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Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

Numbers 29

Numbers 29:1

NUMBERS CHAPTER 29 The sacrifice at the feast of the trumpets; its burnt-offering, and sin-offering, NUMBERS 29:1. Of the feast of atonement; its offerings, NUMBERS 29:5. Of the feast of tabernacles, during seven days; their offerings; the eighth day a great holiday NUMBERS 29:12. IN THE SEVENTH MON... [ Continue Reading ]

Numbers 29:6

OF THE MONTH; belonging to every new moon, of which see NUMBERS 28:11,12 2 CHRONICLES 2:4. ACCORDING TO THEIR MANNER; according to the order, rites, and ceremonies appointed by God.... [ Continue Reading ]

Numbers 29:7

YOUR SOULS, i.e. yourselves, by fasting and abstinence from all delightful things, and by compunction and bitter sorrow for your sins, and the judgments of God either deserved by you, or inflicted upon you for your sins. See LEVITICUS 16:29,30 LEVITICUS 23:27.... [ Continue Reading ]

Numbers 29:12

The feast of booths; of which see LEVITICUS 23:34,35 DEU 16:13. SEVEN DAYS; not by abstaining so long from all servile works, but by offering extraordinary sacrifices each day.... [ Continue Reading ]

Numbers 29:13

THIRTEEN YOUNG BULLOCKS; more sacrifices than at any other feast, partly because this feast was in the close of the year, when it was meet to supply the defects of the year past, and when they had gathered in all their fruits, DEUTERONOMY 16:13,15 and therefore ought to make the larger returns and a... [ Continue Reading ]

Numbers 29:36

This was the last and great day of the feast, as it is called 1 THESSALONIANS 7:37, and yet the sacrifices were fewer than any other day, to teach them not to trust to the multitude of their sacrifices, nor to expect remission of sins from them, but from the one and only sacrifice of Christ.... [ Continue Reading ]

Numbers 29:39

YOUR FREE-WILL OFFERINGS; your ordinary sacrifices shall not be omitted because of the extraordinary, which ye offer on special occasions.... [ Continue Reading ]

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