proclaimed all over the world.
- Romans 1:8
Through
Leviticus 23:27“The tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement. You shall hold a sacred assembly and humble yourselves, and present an offering made by fire to the LORD.
it leads to
- Leviticus 16:29–31
This is to be a permanent statute for you: On the tenth day of the seventh month, you shall humble yourselves and not do any work—whether the native or the foreigner who resides among…
- Numbers 29:7–11
On the tenth day of this seventh month, you are to hold a sacred assembly, and you shall humble yourselves; you must not do any work.
- Leviticus 16:24
He is to bathe himself with water in a holy place and put on his own clothes. Then he must go out and sacrifice his burnt offering and the people’s burnt offering to make…
- Exodus 30:10
Once a year Aaron shall make atonement on the horns of the altar. Throughout your generations he shall make atonement on it annually with the blood of the sin offering of atonement. The altar…
- Leviticus 16:29–31
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This page draws on Alfred Edersheim, The Temple: Its Ministry and Services; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.