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Blowing Trumpets

29 “‘On the first day of the seventh month, you are to hold a holy assembly. You must not do your ordinary work, for it is a day of blowing trumpets for you. You must offer a burnt offering as a sweet aroma to the Lord: one young bull, one ram, and seven lambs one year old without blemish.

“‘Their grain offering is to be of finely ground flour mixed with olive oil, three-tenths of an ephah for the bull, two-tenths of an ephah for the ram, and one-tenth for each of the seven lambs, with one male goat for a purification offering to make an atonement for you; this is in addition to the monthly burnt offering and its grain offering, and the daily burnt offering with its grain offering and their drink offerings as prescribed, as a sweet aroma, a sacrifice made by fire to the Lord.

The Day of Atonement

“‘On the tenth day of this seventh month you are to have a holy assembly. You must humble yourselves;[a] you must not do any work on it. But you must offer a burnt offering as a pleasing aroma to the Lord, one young bull, one ram, and seven lambs one year old, all of them without blemish.[b] Their grain offerings must be of finely ground flour mixed with olive oil, three-tenths of an ephah for the bull, two-tenths for the ram, 10 and one-tenth for each of the seven lambs, 11 along with one male goat for a purification offering, in addition to the purification offering for atonement and the continual burnt offering with its grain offering and their drink offerings.

The Feast of Temporary Shelters

12 “‘On the fifteenth day of the seventh month you are to have a holy assembly; you must do no ordinary work, and you must keep a festival to the Lord for seven days. 13 You must offer a burnt offering, an offering made by fire as a pleasing aroma to the Lord: thirteen young bulls, two rams, and fourteen lambs each one year old, all of them without blemish. 14 Their grain offerings must be of finely ground flour mixed with olive oil, three-tenths of an ephah for each of the thirteen bulls, two-tenths of an ephah for each of the two rams, 15 and one-tenth for each of the fourteen lambs, 16 along with one male goat for a purification offering, in addition to the continual burnt offering with its grain offering and its drink offering.

17 “‘On the second day you must offer twelve young bulls, two rams, fourteen lambs one year old, all without blemish, 18 and their grain offerings and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number as prescribed, 19 along with one male goat for a purification offering, in addition to the continual burnt offering with its grain offering and their drink offerings.

20 “‘On the third day you must offer[c] eleven bulls, two rams, fourteen lambs one year old, all without blemish, 21 and their grain offerings and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number as prescribed, 22 along with one male goat for a purification offering, in addition to the continual burnt offering with its grain offering and its drink offering.

23 “‘On the fourth day you must offer ten bulls, two rams, and fourteen lambs one year old, all without blemish, 24 and their grain offerings and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number as prescribed, 25 along with one male goat for a purification offering, in addition to the continual burnt offering with its grain offering and its drink offering.

26 “‘On the fifth day you must offer nine bulls, two rams, and fourteen lambs one year old, all without blemish, 27 and their grain offerings and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number as prescribed, 28 along with one male goat for a purification offering, in addition to the continual burnt offering with its grain offering and its drink offering.

29 “‘On the sixth day you must offer eight bulls, two rams, and fourteen lambs one year old, all without blemish, 30 and their grain offering and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number as prescribed, 31 along with one male goat for a purification offering, in addition to the continual burnt offering with its grain offering and its drink offering.

32 “‘On the seventh day you must offer seven bulls, two rams, and fourteen lambs one year old, all without blemish, 33 and their grain offerings and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number as prescribed, 34 along with one male goat for a purification offering, in addition to the continual burnt offering with its grain offering and its drink offering.

35 “‘On the eighth day you are to have a holy assembly; you must do no ordinary work on it. 36 But you must offer a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, as a pleasing aroma to the Lord, one bull, one ram, seven lambs one year old, all of them without blemish, 37 and with their grain offerings and their drink offerings for the bull, for the ram, and for the lambs, according to their number as prescribed, 38 along with one male goat for a purification offering, in addition to the continual burnt offering with its grain offering and its drink offering.

39 “‘These things you must present to the Lord at your appointed times, in addition to your vows and your freewill offerings, as your burnt offerings, your grain offerings, your drink offerings, and your peace offerings.’” 40 (30:1)[d] So Moses told the Israelites everything, just as the Lord had commanded him.[e]

Footnotes

  1. Numbers 29:7 tn Heb “afflict yourselves”; NAB “mortify yourselves”; NIV, NRSV “deny yourselves.”sn The verb seems to mean “humble yourself.” There is no explanation given for it. In the days of the prophets fasting seems to be associated with it (see Isa 58:3-5), and possibly the symbolic wearing of ashes.
  2. Numbers 29:8 tn Heb “they shall be to you without blemish.”
  3. Numbers 29:20 tn The words “you must offer” are implied.
  4. Numbers 29:40 sn Beginning with 29:40, the verse numbers through 30:16 in the English Bible differ from the verse numbers in the Hebrew text (BHS), with 29:40 ET = 30:1 HT, 30:1 ET = 30:2 HT, etc., through 30:16 ET = 30:17 HT. With 31:1 the verse numbers in the ET and HT are again the same.
  5. Numbers 29:40 tn Heb “Moses.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“him”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

Offers for the Seventh Month

29 “‘On the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you will have a holy convocation; you will not do any regular work.[a] It will be a day for you of blowing trumpets. You will offer a burnt offering as a fragrance of appeasement for Yahweh: one bull, one ram, and seven male lambs in their first year;[b] they will be without defect. Their grain offering will be finely milled flour mixed with oil: three-tenths for the bull, two-tenths for the ram; and one-tenth for each of the seven male lambs; with one male goat for a sin offering, to make atonement for you, in addition to the burnt offering of the new moon and its grain offering, the continual burnt offering and its grain offering, and their libations, according to their stipulations, as a fragrance of appeasement by fire for Yahweh.

