Leviticus 23:22

See on Leviticus 19:9.

23-25. Feast of Trumpets. This was celebrated on the first day of the seventh month (Tishri), which was New Year's Day according to the civil reckoning: see on Exodus 12:2. For the special ritual of this Feast see Numbers 29:1.

26-32. Day of Atonement: see Leviticus 16.

33-43. Feast of Booths or Tabernacles. This feast, called also the Feast of Ingathering (Exodus 23:16), was observed from the 15th to the 22nd Tishri (in October), and marked the end of the agricultural year, when the combined produce of the whole year, the vintage as well as the grain harvest, had been secured: cp. Deuteronomy 16:13. It was celebrated with great rejoicing (Leviticus 23:40) as the national 'harvest home,' the people camping out in booths constructed of branches upon the roofs of their houses and in the streets during the seven days, in commemoration of the sojourn in the wilderness, Leviticus 23:43 : see on Exodus 23:15, and cp. Hosea 12:9.