King James Version
What Does Numbers 29:35 Mean?
“On the eighth day ye shall have a solemn assembly: ye shall do no servile work therein:”
Context
33
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:
34
And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering.
35
On the eighth day ye shall have a solemn assembly: ye shall do no servile work therein:
36
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:
37
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:
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(35) **On the eighth day ye shall have a solemn assembly.**—Or, *closing feast day. *The word *azereth, *which is here and in the parallel passage in Leviticus 23:36 (comp. Nehemiah 8:18; 2Chronicles 7:9) rendered “solemn assembly,” is used in Deuteronomy 16:8 of the seventh or closing day of the Feast of the Passover. It is used in Jeremiah 9:2 and Amos 5:2 in a more general manner. In the former of these passages it is used of an assembly or confederacy of false dealers, and in the latter it appears to include solemn festivals generally, without limitation to the last day of their duration. The primary notion appears to be that of restraint—*i.e., *from the performance of servile work. The sacrifices of the eighth day were the same as those which were appointed for the first day of the seventh month, *i.e., *the Feast of Trumpets, and also for the tenth day, or Day of Atonement. (See Leviticus 23:36, and Note.)
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
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