Leviticus 23:24

“Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘On the first day of the seventh month you are to have a day of rest, a sacred assembly announced by trumpet blasts.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The LORD commands Moses to address the Israelites regarding a specific observance. This instruction occurs within a broader sequence detailing appointed feast days.

The words — The Hebrew verb דַּבֵּר (dabbar) translates literally as "speak," establishing the divine command structure. The phrase בַּחֹדֶשׁ הַשְּׁבִיעִי (baḥōḏeš haššəḇîʿî) specifies "in the seventh month," anchoring the timing.

The thread — The trumpet blast motif appears in Leviticus 25:9 for the Year of Jubilee and resurfaces in 1 Corinthians 15:52 and 1 Thessalonians 4:16 to signal eschatological events. These references connect the agricultural calendar to future divine intervention.

Why it lands — The text commands Israel to cease labor and gather for a trumpet-announced assembly on a fixed calendar date. Readers must recognize the requirement to observe a designated holy convocation without personal modification.

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The Hebrew words

דַּבֵּ֛רda.Berspeak אֶל־'el-to בְּנֵ֥יbe.Nei[the] people of יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElIsrael לֵאמֹ֑רle./Mor<to>/ saying בַּחֹ֨דֶשׁba./Cho.deshin the/ month הַשְּׁבִיעִ֜יha./she.vi.'I<the>/ seventh בְּאֶחָ֣דbe./'e.Chadon/ [day] one לַחֹ֗דֶשׁla./Cho.deshof the/ month יִהְיֶ֤הyih.Yehit will beלָכֶם֙la./Khemto <the>/ youשַׁבָּת֔וֹןsha.ba.Tona sabbath observance זִכְר֥וֹןzikh.Rona remembrance of תְּרוּעָ֖הte.ru.'Aha sound of a loud blast מִקְרָא־mik.ra'-a convocation of קֹֽדֶשׁ׃Ko.deshholiness

King James Version

Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, an holy convocation.

Cross-references

1 Corinthians 15:52 in an instant, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.
1 Thessalonians 4:16 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will be the first to rise.
Leviticus 25:9 Then you are to sound the horn far and wide on the tenth day of the seventh month, the Day of Atonement. You shall sound it throughout your land.
Numbers 29:1 “On the first day of the seventh month, you are to hold a sacred assembly, and you must not do any regular work. This will be a day for you to sound the trumpets.
Numbers 10:9 When you enter into battle in your land against an adversary who attacks you, sound short blasts on the trumpets, and you will be remembered before the LORD your God and saved from your enemies.
Psalms 98:6 With trumpets and the blast of the ram’s horn shout for joy before the LORD, the King.
2 Chronicles 5:13 The trumpeters and singers joined together to praise and thank the LORD with one voice. They lifted up their voices, accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and musical instruments, in praise to the LORD: “For He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.” And the temple, the house of the LORD, was filled with a cloud
Psalms 81:1 For the choirmaster. According to Gittith. Of Asaph. Sing for joy to God our strength; make a joyful noise to the God of Jacob.
Ezra 3:6 On the first day of the seventh month, the Israelites began to offer burnt offerings to the LORD, although the foundation of the temple of the LORD had not been laid.
Isaiah 27:13 And in that day a great ram’s horn will sound, and those who were perishing in Assyria will come forth with those who were exiles in Egypt. And they will worship the LORD on the holy mountain in Jerusalem.