Numbers 29

Numbers 29:1

seventh month. Hebrew name Tisri not known in Scripture (our Sept. - Oct.) The old civil year went out (Exodus 23:16; Exodus 34:22), known as Ethanim (1 Kings 8:2). Tisri = the first month of civil year. Nisan, or Abib = the first month of sacred year.

servile = laborious.

blowing the trumpets. Compare Leviticus 23:24.

Numbers 29:2

offer-prepare. Hebrew. ’asah, App-43.

sweet savour. See note on Leviticus 1:9.

without blemish = physically perfect. See App-26.

Numbers 29:3

meat offering. See App-43.

Numbers 29:5

sin offering. See App-43.

atonement. See note on Exodus 29:33.

Numbers 29:6

Beside = in addition to. See note on Numbers 28:23.

manner = ordinance, or regulation.

Numbers 29:7

souls. Plural of Hebrew. nephesh.

Numbers 29:8

offer = bring near. Hebrew. karav. App-43.

Numbers 29:10

A several tenth. Hebrew “a tenth, a tenth” = a tenth severally, i.e. to each

the sin offering of atonement. This was the great offering of the day of atonement. Leviticus 16.

Numbers 29:12

fifteenth day. The Feast of Tabernacles.

the seventh month. Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read “this month”.

Numbers 29:15

a several tenth. As in Numbers 29:10, but the second word “tenth” has the extraordinary points (App-31) omitting the word, making it like Numbers 29:4, instead of like Numbers 29:10.

Numbers 29:16

his meat offering = the meal offering thereof. Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read “and the”, or “and his”.

Numbers 29:24

Their. Some codices, with one early printed edition, Samaritan Pentateuch, Septuagint, and Syriac, read “And their”.

Numbers 29:25

his. See note on Numbers 29:16. Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch, Targum of Onkelos, Syriac, and Vulgate, read “and his”.

Numbers 29:31

his. See note on Numbers 29:16. Some codices, with one early printed edition, Samaritan Pentateuch, Targum of Onkelos, and Syriac, read “and his”.

Numbers 29:35

solemn assembly. Compare Leviticus 23:36.

Numbers 29:37

Their. Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch, Syriac, and Vulgate, read “With their”.

Numbers 29:39

set feasts = appointed seasons. See note on Numbers 28:2 and Genesis 1:14.

Numbers 29:40

children = sons.