Matthew Poole's Commentary And in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work: it is a day of blowing the trumpets unto you. The sacrifice at the feast of the trumpets; its burnt-offering, and sin-offering, Numbers 29:1-4. Of the feast of atonement; its offerings, Numbers 29:5-11. Of the feast of tabernacles, during seven days; their offerings; the eighth day a great holiday Numbers 29:12-38. In the seventh month; so it was in their ecclesiastical account, in which the month Abib was the first; but as to civil matters, this was the first month. A day of blowing the trumpets; whereby the people were admonished solemnly to prepare themselves for the feasts, which were as many in this month as in all the year besides. And ye shall offer a burnt offering for a sweet savour unto the LORD; one young bullock, one ram, and seven lambs of the first year without blemish: A burnt-offering, besides the offerings of every month and day, as is expressed, Numbers 29:6. And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals for a bullock, and two tenth deals for a ram, No text from Poole on this verse. And one tenth deal for one lamb, throughout the seven lambs: No text from Poole on this verse. And one kid of the goats for a sin offering, to make an atonement for you: No text from Poole on this verse. Beside the burnt offering of the month, and his meat offering, and the daily burnt offering, and his meat offering, and their drink offerings, according unto their manner, for a sweet savour, a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD. Of the month; belonging to every new moon, of which see Numbers 28:11,12 2 Chronicles 2:4. According to their manner; according to the order, rites, and ceremonies appointed by God. And ye shall have on the tenth day of this seventh month an holy convocation; and ye shall afflict your souls: ye shall not do any work therein: Your souls, i.e. yourselves, by fasting and abstinence from all delightful things, and by compunction and bitter sorrow for your sins, and the judgments of God either deserved by you, or inflicted upon you for your sins. See Leviticus 16:29,30 23:27. But ye shall offer a burnt offering unto the LORD for a sweet savour; one young bullock, one ram, and seven lambs of the first year; they shall be unto you without blemish: No text from Poole on this verse. And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals to a bullock, and two tenth deals to one ram, No text from Poole on this verse. A several tenth deal for one lamb, throughout the seven lambs: No text from Poole on this verse. One kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the sin offering of atonement, and the continual burnt offering, and the meat offering of it, and their drink offerings. The sin-offering of atonement, by which the high priest made atonement; of which see Leviticus 16:9,29,30. And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work, and ye shall keep a feast unto the LORD seven days: The feast of booths; of which see Leviticus 23:34,35 Deu 16:13. Seven days; not by abstaining so long from all servile works, but by offering extraordinary sacrifices each day. And ye shall offer a burnt offering, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD; thirteen young bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year; they shall be without blemish: Thirteen young bullocks; more sacrifices than at any other feast, partly because this feast was in the close of the year, when it was meet to supply the defects of the year past, and when they had gathered in all their fruits, Deu 16:13,15 and therefore ought to make the larger returns and acknowledgment to God; partly because it was God’s pleasure so to order it, for reasons known to himself, in whose will we ought to acquiesce. And the same reason holds why these sacrifices grew fewer and fewer every day. And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals unto every bullock of the thirteen bullocks, two tenth deals to each ram of the two rams, No text from Poole on this verse. And a several tenth deal to each lamb of the fourteen lambs: No text from Poole on this verse. And one kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering. No text from Poole on this verse. And on the second day ye shall offer twelve young bullocks, two rams, fourteen lambs of the first year without spot: No text from Poole on this verse. And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner: Of which see for meat-offerings, Numbers 29:3,4,9,10; and for drink-offerings, Numbers 28:7,14 And one kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, and the meat offering thereof, and their drink offerings. No text from Poole on this verse. And on the third day eleven bullocks, two rams, fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish; No text from Poole on this verse. And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner: No text from Poole on this verse. And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, and his meat offering, and his drink offering. No text from Poole on this verse. And on the fourth day ten bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish: No text from Poole on this verse. Their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner: No text from Poole on this verse. And one kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering. No text from Poole on this verse. And on the fifth day nine bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year without spot: No text from Poole on this verse. And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner: No text from Poole on this verse. And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, and his meat offering, and his drink offering. No text from Poole on this verse. And on the sixth day eight bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish: No text from Poole on this verse. And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner: No text from Poole on this verse. And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering. No text from Poole on this verse. And on the seventh day seven bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish: No text from Poole on this verse. And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner: No text from Poole on this verse. And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering. No text from Poole on this verse. On the eighth day ye shall have a solemn assembly: ye shall do no servile work therein: No text from Poole on this verse. But ye shall offer a burnt offering, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD: one bullock, one ram, seven lambs of the first year without blemish: This was the last and great day of the feast, as it is called John 7:37, and yet the sacrifices were fewer than any other day, to teach them not to trust to the multitude of their sacrifices, nor to expect remission of sins from them, but from the one and only sacrifice of Christ. Their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullock, for the ram, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner: No text from Poole on this verse. And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, and his meat offering, and his drink offering. No text from Poole on this verse. These things ye shall do unto the LORD in your set feasts, beside your vows, and your freewill offerings, for your burnt offerings, and for your meat offerings, and for your drink offerings, and for your peace offerings. Your free-will offerings; your ordinary sacrifices shall not be omitted because of the extraordinary, which ye offer on special occasions. And Moses told the children of Israel according to all that the LORD commanded Moses. No text from Poole on this verse. |
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