Albert Barnes Commentary Numbers 29:35-38

Albert Barnes Commentary

Numbers 29:35-38

1798–1870
Presbyterian
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes Commentary

Numbers 29:35-38

1798–1870
Presbyterian
SCRIPTURE

"On the eighth day ye shall have a solemn assembly: ye shall do no servile work; but ye shall offer a burnt-offering, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto Jehovah: one bullock, one ram, seven he-lambs a year old without blemish; their meal-offering and their drink-offerings for the bullock, for the ram, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the ordinance: and one he-goat for a sin-offering, besides the continual burnt-offering, and the meal-offering thereof, and the drink-offering thereof." — Numbers 29:35-38 (ASV)

The offerings prescribed for the closing day of the Feast of Tabernacles were the same as those appointed for the Feast of Trumpets and the Day of Atonement. The solemnities of the month thus terminated, as a whole, with the same sacrifices with which, three weeks before, they had been introduced; and the Day of Atonement, even though followed by the rejoicings of the Feast of Tabernacles, thus left its impress on the whole month.