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In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a holy convocation; you shall do no servile work: it is a day of blowing of trumpets to you.
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The Sacred Seventh Month
Commentators highlight that the seventh month (Tisri, corresponding to our September/October) was uniquely packed with sacred observances. It included not only the Feast of Trumpets but also the Day of Atonement and the Feast of Tabernacles. Matthew Henry suggests this timing, between harvest and planting, provided a natural period of leisure for focused worship, reminding us to use our downtime for God.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The ordinance of the Feast of Trumpets was to be observed on the opening day of that month within which the great Day of Atonement and the Feast of…
16th Century
Protestant
And in the seventh month. I have already observed that the festivals are not (generally) discussed here, but only the sacrifices …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And in the seventh month The month Tisri, as the Targum of Jonathan, which answers to part of our September and October; …
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There were more sacred solemnities in the seventh month than in any other. It was the period between harvest and seed-time. The more leisure we hav…
