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Numbers 29:12-38

NUMBERS—NOTE ON Numbers 29:12 During the Feast of Booths all the Israelites lived in temporary dwellings. This reminded them of their time in the wilderness (see Leviticus 23:33). The feast’s importance is shown by the large number of sacrifices the priests offered. The feast occurred at the end of harvest in October, so that the people could thank God for the harvest and to pray for rain in the following months. In Israel, rain is expected only between October and April.

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See also Numbers 29:12-38 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Numbers 29:12. _ON THE FIFTEENTH DAY OF THE SEVENTH MONTH_] On this day there was to be a solemn assembly, and for _seven_ days sacrifices were to be offered; on the _first_ day thirteen young...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    Feast of tabernacles: compare Leviticus 23:33 ff. The offerings required at this feast were the largest of all. It was especially one of thankfulness to God for the gift of the fruits of the earth; an...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    5. THE OFFERINGS AND THE SET TIMES CHAPTER 28 _ 1. The daily offerings (Numbers 28:1)_ 2. The Sabbatic offerings (Numbers 28:9) 3. The monthly offerings (Numbers 28:11) 4. The Passover ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    NUMBERS 28-29. THE NATURE AND AMOUNT OF THE OFFERINGS REQUIRED ON VARIOUS HOLY DAYS. The quantities prescribed for special festivals did not exhaust all the sacrifices offered upon them: on every fest...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    FIFTEENTH DAY. The Feast of Tabernacles. THE SEVENTH MONTH. Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "this month"....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    H. OFFERINGS FOR THE FEAST OF THE TABERNACLES vv. 12-40 TEXT Numbers 29:12. And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month ye shall have a holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work, and ye shall ke...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    RELIGIOUS ORDINANCES OF THE SEVENTH MONTH The seventh month (_Tishri_ = September-October) was the first month of the civil year (see on Leviticus 23:23), and this chapter describes the three sacred...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    THE OLD TESTAMENT BOOK OF NUMBERS IN THE DESERT NUMBERS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 29 THE *SACRIFICES DURING THE *FESTIVAL OF THE *TRUMPETS – NUMBERS 29:1-6 v1 ‘On the first day of the 7th

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    AND ON THE FIFTEENTH DAY OF THE SEVENTH MONTH... — See Leviticus 23:33; Leviticus 23:39. A larger number of burnt offerings was appointed for this feast than for any other festival. Seventy oxen in al...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וּ בַ חֲמִשָּׁה֩ עָשָׂ֨ר יֹ֜ום לַ †...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    OFFERINGS AND VOWS Numbers 28:1; Numbers 29:1; Numbers 30:1 THE legislation of Chapter s 28-30 appears to belong to a time of developed ritual and organised society. Parallel passages in Exodus and L...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month ye shall have an holy (f) convocation; ye shall do no servile work, and ye shall keep a feast unto the LORD seven days: (f) Meaning, the feast of the tab...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Seven days, not refraining indeed all that time from servile work, but remaining under tents, and daily performing what is required, ver. 13., &c._...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

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  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

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  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

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  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    The eighth and last of these national sacrifices, which was also annual, was to be at the feast of tabernacles, to be observed on the fifteenth day of this same seventh month, in solemn commemoration...

  • KJV Original Language Details

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

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  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    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....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Numbers 29:12 fifteenth H2568 H6240 day H3117 seventh H7637 month H2320 holy H6944 convocation H4744 do H6213 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Summarized Bible Commentary

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  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Numbers 29:39. _Beside your vows, and your free-will offerings, for your peace-offerings._ See Leviticus 7:11; Leviticus 7:16; Leviticus 22

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _The fifteenth day of the seventh month._ THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES It is called the Feast of Tabernacles because during the days of this feast they were to live in tents or tabernacles, it being a me...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES In this chapter we have directions concerning three great annual religious occasions, the Feast of Trumpets, the Day of Atonement, and the Feast of Tabernacles. Each of...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION THE ROUTINE OF SACRIFICIAL OFFERINGS (Numbers 28:1, Numbers 29:1). NUMBERS 28:1 The L

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Deuteronomy 16:13; Deuteronomy 16:14; Exodus 23:16; Exodus 34:22;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Seven days — Not by abstaining so long from all servile work, but by offering extraordinary sacrifices each day. This was the Feast of Tabernacles. And all the days of their dwelling in booths, they m...

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