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Feast of Trumpets. - Day of cleansing. - Feast of Tabernacles. Numbers 29:1. And in the seventh month, on the first [day] of the month, you shall have a holy convocation; do not do any work; let this be a day for you to sound the trumpet; Numbers 29:2. and you shall offer a burnt offering for a pleasing aroma to the Lord: one bull, one ram, seven lambs a year old, without blemish, Numbers 29:3. and their grain offering was of fine flour mixed with oil, three tenths of an ephah for a bull, two tenths of an ephah for a ram, Numbers 29:4. and one tenth of an ephah for each of the seven lambs, Numbers 29:5. and one goat for a sin offering to make atonement for you, Numbers 29:6. over and above the new monthly burnt offering and its grain offering, and over and above the continual burnt offering and its grain offering and their drink offerings, according to the statute, for a pleasing aroma to the Lord. The festival (heralded by the sound of sacred) trumpets was celebrated on the first day of the autumn month of Tisri (September), which was the seventh in the holy year of the Jews. According to the instructions of Art. 6. the sacrifices of the Feast of Trumpets did not exclude the new moon and daily sacrifices, which had to be offered in the usual manner, in addition to the holiday ones. Numbers 29:7. And on the tenth [day] of this seventh month let you have a sacred meeting: then humble your souls and do no work; Numbers 29:8. And you shall offer a burnt offering to the Lord for a sweet aroma: one bull, one ram, seven lambs a year old; let them be without blemish; Numbers 29:9. and their grain offering was of fine flour mixed with oil, three tenths of an ephah for a bull, two tenths of an ephah for a ram, Numbers 29:10. and a tenth of an ephah for each of the seven lambs, Numbers 29:11. and one goat for a sin offering, [to make atonement for you,] over and above the sin offering which was offered on the day of atonement, and over and above the continual burnt offering, and the grain offering thereof, and their drink offerings, [according to the statute, offered as a sweet-smelling aroma, a sacrifice to the Lord]. The great day of national purification began on the evening of the ninth day of the month of Tisri (September). On the morning of the tenth, at the tabernacle, a sacred meeting of the people took place, and the entire ceremony of the sacred day, which is indicated in Chapter XVI, took place. book Leviticus. In conclusion, there followed the sacrifice of a goat for sin (regardless of which one was offered by lot) and the offering of burnt offerings - holiday and daily. Numbers 29:12–38. From the 15th to the 21st of the month of Tisri (September) the Feast of Tabernacles was celebrated (Lev.23.33–36,39–43), established in remembrance of the wanderings of the Jews in the desert and those numerous manifestations of God’s mercy to the people that took place during this wandering. The fullness of the religious joy of the Israelites was expressed in the extraordinary abundance of festive sacrifices. During the seven days of the holiday, burnt offerings were offered: 70 bulls, 14 rams, 98 lambs (twice as many as at Pentecost). Only the sin offering remained unchanged: one goat was offered every day. When participating in divine services, Jews held bouquets of greenery and flowers in their hands. They also walked around with the same bouquets after the service. Since the time of the second church, two newly established rites began to be performed on the Feast of Tabernacles: 1) the rite of pouring out water and 2) the lighting of lamps. The order of the first is presented as follows. One of the priests took a golden cup, walked with it to the source of Siloam and drew water, after which, greeted by chanting, he entered the inner gate of the church and poured the water into the pipes of the altar. The second rite consisted in the fact that after the evening sacrifice, four tall lamps covered with lamps were lit in the women's courtyard of the church. The Levites stood on the steps of the stairs leading to the women's department and, moving from step to step (with a long stop at the bottom, 10th and 15th), played musical instruments and sang. To the accompaniment of sacred songs and playing musical instruments, those present made joyful movements. As if to explain the motives for the celebration, the priests turned to the people and said: “Our fathers fell away from the church and worshiped the sun, but we do not, we are faithful to Jehovah and His church.” The joyful mood that gripped the people during this holiday was so great that a saying was made: “He who has not seen the Feast of Tabernacles has not seen bright days!” Numbers 29:39. Offer this to the Lord on your feasts, in addition to your burnt offerings, your grain offerings, your drink offerings, and your peace offerings, either by vow or by devotion. For peaceful and zealous sacrifices, see Lev.3.1; Lev.7.11–21. You might be interested in: