Numbers, 29
12. On the fifteenth day of the seventh month you are to gather for worship and do no work of a worker, and for the space of seven days you are to celebrate a feast for Yahweh.
12. On the fifteenth day of the seventh month you are to gather for worship and do no work of a worker, and for the space of seven days you are to celebrate a feast for Yahweh.
Numbers chapter 29 presents the instructions for the celebrations of religious festivals during the seventh month of the Hebrew calendar. These celebrations include the day of atonement and the feast of the tabernacles. Below are five verses related to these themes:
Leviticus 23:27 - "But on the tenth day of this seventh month will be the day of atonement. You will have holy call, you will afflict your souls and offer burnt offering to the Lord." This verse refers to the celebration of the day of atonement mentioned in numbers 29, where a ritual of atonement is prescribed by the sins of the people.
Leviticus 23:34 - "Speak to the children of Israel, saying, The fifteen days of this seventh month will be the feast of the Lord for seven days." This verse refers to the celebration of the Tabernacular Feast, one of the religious festivals mentioned in numbers 29.
Leviticus 23:37 - "These are the solemnities of the Lord, who shall call holy assemblies to offer the Lord burnt offering, burnt offering, and offering cereals, sacrifice and libation, each on his own day." This verse reinforces the importance of God -prescribed religious celebrations and highlights the need to offer appropriate offers.
Leviticus 23:39 - "But on the fifteen days of the seventh month, when the product of the land has been collected, you will celebrate the feast of the Lord for seven days; on the first day there will be rest and on the eighth day there will be rest." This verse reiterates the instructions on the celebration of the Tabernacle Feast, mentioned in numbers 29.
Nehemiah 8:18 - "Also day after day, from the first to the last day, Ezra read in the book of the Law of God. They celebrated the feast for seven days, and on the eighth day there was a solemnity, according to the ritual." This verse describes a celebration of the Feast of Tabernacles after exile in Babylon, showing the continuity of tradition even after the destruction of the temple of Jerusalem.
“Deus ama quem segue o caminho da virtude.” São Padre Pio de Pietrelcina
