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Numbers 29

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Offerings for the Feast of Trumpets 1–6

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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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And ye shall offer a burnt offering for a sweet savour unto the LORD; one young bullock, one ram, and seven lambs of the first year without blemish:
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And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals for a bullock, and two tenth deals for a ram,
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And one tenth deal for one lamb, throughout the seven lambs:
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And one kid of the goats for a sin offering, to make an atonement for you: ​
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Beside the burnt offering of the month, and his meat offering, and the daily burnt offering, and his meat offering, and their drink offerings, according unto their manner, for a sweet savour, a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD. ​

Offerings for the Day of Atonement 7–11

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And ye shall have on the tenth day of this seventh month an holy convocation; and ye shall afflict your souls: ye shall not do any work therein: ​
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But ye shall offer a burnt offering unto the LORD for a sweet savour; one young bullock, one ram, and seven lambs of the first year; they shall be unto you without blemish:
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And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals to a bullock, and two tenth deals to one ram,
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A several tenth deal for one lamb, throughout the seven lambs:
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One kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the sin offering of atonement, and the continual burnt offering, and the meat offering of it, and their drink offerings. ​

Offerings for the Feast of Tabernacles (Day 1) 12–16

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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: ​
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And ye shall offer a burnt offering, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD; thirteen young bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year; they shall be without blemish: ​
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And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals unto every bullock of the thirteen bullocks, two tenth deals to each ram of the two rams,
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And a several tenth deal to each lamb of the fourteen lambs:
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And one kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering.

Day Two of Tabernacles 17–19

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And on the second day ye shall offer twelve young bullocks, two rams, fourteen lambs of the first year without spot: ​
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And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner:
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And one kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, and the meat offering thereof, and their drink offerings.

Day Three of Tabernacles 20–22

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And on the third day eleven bullocks, two rams, fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish;
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And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner:
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And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, and his meat offering, and his drink offering.

Day Four of Tabernacles 23–25

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And on the fourth day ten bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish:
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Their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner:
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And one kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering.

Day Five of Tabernacles 26–28

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And on the fifth day nine bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year without spot:
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And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner:
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And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, and his meat offering, and his drink offering.

Day Six of Tabernacles 29–31

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And on the sixth day eight bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish:
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And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner:
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And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering.

Day Seven of Tabernacles 32–34

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And on the seventh day seven bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish:
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And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner:
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And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering.

Offerings for the Eighth Day Assembly 35–38

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On the eighth day ye shall have a solemn assembly: ye shall do no servile work therein: ​
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But ye shall offer a burnt offering, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD: one bullock, one ram, seven lambs of the first year without blemish:
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Their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullock, for the ram, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner:
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And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, and his meat offering, and his drink offering.

Summary and Command 39–40

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These things ye shall do unto the LORD in your set feasts, beside your vows, and your freewill offerings, for your burnt offerings, and for your meat offerings, and for your drink offerings, and for your peace offerings. ​
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And Moses told the children of Israel according to all that the LORD commanded Moses.

Bible text: King James Version (1769 Blayney text) · Public domain

Study Notes for Numbers 29

Verse 1

a day of blowing the trumpets — Teruah is a shout or trumpet blast, used for both joy and alarm; Lev 23:24 calls the day 'a memorial of blowing of trumpets'. The seventh month holds three observances: this day, the day of atonement (v.7) and the feast of tabernacles (v.12). The offering is one bullock, one ram and seven lambs (v.2).

Verse 5

one kid of the goats for a sin offering — The goat (se'ir) is a sin offering 'to make an atonement for you' (kaphar, to cover). The same line follows the new-moon offering (28:15) and the Passover week (28:22). Hebrews sets against such goats Christ's 'own blood' (Heb 9:12).

Verse 6

Beside the burnt offering of the month — The first day of the month was also a new moon, so this day's offering stands beside the monthly burnt offering (28:11–15) and the daily one (28:3–8), called tamid, 'continual'. 'Sweet savour' is nichoach, a restful, pleasing scent, as in Noah's offering (Gen 8:21).

Verse 7

ye shall afflict your souls — Anah means to humble or bring low, here applied to the nephesh, the person. The exact words 'afflict your souls' occur five times, all of this day (Lev 16:29, 31; 23:27, 32; here), and Lev 23:29 cuts off whoever is not afflicted. Paul's voyage notes 'the fast' as past (Acts 27:9).

Verse 11

beside the sin offering of atonement — The 'sin offering of atonement' (kippurim) is the offering of Lev 16, where the goat for the people was killed and its blood brought 'within the vail' (Lev 16:15). This kid is a further sin offering added to it. The high priest entered 'once every year, not without blood' (Heb 9:7).

Verse 12

ye shall keep a feast unto the LORD seven days — Chagag, to keep a feast, is the verb of chag, the festival. The booths are explained in Lev 23:42–43: 'that your generations may know that I made the children of Israel to dwell in booths'. John 7:2 names it 'the Jews' feast of tabernacles'.

Verse 13

thirteen young bullocks — The bullocks fall by one each day, thirteen on the first and seven on the seventh (vv.17, 20, 23, 26, 29, 32), seventy in all, while the two rams and fourteen lambs stay the same. No other feast in chapters 28–29 calls for so many; the eighth day returns to one bullock (v.36).

Verse 17

fourteen lambs of the first year without spot — The rams and lambs do not change from day to day. 'Without spot' is tamim, whole or complete, the word rendered 'without blemish' in v.13. Peter names Christ's blood 'as of a lamb without blemish and without spot' (1 Pet 1:19).

Verse 35

a solemn assembly — Atsarah, a closing gathering, is the word Lev 23:36 gives to the eighth day, after the seven days of the feast. It reappears when Nehemiah's readers kept the feast (Neh 8:18) and at Solomon's dedication (2 Chron 7:9). The offering shrinks to one bullock, one ram and seven lambs (v.36).

Verse 39

your set feasts — Moed is an appointed time, the word of Lev 23:2, 'the feasts of the LORD'. These offerings were fixed, and the worshipper's own vows (neder) and freewill offerings (nedabah) came 'beside' them, as Lev 23:38 says of the sabbaths and gifts. The peace offering (shelem) closes the list.