Leviticus 23:23-25·~1 min
The Feast of Trumpets
The LORD appoints the first day of the seventh month as a day of rest and sacred assembly, announced by trumpet blasts and kept with offerings instead of ordinary work.
T23he LORD also said to Moses, 24“Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘On the first day of the seventh month you are to have a day of rest, a sacred assembly announced by trumpet blasts. 25You must not do any regular work, but you are to present a food offering to the LORD.’”
Section summaryOn the first day of the seventh month, Israel keeps a day of rest marked by trumpet blasts, sacred assembly, and offering. The feast is brief in description, but it distinctly opens the seventh month with gathered stillness and sound before the LORD.
Role in the chapterThis section introduces the cluster of seventh-month observances. It gives that month a formal beginning and signals a renewed holy focus before the feasts that follow.