Offerings for the Day of Atonement

“‘And on the tenth of this seventh month you will have a holy convocation, and you will afflict yourselves;[c] you will not do any work. You will present a burnt offering for Yahweh, a fragrance of appeasement: one bull, one ram, seven male lambs in their first year;[d] they will be without defect. And their grain offering will be of finely milled flour mixed with oil: three-tenths for the bull, two-tenths for the one ram, 10 one-tenth for each of the seven male lambs; 11 one male goat for a sin offering, in addition to the sin offering of atonement and the continual burnt offering and its grain offering, and their libations.

12 “‘Then on the fifteenth day of the seventh month you will have a holy convocation; you will not do any regular work,[e] and you will hold a religious feast for Yahweh for seven days. 13 You will present a burnt offering, an offering made by fire as a fragrance of appeasement for Yahweh: thirteen bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs in their first year;[f] they will be without defect. 14 And their grain offering will be of finely milled flour mixed with oil: three-tenths for the bull, two-tenths for the one ram, 15 one-tenth for each of the seven male lambs; 16 and one male goat for a sin offering, in addition to the continual burnt offering, its grain offering, and its libation.

17 “‘On the second day: twelve bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs in their first year;[g] they will be without defect; 18 and their grain offering and their libations for the bulls, for the rams, and for the male lambs, by their number according to the stipulation; 19 and one male goat for a sin offering, in addition to the continual burnt offering and its grain offering, and their libations.

20 “‘On the third day: eleven bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs without defect in their first year;[h] 21 and their grain offering and their libations for the bulls, for the rams, and for the male lambs, by their number according to the stipulation; 22 and one male goat for a sin offering, in addition to the continual burnt offering, its grain offering, and its libation.

23 “‘On the fourth day: ten bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs without defect in their first year;[i] 24 and their grain offering and their libations for the bulls, for the rams, and for the male lambs by their number according to the stipulation; 25 and one male goat for a sin offering, in addition to the continual burnt offering, its grain offering, and its libation.

26 “‘On the fifth day: nine bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs without defect in their first year;[j] 27 and their grain offering and their libations for the bulls, for the rams, and for the male lambs by their number according to the stipulation; 28 and one male goat for a sin offering, in addition to the continual burnt offering, its grain offering, and its libation.

29 “‘On the sixth day: eight bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs without defect in their first year;[k] and their grain offering and their libations for the bulls, for the rams, and for the male lambs by their number according to the stipulation; 30 and their grain offering and their libations for the bulls, for the rams, and for the male lambs by their number according to the stipulation; 31 and one male goat for a sin offering, in addition to the continual burnt offering, its grain offering, and its libation.

32 “‘On the seventh day: seven bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs without defect in their first year;[l] 33 and their grain offering and their libations for the bulls, for the rams, and for the male lambs by their number according to the stipulation; 34 and one male goat for a sin offering, in addition to the continual burnt offering, its grain offering, and its libation.

35 “‘On the eighth day you will have an assembly; you will not do any regular work.[m] 36 You will present a burnt offering, an offering made by fire as a fragrance of appeasement for Yahweh: one bull, one ram, seven male lambs without defect in their first year;[n] 37 and their grain offering and their libations for the bulls, for the rams, and for the male lambs by their number according to the stipulation; 38 and one male goat for a sin offering, in addition to the continual burnt offering, its grain offering, and its libation.

39 “‘You will present these to Yahweh at your appointed time, in addition to your vows and your freewill offerings, for your burnt offerings and for you grain offerings and for your libations and for your fellowship offerings.’”

40 [o] So Moses said to the Israelites[p] in accordance with all that Yahweh commanded Moses.

Footnotes

  1. Numbers 29:1 Literally “you will not do work of labor”
  2. Numbers 29:2 Literally “sons of a year”
  3. Numbers 29:7 Literally “you will afflict your lives” or “you will afflict your souls”
  4. Numbers 29:8 Literally “sons of a year”
  5. Numbers 29:12 Literally “you will not do work of labor”
  6. Numbers 29:13 Literally “sons of a year”
  7. Numbers 29:17 Literally “sons of a year”
  8. Numbers 29:20 Literally “sons of a year”
  9. Numbers 29:23 Literally “sons of a year”
  10. Numbers 29:26 Literally “sons of a year”
  11. Numbers 29:29 Literally “sons of a year”
  12. Numbers 29:32 Literally “sons of a year”
  13. Numbers 29:35 Literally “you will not do work of labor”
  14. Numbers 29:36 Literally “sons of a year”
  15. Numbers 29:40 Numbers 29:40–30:16 in the English Bible is 30:1–17 in the English Bible
  16. Numbers 29:40 Literally “sons/children of Israel”