{"id":5768,"date":"2026-05-12T00:01:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T07:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/packinghouseredlands.org\/devotional\/?p=5768"},"modified":"2026-04-27T16:24:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T23:24:53","slug":"numbers-291-and-in-the-seventh-month-on-the-first-day-of-the-month-you-shall-have-a-holy-convocation-you-shall-do-no-customary-work-for-you-it-is-a-day-of-blowing-the-trumpets-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/packinghouseredlands.org\/devotional\/?p=5768","title":{"rendered":"Numbers 29:1: “And in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a holy convocation. You shall do no customary work. For you it is a day of blowing the trumpets.”"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Feast of Trumpets, or Shofar, is literally Yom T’ruach<\/em>, meaning the “day of blowing or sounding.” It is one of the 7 mandatory celebrations to be observed by God’s people; however, this celebration is given less explanation than the other 6. For example, in Leviticus 23, Passover is described as a memorial of the day in Egypt when the families under the blood of the lamb were passed over by the death angel. The Day of Atonement or Yom Kippur is to be seen as a purification ceremony. And the Feast of Tabernacles is a memorial to God’s faithfulness during Israel’s 40-year wilderness experience. But when Leviticus 23 mentions the Feast of Trumpets there are only a few vague details listed. If we search other parts of the Scripture, there is still little obvious explanation or deeper meaning given. Numbers 29 is the only other direct reference, and it is indirectly referred to in Nehemiah 8:1\u201312.<\/p>\n

Today most Jews know the Feast of Trumpets as Rosh Hashanah<\/em>, meaning “the head of the year” or New Year’s Day, which takes place in September even though Scripture clearly states that the new year begins in the spring (the month of Nisan). This change from spring to late summer apparently happened sometime during the Babylonian exile.<\/p>\n

The apostle Paul wrote to the early church at Colosse that the feasts “are a shadow of things to come, but the substance is of Christ” (Col 2:17). So regardless of how little information we have, we can be confident that the trumpet or shofar blasts were sounded to call the people of God to remembrance and repentance. And when we remember that Jesus, the Messiah, died on a cross in excruciating pain for us, it should drive us to our knees in repentance.<\/p>\n

