민수기 Chapter 29

Translation: ESV

1

"On the first day of the seventh month you shall have a holy convocation. You shall not do any ordinary work. It is a day for you to blow the trumpets,"

Key Message

The sound of the trumpet is the signal to awaken to God's call; the regular festivals are sacred times when God's people meet God within the rhythm of life.

▸The seventh month (Tishri) is the most important month in Israel's religious calendar, with the Feast of Trumpets, the Day of Atonement, and the Feast of Booths all concentrated in this month.

The seventh month (Tishri) is the most important month in Israel's religious calendar, with the Feast of Trumpets, the Day of Atonement, and the Feast of Booths all concentrated in this month. The Feast of Trumpets on the first day proclaims a new beginning and announces the start of the days of repentance and accounting. The sound of the trumpet symbolizes God's presence and his call.

Related Verses

For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God.
7

"On the tenth day of this seventh month you shall have a holy convocation and afflict yourselves. You shall do no work,"

Key Message

The Day of Atonement is a day of thoroughly confronting human sin and seeking God's forgiveness; the cross of Jesus Christ is the complete fulfillment of this day.

▸The Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur) is Israel's most holy day.

12

"On the fifteenth day of the seventh month you shall have a holy convocation. You shall not do any ordinary work, and you shall keep a feast to the LORD seven days."

Key Message

The Feast of Booths is a festival of thanksgiving and joy for God's provision; remembering the wilderness journey of the past enriches the gratitude of the present.

▸The Feast of Booths is Israel's most joyful festival — a seven-day festival during which booths (sukkot) are lived in to remember the wilderness journey.