Numbers 29:1-6·~1 min

The Feast of Trumpets

The first day of the seventh month is set apart by rest, trumpet-blowing, and a full set of offerings. These sacrifices are added to the regular pattern already governing Israel's worship.

“¹On the first day of the seventh month, you are to hold a sacred assembly, and you must not do any regular work. This will be a day for you to sound the trumpets. ²As a pleasing aroma to the LORD, you are to present a burnt offering of one young bull, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old, all unblemished, ³together with their grain offerings of fine flour mixed with oil— three-tenths of an ephah with the bull, two-tenths of an ephah with the ram, ⁴and a tenth of an ephah with each of the seven male lambs. ⁵Include one male goat as a sin offering to make atonement for you. ⁶These are in addition to the monthly and daily burnt offerings with their prescribed grain offerings and drink offerings. They are a pleasing aroma, a food offering to the LORD.

Section summaryThe month opens with a day of rest and trumpet-blowing, marked by a burnt offering, grain offerings, and a sin offering. The sacrifice for this day stands alongside the regular daily and monthly offerings already in place.

Role in the chapterThis section opens the chapter by marking the seventh month as sacred from its first day. It introduces the month's rhythm of assembly and added sacrifice.