“LORD, please forgive our sins and remember them no more. Have Your way in us this day.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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Numbers 29 KJV<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1<\/sup>\u00a0And in the seventh month, on the first\u00a0day\u00a0<\/em>of the month, ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work: it is a day of blowing the trumpets unto you.\u00a02<\/sup>\u00a0And ye shall offer a burnt offering for a sweet savour unto the\u00a0LORD; one young bullock, one ram,\u00a0and\u00a0<\/em>seven lambs of the first year without blemish:\u00a03<\/sup>\u00a0And their meat offering\u00a0shall be of\u00a0<\/em>flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals for a bullock,\u00a0and\u00a0<\/em>two tenth deals for a ram,\u00a04<\/sup>\u00a0And one tenth deal for one lamb, throughout the seven lambs:\u00a05<\/sup>\u00a0And one kid of the goats\u00a0for\u00a0<\/em>a sin offering, to make an atonement for you:\u00a06<\/sup>\u00a0Beside the burnt offering of the month, and his meat offering, and the daily burnt offering, and his meat offering, and their drink offerings, according unto their manner, for a sweet savour, a sacrifice made by fire unto the\u00a0LORD. 7<\/sup>\u00a0And ye shall have on the tenth\u00a0day\u00a0<\/em>of this seventh month an holy convocation; and ye shall afflict your souls: ye shall not do any work\u00a0therein:\u00a0<\/em>8<\/sup>\u00a0But ye shall offer a burnt offering unto the\u00a0LORD\u00a0for\u00a0<\/em>a sweet savour; one young bullock, one ram,\u00a0and<\/em>seven lambs of the first year; they shall be unto you without blemish:\u00a09<\/sup>\u00a0And their meat offering\u00a0shall be of\u00a0<\/em>flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals to a bullock,\u00a0and<\/em>two tenth deals to one ram,\u00a010<\/sup>\u00a0A several tenth deal for one lamb, throughout the seven lambs:\u00a011<\/sup>\u00a0One kid of the goats\u00a0for\u00a0<\/em>a sin offering; beside the sin offering of atonement, and the continual burnt offering, and the meat offering of it, and their drink offerings. 12<\/sup>\u00a0And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work, and ye shall keep a feast unto the\u00a0LORDseven days:\u00a013<\/sup>\u00a0And ye shall offer a burnt offering, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the\u00a0LORD; thirteen young bullocks, two rams,\u00a0and\u00a0<\/em>fourteen lambs of the first year; they shall be without blemish:\u00a014<\/sup>\u00a0And their meat offering\u00a0shall be of\u00a0<\/em>flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals unto every bullock of the thirteen bullocks, two tenth deals to each ram of the two rams,\u00a015<\/sup> And a several tenth deal to each lamb of the fourteen lambs:\u00a016<\/sup>\u00a0And one kid of the goats\u00a0for\u00a0<\/em>a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering. 17<\/sup>\u00a0And on the second day\u00a0ye shall offer\u00a0<\/em>twelve young bullocks, two rams, fourteen lambs of the first year without spot:\u00a018<\/sup>\u00a0And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs,\u00a0shall be\u00a0<\/em>according to their number, after the manner:\u00a019<\/sup>\u00a0And one kid of the goats\u00a0for\u00a0<\/em>a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, and the meat offering thereof, and their drink offerings. 20<\/sup>\u00a0And on the third day eleven bullocks, two rams, fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish;\u00a021<\/sup>\u00a0And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs,\u00a0shall be\u00a0<\/em>according to their number, after the manner:\u00a022<\/sup>\u00a0And one goat\u00a0for\u00a0<\/em>a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, and his meat offering, and his drink offering. 23<\/sup>\u00a0And on the fourth day ten bullocks, two rams,\u00a0and\u00a0<\/em>fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish:\u00a024<\/sup>\u00a0Their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs,\u00a0shall be\u00a0<\/em>according to their number, after the manner:\u00a025<\/sup>\u00a0And one kid of the goats\u00a0for\u00a0<\/em>a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering. 26<\/sup>\u00a0And on the fifth day nine bullocks, two rams,\u00a0and<\/em> fourteen lambs of the first year without spot:\u00a027<\/sup>\u00a0And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs,\u00a0shall be\u00a0<\/em>according to their number, after the manner:\u00a028<\/sup>\u00a0And one goat\u00a0for\u00a0<\/em>a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, and his meat offering, and his drink offering. 29<\/sup>\u00a0And on the sixth day eight bullocks, two rams,\u00a0and\u00a0<\/em>fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish:\u00a030<\/sup>\u00a0And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs,\u00a0shall be\u00a0<\/em>according to their number, after the manner:\u00a031<\/sup>\u00a0And one goat\u00a0for\u00a0<\/em>a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering. 32<\/sup>\u00a0And on the seventh day seven bullocks, two rams,\u00a0and\u00a0<\/em>fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish:\u00a033<\/sup>\u00a0And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs,\u00a0shall be\u00a0<\/em>according to their number, after the manner:\u00a034<\/sup>\u00a0And one goat\u00a0for\u00a0<\/em>a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering. 35<\/sup>\u00a0On the eighth day ye shall have a solemn assembly: ye shall do no servile work\u00a0therein:\u00a0<\/em>36<\/sup>\u00a0But ye shall offer a burnt offering, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the\u00a0LORD: one bullock, one ram, seven lambs of the first year without blemish:\u00a037<\/sup>\u00a0Their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullock, for the ram, and for the lambs,\u00a0shall be\u00a0<\/em>according to their number, after the manner:\u00a038<\/sup>\u00a0And one goat\u00a0for\u00a0<\/em>a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, and his meat offering, and his drink offering.\u00a039<\/sup>\u00a0These\u00a0things\u00a0<\/em>ye shall do unto the\u00a0LORD\u00a0in your set feasts, beside your vows, and your freewill offerings, for your burnt offerings, and for your meat offerings, and for your drink offerings, and for your peace offerings.\u00a0\u00a040<\/sup>\u00a0And Moses told the children of Israel according to all that the\u00a0LORD\u00a0commanded Moses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Feast of Trumpets, or Shofar, is literally Yom T’ruach, meaning the “day of blowing or sounding.” It is one of the 7 mandatory celebrations to be observed by God’s people; however, this celebration is given less explanation than the other 6. For example, in Leviticus 23, Passover is described as a memorial of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/packinghouseredlands.org\/devotional\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5768"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/packinghouseredlands.org\/devotional\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/packinghouseredlands.org\/devotional\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packinghouseredlands.org\/devotional\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packinghouseredlands.org\/devotional\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5768"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/packinghouseredlands.org\/devotional\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5768\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15989,"href":"https:\/\/packinghouseredlands.org\/devotional\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5768\/revisions\/15989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/packinghouseredlands.org\/devotional\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packinghouseredlands.org\/devotional\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packinghouseredlands.org\/devotional\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}