Numbers 29:1
in Numbers 29“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.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, ye shall have a holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work: it is a day of blowing of trumpets unto you.
KJV
And in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work: it is a day of blowing the trumpets unto you.
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This verse in Numbers 29
Commentary
6 notes on this verseAfter these, in the seventh month other festivals are celebrated. "On the first day of the month" there is the new moon of trumpets, just as it says in the psalm, "Play the trumpet at the beginning of the month." But "on the tenth day of the seventh month" there is the festival of atonement. Only "on this day" is the high priest dressed with all the pontifical garments. Then he is dressed in "the manifestation and truth." Then he goes into that inaccessible place where he can approach only "once a year," that is, into "the Holy of Holies."
This site's exposition
a day for you to sound the trumpets
on Numbers 29:1-6
Leviticus 23:24 names this day but leaves its offerings unnamed, and Numbers supplies them. Verse 6 stacks three offerings on the one day: those given here, the monthly offering of Numbers 28:11-15, and the regular daily offering.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
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 Lev 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 Lev 23:24.
The Nineteenth Century3 voices
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
The ordinance of the Feast of Trumpets was to be observed on the opening day of that month within which the great Day of the Atonement and the Feast of Tabernacles fell (compare Lev 23:23 ff). The special offering for the day anticipated that of the great Day of Atonement.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
Although the institution of this feast was described before, there is more particularity here as to what the burnt offering should consist of; and, in addition to it, a sin offering is prescribed.
And in the seventh month, etc. - This was the beginning of their civil year, and was a time of great festivity, and was ushered in by the blowing of trumpets. It answers to a part of our September. In imitation of the Jews different nations began their new year with sacrifices and festivity. The ancient Egyptians did so; and the Persians still celebrate their nawi rooz, or new year’s day, which they hold on the vernal equinox. The first day of the year is generally a time of festivity in all civilized nations. On this day the Israelites offered one young bullock, one ram, seven lambs, and a kid, for a sin-offering, besides minchahs or meat-offerings.
The words behind it
17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּבַחֹ֨דֶשׁ | uvachodesh | and in the month | H2320 → | 284 times |
| הַשְּׁבִיעִ֜י | hashevii | <the> seventh | H7637 → | 98 times |
| בְּאֶחָ֣ד | beechad | on [day] one | H259 → | 971 times |
| לַחֹ֗דֶשׁ | lachodesh | of the month | H2320 → | 284 times |
| מִֽקְרָא־ | mikra'- | a convocation of | H4744 → | 23 times |
| קֹ֙דֶשׁ֙ | kodesh | holiness | H6944 → | 469 times |
| יִהְיֶ֣ה | yihyeh | it will be | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| לָכֶ֔ם | lakhem | to <the> you | ||
| כָּל־ | kol- | any | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| מְלֶ֥אכֶת | melekhet | work of | H4399 → | 167 times |
| עֲבֹדָ֖ה | ʾavodah | servitude | H5656 → | 145 times |
| לֹ֣א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| תַעֲשׂ֑וּ | taasu | you will do | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| י֥וֹם | yom | a day of | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| תְּרוּעָ֖ה | teruah | [the] sound of a loud blast | H8643 → | 36 times |
| יִהְיֶ֥ה | yihyeh | it will be | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| לָכֶֽם׃ | lakhem | to <the> you |
וּבַחֹ֨דֶשׁand in the month
uvachodeshH2320 →284 times
הַשְּׁבִיעִ֜י<the> seventh
hasheviiH7637 →98 times
בְּאֶחָ֣דon [day] one
beechadH259 →971 times
לַחֹ֗דֶשׁof the month
lachodeshH2320 →284 times
מִֽקְרָא־a convocation of
mikra'-H4744 →23 times
קֹ֙דֶשׁ֙holiness
kodeshH6944 →469 times
יִהְיֶ֣הit will be
yihyehH1961 →3559 times
לָכֶ֔םto <the> you
lakhem
כָּל־any
kol-H3605 →5413 times
מְלֶ֥אכֶתwork of
melekhetH4399 →167 times
עֲבֹדָ֖הservitude
ʾavodahH5656 →145 times
לֹ֣אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
תַעֲשׂ֑וּyou will do
taasuH6213 →2628 times
י֥וֹםa day of
yomH3117 →2304 times
תְּרוּעָ֖ה[the] sound of a loud blast
teruahH8643 →36 times
יִהְיֶ֥הit will be
yihyehH1961 →3559 times
לָכֶֽם׃to <the> you
lakhem
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
Psalms 89:15Blessed are those who know the joyful sound, who walk, O LORD, in the light of Your presence.
it leads to
- Psalms 44:3
For it was not by their sword that they took the land; their arm did not bring them victory. It was by Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your face, because…
- Job 29:3
when His lamp shone above my head, and by His light I walked through the darkness,
- Psalms 4:6
Many ask, “Who can show us the good?” Shine the light of Your face upon us, O LORD.
- Isaiah 2:5
Come, O house of Jacob, let us walk in the light of the LORD.
- Acts 2:28
You have made known to me the paths of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence.’
- Psalms 44:3
Through
1 Chronicles 15:28So all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouting, with the sounding of rams’ horns and trumpets, and with cymbals and the music of harps and lyres.
it leads to
- 1 Chronicles 13:8
David and all the Israelites were celebrating before God with all their might, with songs and on harps and lyres, with tambourines, cymbals, and trumpets.
- 1 Chronicles 15:16
David also told the leaders of the Levites to appoint their relatives as singers to lift up their voices with joy, accompanied by musical instruments—harps, lyres, and cymbals.
- Ezra 3:10–11
When the builders had laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD, the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites (the sons of Asaph) with cymbals, took their positions to praise…
- 1 Chronicles 13:8
Where this verse is studied
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About Numbers
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Origen of Alexandria, HOMILIES ON LEVITICUS 9.5.7-8.