Two rites are brought together here that belong especially to the Feast of Tabernacles and the Day of Atonement, respectively: drawing and pouring …

And Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpeh. —For some quarter of a century Samuel had been the principal personag…

And they gathered together to Mizpeh
Even all Israel, at least the heads of the people, and representatives of them:…

Israel drew water and poured it out before the Lord, signifying their humiliation and sorrow for sin. They pour out their hearts in repentance befo…